| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tavua | 14 | D3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3/15 | 5-9 |
| Dreketi | 13 | D1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2/15 | 4-11 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tavua | 7 | 14 | 12 | -16 | WDLLW | 5 | +2 |
| Dreketi | 8 | 14 | 8 | -17 | LDLLL | 8 | 0 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2018-09-16
12 points for Tavua (7th), 8 for Dreketi (8th): a 4-point gap. Against a league average of 1.34 goals per team per game, Tavua ran at 1 scored and 2.14 conceded, Dreketi at 0.79 and 2.
Tavua had drawn three in a row. Dreketi had gone 9 games without a win.
Garvey Park staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,500. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
