| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herd | 15 | L1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5/15 | 9-11 |
| Drøbak / Frogn | 15 | L6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0/15 | 6-19 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herd | 7 | 26 | 34 | -2 | WWLWL | 23 | -16 |
| Drøbak / Frogn | 8 | 26 | 34 | -14 | WWLLL | 48 | -40 |
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 2018-09-22
The points column showed no gap: 34 apiece, Herd 7th and Drøbak / Frogn 8th. On recent form Drøbak / Frogn sat only 48th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 8th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Herd 1.77 scored and 1.85 conceded per game, Drøbak / Frogn 1.85 and 2.38, with the league averaging 1.94.
Defeat had followed defeat for Drøbak / Frogn — six in succession.
AMFI Moa Stadion in Ålesund staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,000.
