| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sligo Rovers | 9 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10/15 | 8-4 |
| Dublin City | 15 | D1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11/15 | 11-5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sligo Rovers | 1 | 36 | 61 | 18 | DDWDL | 5 | -4 |
| Dublin City | 2 | 36 | 59 | 23 | LDWWW | 3 | -1 |
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 2005-09-30
61 points for Sligo Rovers (1st), 59 for Dublin City (2nd): a 2-point gap. Sligo Rovers ranked just 5th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Against a league average of 1.19 goals per team per game, Sligo Rovers ran at 1.25 scored and 0.75 conceded, Dublin City at 1.58 and 0.94.
Dublin City's unbeaten run stood at 5.
The Showgrounds in Sligo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,500.
