| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk | 12 | W1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7/15 | 11-11 |
| Kilkenny City | 14 | L5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0/15 | 2-15 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk | 3 | 36 | 66 | 26 | WLLDW | 4 | -1 |
| Kilkenny City | 10 | 36 | 26 | -46 | LWLDL | 8 | +2 |
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 2007-09-20
The table gap was wide: 40 points between Dundalk (3rd, 66 pts) and Kilkenny City (10th, 26 pts). Per game in the league, Dundalk were scoring 1.56 and conceding 0.83, Kilkenny City 0.92 and 2.19, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
Kilkenny City had lost five in a row. The last-five ledger: Dundalk 7/15, Kilkenny City 0/15.
Oriel Park in Dundalk, capacity 6,000, hosted the game.
