| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otago University W | 15 | L1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5/15 | 5-5 |
| Dunedin City Royals W | 15 | D1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10/15 | 16-5 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 3 finished meetings (2025-05-24 – 2026-05-02) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-02 | Dunedin City Royals W | 2-1 | Otago University W |
| 2025-07-24 | Otago University W | 0-4 | Dunedin City Royals W |
| 2025-05-24 | Dunedin City Royals W | 1-0 | Otago University W |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otago University W | 4 | 14 | 21 | 4 | WWWDL | 6 | -2 |
| Dunedin City Royals W | 2 | 14 | 28 | 24 | LWWLW | 7 | -5 |
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 2026-07-18
Otago University W went into the game 4th in the table on 21 points; Dunedin City Royals W sat 2nd on 28 — a 7-point gap. Dunedin City Royals W had been under-performing their position — 7th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Otago University W 1.29 scored and 1 conceded per game, Dunedin City Royals W 2.86 and 1.14, with the league averaging 2.15.
