| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Bengal | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9/15 | 7-4 |
| South China | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12/15 | 10-5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Bengal | 29 | 6 | 3 | -8 | DLDLL | 29 | 0 |
| South China | 25 | 6 | 5 | -7 | LLDWL | 24 | +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 2011-04-26
3 points for East Bengal (29th), 5 for South China (25th): a 2-point gap. Against a league average of 1.61 goals per team per game, East Bengal ran at 1.5 scored and 2.83 conceded, South China at 1.17 and 2.33.
Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium in Kolkata staged the fixture, a ground that holds 85,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: East Bengal led 1-0 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 3-3.
