| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vasco | 4 | D2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5/12 | 5-6 |
| East Bengal | 8 | L2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2/15 | 3-7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vasco | 12 | 22 | 10 | -35 | LLLLL | 12 | 0 |
| East Bengal | 6 | 22 | 28 | 5 | LDLWD | 9 | -3 |
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 2009-02-14
On the table this was a mismatch: East Bengal (6th, 28 pts) held an 18-point advantage over Vasco (12th, 10 pts). Per game in the league, Vasco were scoring 0.64 and conceding 2.23, East Bengal 1.41 and 1.18, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
East Bengal had not won in 7 games.
East Bengal led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 1-4 full-time score.
