| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lierse | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12/15 | 13-5 |
| FC Utrecht | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8/15 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lierse | 245 | 7 | 11 | 2 | DWWDL | 298 | -53 |
| FC Utrecht | 86 | 9 | 17 | 12 | LDLDW | 672 | -586 |
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 2016-07-12
6 points and 159 places separated them: Lierse 245th with 11, FC Utrecht 86th with 17. Recent form told a different story for FC Utrecht: only 672nd in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 86th. Per game in the league, Lierse were scoring 1.14 and conceding 0.86, FC Utrecht 2.11 and 0.78, against a competition average of 1.75 goals per team per game.
The venue was Herman Vanderpoortenstadion in Lier, with room for 15,158 spectators.
