2018| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferroviário Nacala | 11 | D1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8/15 | 3-3 |
| Sporting Nampula | 9 | L1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2/15 | 1-7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferroviário Nacala | 13 | 30 | 35 | -8 | LDLWD | 12 | +1 |
| Sporting Nampula | 16 | 30 | 20 | -36 | LLLDL | 16 | 0 |
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 2018-08-12
On paper the standings were lopsided — Ferroviário Nacala 13th with 35 points, Sporting Nampula 16th with 20, 15 apart. Against a league average of 0.96 goals per team per game, Ferroviário Nacala ran at 0.6 scored and 0.87 conceded, Sporting Nampula at 0.63 and 1.83.
Sporting Nampula had not won in 9 games. The last-five ledger: Ferroviário Nacala 8/15, Sporting Nampula 2/15.
