2007/2008| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unirea Alba Iulia | 10 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12/15 | 11-4 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaş | 10 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12/15 | 10-4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unirea Alba Iulia | 5 | 34 | 60 | 20 | WWDLW | 2 | +3 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaş | 2 | 34 | 73 | 34 | LWLWW | 6 | -4 |
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 2008-04-26
Unirea Alba Iulia went into the game 5th in the table on 60 points; Gaz Metan Mediaş sat 2nd on 73 — a 13-point gap. Gaz Metan Mediaş ranked just 6th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Per game in the league, Unirea Alba Iulia were scoring 1.65 and conceding 1.06, Gaz Metan Mediaş 2.26 and 1.26, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Stadionul Municipal Victoria in Alba Iulia (capacity 18,000).
