2008/2009| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unirea Dej | 14 | D1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1/15 | 5-14 |
| Gaz Metan Targu Mures | 8 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5/15 | 7-7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unirea Dej | 15 | 34 | 38 | -16 | WDLLW | 7 | +8 |
| Gaz Metan Targu Mures | 11 | 34 | 43 | -7 | LWLWW | 5 | +6 |
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 2009-04-10
Unirea Dej went into the game 15th in the table on 38 points; Gaz Metan Targu Mures sat 11th on 43 — a 5-point gap. Unirea Dej ranked 7th in the league on five-round form, well above their 15th table position. Per game in the league, Unirea Dej were scoring 1.18 and conceding 1.65, Gaz Metan Targu Mures 1.5 and 1.71, against a competition average of 1.49 goals per team per game.
Unirea Dej were winless in 12.
Stadionul Unirea in Dej staged the fixture, a ground that holds 6,000.
