| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulista | 4 | D1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5/12 | 5-5 |
| Guayaquil City | 2 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6/6 | 8-0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulista | 21 | 6 | 6 | -3 | DLWLD | 20 | +1 |
| Guayaquil City | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | WLLWW | 7 | +8 |
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 2006-04-04
Paulista went into the game 21st in the table on 6 points; Guayaquil City sat 15th on 9 — a 3-point gap. Guayaquil City had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 7th in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall. Against a league average of 1.39 goals per team per game, Paulista ran at 0.67 scored and 1.17 conceded, Guayaquil City at 1.67 and 1.67.
The match was played at Estádio Dr. Jayme Pinheiro de Ulhôa Cintra in Jundiai (capacity 15,000).
