| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ideal | 6 | L1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2/15 | 3-6 |
| Itauna | 10 | D5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5/15 | 4-4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ideal | 12 | 22 | 18 | -17 | LDDWL | 9 | +3 |
| Itauna | 9 | 22 | 25 | -3 | LDWLL | 11 | -2 |
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 2009-03-22
18 points for Ideal (12th), 25 for Itauna (9th): a 7-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 1.09/1.86 for Ideal and 1.18/1.32 for Itauna (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.43.
5 games without a win framed Ideal's arrival. Itauna's last five games had all finished level.
The match was played at Campo Municipal da Ribeira Grande in Ribeira Grande (capacity 2,500).
