| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFK Göteborg | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7/15 | 9-8 |
| Spartak Moskva | 15 | L2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 4/15 | 8-14 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFK Göteborg | 31 | 10 | 22 | 17 | WWDWW | 9 | +22 |
| Spartak Moskva | 69 | 12 | 18 | 0 | LWWWL | 94 | -25 |
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 2012-01-28
The table read 31st (IFK Göteborg, 22 pts) against 69th (Spartak Moskva, 18 pts), 4 points apart. Spartak Moskva had been under-performing their position — 94th on five-round form against 69th in the table. Per game in the league, IFK Göteborg were scoring 2.6 and conceding 0.9, Spartak Moskva 1.33 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.57 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor in Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amor (capacity 9,000).
