2007| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7 | L1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1/15 | 0-19 |
| Saudi Arabia | 12 | L2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3/15 | 2-5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 22 | 3 | 0 | -12 | LLL | 37 | -15 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | DWW | 4 | -3 |
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 2006-08-15
The table read 22nd (India, 0 pts) against 1st (Saudi Arabia, 7 pts), 7 points apart. Recent form told a different story for India: only 37th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 22nd. Against a league average of 1.39 goals per team per game, India ran at 0 scored and 4 conceded, Saudi Arabia at 2.33 and 0.67.
India had not won in 6 games. 6 games without a win framed Saudi Arabia's arrival.
The match was played at Buriram Stadium in Buriram (capacity 20,000).
