| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilkenny City | 8 | D1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4/15 | 4-9 |
| Sligo Rovers | 11 | D2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8/15 | 5-4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilkenny City | 4 | 36 | 53 | 11 | WDWDW | 1 | +3 |
| Sligo Rovers | 1 | 36 | 61 | 18 | DDWDL | 5 | -4 |
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 2005-11-18
53 points for Kilkenny City (4th), 61 for Sligo Rovers (1st): an 8-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Sligo Rovers: only 5th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. In league terms the two rates read 1.28/0.97 for Kilkenny City and 1.25/0.75 for Sligo Rovers (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.19.
