| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manglerud Star | 15 | W3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12/15 | 16-4 |
| Start II | 2 | W1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4/6 | 3-0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manglerud Star | 3 | 26 | 50 | 20 | LDWWL | 8 | -5 |
| Start II | 6 | 26 | 38 | 4 | LWWWL | 5 | +1 |
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 2007-09-17
Manglerud Star went into the game 3rd in the table on 50 points; Start II sat 6th on 38 — a 12-point gap. Manglerud Star ranked just 8th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Per game in the league, Manglerud Star were scoring 1.69 and conceding 0.92, Start II 1.69 and 1.54, against a competition average of 1.73 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Manglerud Star.
