| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stavanger | 1 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3/3 | 5-1 |
| Manglerud Star | 15 | W4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12/15 | 16-5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stavanger | 2 | 26 | 52 | 35 | WLWWW | 1 | +1 |
| Manglerud Star | 3 | 26 | 50 | 20 | LDWWL | 8 | -5 |
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 2007-09-22
The table read 2nd (Stavanger, 52 pts) against 3rd (Manglerud Star, 50 pts), 2 points apart. On recent form Manglerud Star sat only 8th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Against a league average of 1.73 goals per team per game, Stavanger ran at 2.38 scored and 1.04 conceded, Manglerud Star at 1.69 and 0.92.
Manglerud Star had won four straight.
The match was played at SIF Stadion in SIF Stadion (capacity 1,500).
