| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manglerud Star | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7/15 | 8-7 |
| Strømmen | 3 | L3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0/9 | 5-10 |
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 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 6 | LLWDW | 8 | 0 |
| Strømmen | 11 | 25 | 26 | -19 | WWDLW | 4 | +7 |
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 2008-05-16
Manglerud Star went into the game 8th in the table on 32 points; Strømmen sat 11th on 26 — a 6-point gap. Strømmen ranked 4th in the league on five-round form, well above their 11th table position. Per game in the league, Manglerud Star were scoring 1.88 and conceding 1.64, Strømmen 1.16 and 1.92, against a competition average of 1.69 goals per team per game.
Strømmen had been beaten in three straight games.
