2022/2023
| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manipur | 15 | W4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12/15 | 16-8 |
| Punjab | 15 | W1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13/15 | 14-1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manipur | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | WWWWL | 27 | -25 |
| Punjab | 1 | 5 | 13 | 10 | WWDWW | 10 | -9 |
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 2023-01-31
1 points and 1 places separated them: Manipur 2nd with 12, Punjab 1st with 13. Manipur had been under-performing their position — 27th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Against a league average of 1.73 goals per team per game, Manipur ran at 3.2 scored and 1.2 conceded, Punjab at 2.2 and 0.2.
Momentum sat with Manipur, winners of their last four. Punjab were unbeaten in 5.
The match was played at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium in Imphal (capacity 35,285).
