2004/2005| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villarreal | 15 | D1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8/15 | 6-3 |
| Middlesbrough | 15 | W2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13/15 | 9-3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villarreal | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | DWDW | 10 | -8 |
| Middlesbrough | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | WWLW | 2 | -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 2004-11-24
Villarreal went into the game 2nd in the table on 8 points; Middlesbrough sat 1st on 9 — a 1-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Villarreal: only 10th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 2nd. Against a league average of 1.41 goals per team per game, Villarreal ran at 2 scored and 0.5 conceded, Middlesbrough at 1.5 and 0.5.
Middlesbrough carried a 10-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
