| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading United | 5 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7/15 | 7-6 |
| New Hampshire Phantoms | 12 | W1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 7/15 | 7-7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading United | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | WW | 39 | -38 |
| New Hampshire Phantoms | 54 | 16 | 13 | -14 | DLLLL | 71 | -17 |
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 2008-06-06
7 points and 53 places separated them: Reading United 1st with 6, New Hampshire Phantoms 54th with 13. The last five rounds placed Reading United no better than 39th for form, against 1st in the standings. Against a league average of 1.62 goals per team per game, Reading United ran at 2.5 scored and 1 conceded, New Hampshire Phantoms at 0.88 and 1.75.
Bulldog Field in Whitfield staged the fixture, a ground that holds 11,000.
