| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Utd U23 | 11 | D1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4/15 | 5-9 |
| Porto II | 15 | L2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6/15 | 4-11 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Utd U23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | -1 | DL | 6 | +4 |
| Porto II | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | WWW | 1 | 0 |
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 2018-04-12
The table read 10th (Newcastle Utd U23, 1 pts) against 1st (Porto II, 9 pts), 8 points apart. Newcastle Utd U23 ranked 6th in the league on five-round form, well above their 10th table position. Per game in the league, Newcastle Utd U23 were scoring 1 and conceding 1.5, Porto II 1.33 and 0.33, against a competition average of 1.05 goals per team per game.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.
