| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunndal | 12 | D1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5/15 | 9-13 |
| Nordstrand | 11 | W2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8/15 | 16-9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunndal | 13 | 26 | 20 | -31 | LLLLL | 79 | -66 |
| Nordstrand | 5 | 26 | 40 | 15 | LWWLW | 26 | -21 |
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 2019-09-15
On paper the standings were lopsided — Nordstrand 5th with 40 points, Sunndal 13th with 20, 20 apart. On recent form Sunndal sat only 79th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 13th overall. Against a league average of 1.97 goals per team per game, Sunndal ran at 1.38 scored and 2.58 conceded, Nordstrand at 2.31 and 1.73.
The match was played at Sande stadion in Sunndalsøra (capacity 1,500).
