| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY Cosmos | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7/15 | 11-10 |
| St. Pauli | 15 | D1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5/15 | 3-6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY Cosmos | 1010 | 1 | 3 | 1 | W | 1040 | -30 |
| St. Pauli | 195 | 10 | 15 | 2 | WDLDW | 341 | -146 |
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 2019-05-23
The table read 1010th (NY Cosmos, 3 pts) against 195th (St. Pauli, 15 pts), 12 points apart. St. Pauli had been under-performing their position — 341st on five-round form against 195th in the table. Against a league average of 1.69 goals per team per game, NY Cosmos ran at 2 scored and 1 conceded, St. Pauli at 1.6 and 1.4.
MCU Park in New York, capacity 7,500, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-1 full-time score.
