| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partizan | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10/15 | 6-3 |
| Sampdoria | 15 | W2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11/15 | 11-3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partizan | 5 | 4 | 0 | -7 | LLLL | 5 | 0 |
| Sampdoria | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | WDLW | 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 2008-10-23
Partizan went into the game 5th in the table on 0 points; Sampdoria sat 3rd on 7 — a 7-point gap.
Sampdoria were unbeaten in 7.
The venue was Stadion Partizana in Beograd, with room for 32,170 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.
