2007/2008| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPAL | 12 | D1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9/15 | 5-1 |
| Portosummaga | 15 | D2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3/15 | 4-6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPAL | 4 | 34 | 54 | 12 | WLWDD | 6 | -2 |
| Portosummaga | 3 | 34 | 61 | 23 | WWWWW | 1 | +2 |
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 2008-02-17
SPAL went into the game 4th in the table on 54 points; Portosummaga sat 3rd on 61 — a 7-point gap. Against a league average of 1.16 goals per team per game, SPAL ran at 1.44 scored and 1.09 conceded, Portosummaga at 1.68 and 1.
SPAL carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this. A win had eluded Portosummaga for 9 matches. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for SPAL against 3/15 for Portosummaga.
The match was played at Stadio Paolo Mazza in Ferrara (capacity 17,900).
