| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton U23 | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9/15 | 13-8 |
| Villarreal U23 | 3 | W2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7/9 | 9-1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton U23 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | WDW | 1 | 0 |
| Villarreal U23 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | DWW | 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 2019-03-06
The points column showed no gap: 7 apiece, Southampton U23 1st and Villarreal U23 1st. Per game in the league, Southampton U23 were scoring 1.67 and conceding 0.33, Villarreal U23 3 and 0.33, against a competition average of 1.64 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Staplewood Training Ground in Southampton (capacity 32,384). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Southampton U23 led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.
