2008/2009| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting Goa | 1 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3/3 | 3-0 |
| Vasco | 1 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/3 | 1-3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting Goa | 3 | 22 | 43 | 8 | WDLDW | 4 | -1 |
| Vasco | 12 | 22 | 10 | -35 | LLLLL | 12 | 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 2009-01-25
On the table this was a mismatch: Sporting Goa (3rd, 43 pts) held a 33-point advantage over Vasco (12th, 10 pts). Per game in the league, Sporting Goa were scoring 1.27 and conceding 0.91, Vasco 0.64 and 2.23, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
The venue was Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao, with room for 1,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.
