| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint-Jeløy | 10 | L3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3/15 | 7-9 |
| Strømmen | 4 | L4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0/12 | 5-13 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint-Jeløy | 14 | 26 | 24 | -13 | WLLLL | 11 | +3 |
| Strømmen | 11 | 25 | 26 | -19 | WWDLW | 4 | +7 |
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 2008-08-23
Sprint-Jeløy went into the game 14th in the table on 24 points; Strømmen sat 11th on 26 — a 2-point gap. Strømmen's recent output outran their position: 4th on form over five rounds, 11th in the table. Against a league average of 1.69 goals per team per game, Sprint-Jeløy ran at 1.08 scored and 1.58 conceded, Strømmen at 1.16 and 1.92.
Sprint-Jeløy had been beaten in three straight games. Strømmen had lost four in a row.
The match was played at Bellevue in Moss (capacity 2,000).
