| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start II | 15 | L1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4/15 | 10-10 |
| Vard | 11 | W11 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 15/15 | 18-7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start II | 12 | 26 | 27 | -11 | LWLDD | 9 | +3 |
| Vard | 5 | 26 | 43 | 19 | WLWWW | 2 | +3 |
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 2010-10-04
On the table this was a mismatch: Vard (5th, 43 pts) held a 16-point advantage over Start II (12th, 27 pts). Per game in the league, Start II were scoring 1.54 and conceding 1.96, Vard 2.08 and 1.35, against a competition average of 1.76 goals per team per game.
Vard entered with 11 wins in a row, having scored in 11 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Start II 4/15, Vard 15/15.
Kristiansand Stadion in Kristiansand, capacity 16,601, hosted the game.
