| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stavanger | 15 | L1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 7/15 | 12-12 |
| Tønsberg | 15 | D1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 10/15 | 14-9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stavanger | 14 | 26 | 15 | -41 | LLLLL | 14 | 0 |
| Tønsberg | 3 | 26 | 46 | 23 | LLWDW | 7 | -4 |
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 2010-08-01
The table gap was wide: 31 points between Tønsberg (3rd, 46 pts) and Stavanger (14th, 15 pts). Tønsberg's recent output lagged their position: 7th on form over five rounds while 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Stavanger were scoring 1.12 and conceding 2.69, Tønsberg 2.38 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.76 goals per team per game.
SIF Stadion in SIF Stadion staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,500.
