2018/2019| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Union | 15 | L3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2/15 | 6-11 |
| African Lyon | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7/15 | 5-6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Union | 9 | 38 | 48 | -11 | LWLWD | 12 | -3 |
| African Lyon | 20 | 38 | 23 | -33 | LLDLL | 19 | +1 |
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 2019-01-20
On the table this was a mismatch: Coastal Union (9th, 48 pts) held a 25-point advantage over African Lyon (20th, 23 pts). Against a league average of 1.01 goals per team per game, Coastal Union ran at 0.87 scored and 1.16 conceded, African Lyon at 0.63 and 1.5.
Coastal Union had lost three in a row.
The match was played at Mkwakwani Stadium (capacity 10,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.
