Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Réal Bamako (3rd, 49 pts) held a 22-point advantage over Afrique Football Élite (11th, 27 pts). Afrique Football Élite ranked 5th in the league on five-round form, well above their 11th table position. Per game in the league, Réal Bamako were scoring 1.23 and conceding 0.54, Afrique Football Élite 0.88 and 1.46, against a competition average of 0.97 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Afrique Football Élite — four in succession. Over the last five, Réal Bamako had taken 7 of 15 points to Afrique Football Élite's 1.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Réal Bamako 1, draws 4, Afrique Football Élite 1, at 2 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. Both teams scored in 67% of the meetings.
The match was played at Stade Ouezzin Coulibaly (capacity 3,086). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.
Key stats
Possession: Réal Bamako 51% · Afrique Football Élite 49% · Total shots: 8-6 · On target: 5-1 · Corners: 5-6