Match Report
Algeria (4th, 2 pts) visited Mauritania (3rd, 3 pts) with 1 points between them. Recent form told a different story for Algeria: only 17th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Against a league average of 1.24 goals per team per game, Mauritania ran at 1 scored and 1.33 conceded, Algeria at 1 and 1.33.
Mauritania had not won in 6 games. Algeria had not lost in 15 games, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 2/15 points for Mauritania, 11/15 for Algeria.
With 25 matches recorded and 1.9 yellow cards per game, Omar Abdulkadir Artan was the man in the middle. The match was played at Stade de Bouaké in Bouake (capacity 3,000). On the scoreboard, Mauritania led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.