Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — AS Cotonou 8th with 46 points, UPI-ONM 16th with 21, 25 apart. Recent form told a different story for UPI-ONM: only 32nd in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 16th. Scoring rates set the scale: AS Cotonou 0.94 scored and 0.69 conceded per game, UPI-ONM 0.63 and 1.41, with the league averaging 0.89.
4 meetings are on record — 2 won by AS Cotonou, 0 by UPI-ONM, 2 drawn, at 1.5 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 0% of those meetings. These meetings skew tight — only 25% saw more than two goals.
The venue was Stade René Pleven d'Akpakpa in Cotonou, with room for 10,000 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.