| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade Malien de Bamako | 7 | D1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10/15 | 7-2 |
| Bayelsa United | 9 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12/15 | 9-3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade Malien de Bamako | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | WDWDL | 4 | -3 |
| Bayelsa United | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | LWLWW | 1 | +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 2009-09-20
Both sides brought 9 points into this one — Stade Malien de Bamako 1st, Bayelsa United 2nd. Per game in the league, Stade Malien de Bamako were scoring 0.83 and conceding 0.5, Bayelsa United 1.5 and 1, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Stade 26 Mars in Bamako, capacity 55,000, hosted the game.
