| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Côte d'Ivoire | 15 | W3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10/15 | 6-7 |
| Benin | 15 | D1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2/15 | 5-8 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings (2004-10-09 – 2019-09-06) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-06 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1-2 | Benin |
| 2004-10-09 | Benin | 0-1 | Côte d'Ivoire |
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2024-03-23
Momentum sat with Côte d'Ivoire, winners of their last three. Benin had gone 6 games without a win. Recent form was uneven: 10/15 points for Côte d'Ivoire, 2/15 for Benin.
The venue was Al Salam Stadium in Cairo, with room for 35,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-2.
