Match Report
8 points and 2 places separated them: Benin 3rd with 17, Lesotho 5th with 9. On recent form Lesotho sat only 34th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Benin 1.2 scored and 1.1 conceded per game, Lesotho 0.6 and 1.4, with the league averaging 1.26.
Lesotho had lost three in a row.
The referee was M. Mahmood Ismail, with 37 matches in our database and 1.3 yellows per game on average. The match was played at Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny (capacity 50,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Benin led 3-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 4-0.
Goal scorers
Benin: Imourane Hassane (33'), Andréas Hountondji (23'), Steve Mounié (6'), Junior Olaitan (67')
Key stats
Possession: Benin 58% · Lesotho 42% · Total shots: 10-3 · On target: 4-0 · Corners: 0-2