Match Report
17 points for Benin (3rd), 18 for South Africa (1st): a 1-point gap. Benin had been under-performing their position — 17th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Benin were scoring 1.2 and conceding 1.1, South Africa 1.7 and 0.6, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
Benin had drawn their last three. Four consecutive wins preceded this game for South Africa, having scored in 14 consecutive games. Over the last five, Benin had taken 6 of 15 points to South Africa's 13.
The venue was Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan, with room for 50,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.
Goal scorers
South Africa: Jayden Adams (84'), Lyle Foster (53')