Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Saint Eloi Lupopo 2nd with 64 points, Blessing 7th with 41, 23 apart. On recent form Blessing sat only 21st league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. Per game in the league, Saint Eloi Lupopo were scoring 1.73 and conceding 0.7, Blessing 1.07 and 0.9, against a competition average of 1 goals per team per game.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Saint Eloi Lupopo 3, draws 0, Blessing 1, at 2 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 75% of the meetings won by the home side. These meetings skew tight — only 25% saw more than two goals.
Stade Frédéric Kibassa Maliba, capacity 35,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Saint Eloi Lupopo led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.
Goal scorers
Saint Eloi Lupopo: Henoc Molia (22'), Henoc Molia (72')