| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Border Strikers | 15 | L1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1/15 | 1-9 |
| Kariba | 1 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3/3 | 2-0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Border Strikers | 16 | 30 | 15 | -31 | LLDLL | 15 | +1 |
| Kariba | 6 | 30 | 45 | 2 | WLLDW | 9 | -3 |
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 2016-11-26
30 points separated the sides: Kariba 6th on 45, Border Strikers 16th on 15. Per game in the league, Border Strikers were scoring 0.33 and conceding 1.37, Kariba 0.77 and 0.7, against a competition average of 0.94 goals per team per game.
9 games without a win framed Border Strikers's arrival.
The match was played at Dulibadzimu Stadium in Beitbridge (capacity 4,000).
