Match Report
The table read 5th (Botswana, 10 pts) against 6th (Somalia, 1 pts), 9 points apart. Somalia ranked just 53rd in the league on five-round form despite their 6th table position. Per game in the league, Botswana were scoring 1.2 and conceding 1.6, Somalia 0.3 and 2, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
Somalia were winless in 12. Over the last five, Botswana had taken 8 of 15 points to Somalia's 2.
Francistown Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 27,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.
Goal scorers
Botswana: Gape Mohutsiwa (74'), Mothusi Johnson (83')
Key stats
Possession: Botswana 56% · Somalia 44% · Total shots: 18-7 · On target: 8-3 · Corners: 8-3