Match Report
Both sides brought 2 points into this one — Swaziland 3rd, Botswana 4th. Eswatini had been under-performing their position — 8th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Swaziland 0 scored and 0.33 conceded per game, Botswana 0.33 and 1, with the league averaging 0.97.
8 meetings are on record — 1 won by Swaziland, 5 by Botswana, 2 drawn, at 1.88 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 38% of the wins in this matchup. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, capacity 46,082, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.