Match Report
The table read 5th (Buffles, 52 pts) against 6th (Dynamo Abomey, 49 pts), 3 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Buffles: only 12th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Per game in the league, Buffles were scoring 0.97 and conceding 0.68, Dynamo Abomey 0.76 and 0.71, against a competition average of 0.94 goals per team per game.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 2 for Buffles, 1 for Dynamo Abomey and 2 drawn, at 1.2 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 20% of the wins in this matchup. These meetings skew tight — only 20% saw more than two goals.
Stade Municipal de Parakou, capacity 7,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 3-1.