Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Buffles (10th, 48 pts) held a 15-point advantage over Réal Sport (14th, 33 pts). Recent form told a different story for Buffles: only 14th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 10th. Per game in the league, Buffles were scoring 0.59 and conceding 0.44, Réal Sport 0.76 and 1.18, against a competition average of 0.89 goals per team per game.
Réal Sport had been beaten in four straight games. From the last five rounds, Buffles held 7 points of 15 and Réal Sport 1.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Buffles 1, draws 3, Réal Sport 0, at 3 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 25% of those meetings. In 100% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
Stade Municipal de Parakou staged the fixture, a ground that holds 7,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Buffles led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.
Goal scorers
Buffles: 2 goals with no recorded scorer
Key stats
Possession: Buffles 54% · Réal Sport 46% · Total shots: 5-0 · On target: 2-0 · Corners: 6-2