Match Report
The table gap was wide: 25 points between Dauphins Noirs (5th, 41 pts) and Bukavu Dawa (14th, 16 pts). Bukavu Dawa had been under-performing their position — 27th on five-round form against 14th in the table. Per game in the league, Bukavu Dawa were scoring 0.42 and conceding 1.27, Dauphins Noirs 1.23 and 0.77, against a competition average of 1 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Bukavu Dawa for 8 matches. Dauphins Noirs entered with three losses in a row.
Across 4 recorded meetings, Bukavu Dawa have 0 wins to Dauphins Noirs's 3, with 1 draw, at 1.25 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 25% of the wins in this fixture. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Stade Tata Raphaël (capacity 30,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.
Goal scorers
Dauphins Noirs: 1 goal with no recorded scorer