Match Report
In the standings it was Étoile du Congo 2nd on 20 points, CARA Brazzaville 8th on 7 — separated by 13. Per game in the league, Étoile du Congo were scoring 1.75 and conceding 0.25, CARA Brazzaville 1 and 1.57, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
5 meetings are on record — 4 won by Étoile du Congo, 0 by CARA Brazzaville, 1 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 0% of meetings won. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings.
The match was played at Stade Alphonse Massamba-Débat in Brazzaville (capacity 33,037). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 4-0.