Match Report
8 points for Central African Republic (5th), 18 for Mali (3rd): a 10-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Central African Republic: only 34th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Against a league average of 1.26 goals per team per game, Central African Republic ran at 1.1 scored and 2.4 conceded, Mali at 1.7 and 0.6.
Central African Republic had been beaten in six straight games. Mali had won three straight. Central African Republic had banked 0 of the last 15 points on offer; Mali, 13.
Stade Mohamed V in Casablanca, capacity 55,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.