Match Report
9 points and 3 places separated them: Central African Republic 4th with 4, Nigeria 1st with 13. On recent form Central African Republic sat only 31st league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Against a league average of 1.2 goals per team per game, Central African Republic ran at 0.67 scored and 1.5 conceded, Nigeria at 1.5 and 0.5.
Central African Republic had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Nigeria, 10.
Stade Barthélemy Boganda in Bangui, capacity 20,000, hosted the game. L. Hakizimana officiated: 8 games logged, averaging 0.8 yellow cards each. On the scoreboard, Nigeria led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-2 the final score.