Match Report
Cercle Mbéri went into the game 4th in the table on 42 points; Stade Mandji sat 2nd on 53 — an 11-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Stade Mandji: only 7th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 2nd. Per game in the league, Cercle Mbéri were scoring 1.19 and conceding 0.77, Stade Mandji 1.52 and 0.6, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Stade Mandji came in having won three on the spin. From the last five rounds, Cercle Mbéri held 6 points of 15 and Stade Mandji 12.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Cercle Mbéri 3, draws 0, Stade Mandji 1, at 1.75 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Stade Idriss Ngari, with room for 5,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.
Goal scorers
Stade Mandji: Djoe Dayan Boussougou (72')