Match Report
Côte d'Ivoire went into the game 2nd in the table on 12 points; Chad sat 4th on 3 — a 9-point gap. Chad had been under-performing their position — 41st on five-round form against 4th in the table. In league terms the two rates read 2/0.5 for Côte d'Ivoire and 0.17/1.33 for Chad (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.1.
Chad had gone 7 games without a win. Over the last five, Côte d'Ivoire had taken 9 of 15 points to Chad's 3.
The match was played at Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan (capacity 50,000). On the scoreboard, Côte d'Ivoire led 2-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 4-0.
Goal scorers
Côte d'Ivoire: Oumar Diakité (90'), Emmanuel Agbadou (77'), Vakoun Issouf Bayo (25'), Simon Adingra (37')