| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sable Farming | 3 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4/9 | 5-4 |
| CIVO United | 14 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7/15 | 8-4 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sable Farming | 14 | 30 | 24 | -20 | LWLLL | 13 | +1 |
| Civil Sporting | 8 | 30 | 45 | 10 | WWWDW | 1 | +7 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2022-08-13
CIVO United, 8th with 45 points, sat 21 points above Sable Farming (14th, 24). On the form table Civil Sporting stood 1st over the last five rounds, despite being 8th overall. Per game in the league, Sable Farming were scoring 0.8 and conceding 1.47, CIVO United 1.17 and 0.83, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Mpira Stadium (Blantyre) in Blantyre. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 2-2.
