Match Report
Tanzania went into the game 2nd in the table on 10 points; Congo DR sat 1st on 12 — a 2-point gap. On recent form Congo DR sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Tanzania were scoring 0.83 and conceding 0.67, Congo DR 1.17 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.1 goals per team per game.
Congo DR came in having won four on the spin.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 1 for Tanzania, 2 for Congo DR and 2 drawn, at 1 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 0% of the meetings.
The match was played at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar-es-Salaam (capacity 60,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.
Goal scorers
Congo DR: Meschack Elia (88'), Meschack Elia (90')