Match Report
12 points for Côte d'Ivoire (9th), 2 for Liberia (30th): a 10-point gap. Liberia had been under-performing their position — 149th on five-round form against 30th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Côte d'Ivoire 1.57 scored and 1.43 conceded per game, Liberia 0.5 and 0.5, with the league averaging 1.26.
Côte d'Ivoire carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this. The last-five ledger: Côte d'Ivoire 11/15, Liberia 5/15.
The venue was Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan, with room for 50,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.