Match Report
Côte d'Ivoire went into the game 2nd in the table on 11 points; Rwanda sat 4th on 2 — a 9-point gap. Rwanda had been under-performing their position — 43rd on five-round form against 4th in the table. Against a league average of 1.18 goals per team per game, Côte d'Ivoire ran at 2 scored and 0.83 conceded, Rwanda at 0.83 and 2.
Côte d'Ivoire's unbeaten run stood at 5. Rwanda had gone 5 games without a win. Over the last five, Côte d'Ivoire had taken 9 of 15 points to Rwanda's 2.
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan, capacity 50,000, hosted the game. Côte d'Ivoire led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-0 full-time score.