2016/2017| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragons | 1 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0/3 | 0-2 |
| Mambas Noirs | 4 | D2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2/12 | 2-5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragons | 15 | 18 | 24 | 1 | WDLLL | 24 | -9 |
| Mambas Noirs | 25 | 18 | 10 | -15 | LLDLW | 24 | +1 |
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 2017-10-29
In the standings it was Dragons 15th on 24 points, Mambas Noirs 25th on 10 — separated by 14. Dragons had been under-performing their position — 24th on five-round form against 15th in the table. Per game in the league, Dragons were scoring 0.56 and conceding 0.5, Mambas Noirs 0.61 and 1.44, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
Stade Charles de Gaulle in Porto-Novo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,000.
