Match Report
In the standings it was Mali 3rd on 2 points, Egypt 1st on 7 — separated by 5. On recent form Mali sat only 10th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Against a league average of 1.08 goals per team per game, Mali ran at 0.33 scored and 0.67 conceded, Egypt at 0.67 and 0.
Stade de Port-Gentil in Port-Gentil staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,000. The referee was D. Bennett, with 20 matches in our database and 0.4 yellows per game on average. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.