| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12/15 | 11-5 |
| Egypt | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10/15 | 6-2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 3 | 3 | 2 | -1 | DLD | 10 | -7 |
| Egypt | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | DWW | 1 | 0 |
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 2017-01-17
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. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
