Match Report
11 points and 7 places separated them: Ekhaya 7th with 39, Ekwendeni Hammers 14th with 28. On the form table Ekwendeni Hammers stood 10th over the last five rounds, despite being 14th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Ekhaya 1.22 scored and 0.93 conceded per game, Ekwendeni Hammers 0.87 and 1.63, with the league averaging 1.09.
Ekwendeni Hammers arrived off six straight defeats. Over the last five, Ekhaya had taken 6 of 15 points to Ekwendeni Hammers's 0.
Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre, capacity 40,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Ekwendeni Hammers led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-2.