Match Report
16 points separated the sides: Karonga United 6th on 44, Ekwendeni Hammers 14th on 28. The last five rounds placed Karonga United no better than 13th for form, against 6th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Ekwendeni Hammers 0.87 scored and 1.63 conceded per game, Karonga United 1.07 and 0.9, with the league averaging 1.09.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 1 for Ekwendeni Hammers, 2 for Karonga United and 2 drawn, at 2.2 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 20% of the meetings went over two goals.
Mzuzu Stadium in Mzuzu, capacity 10,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.