Match Report
Espoir Savalou went into the game 6th in the table on 12 points; Energie sat 8th on 11 — a 1-point gap. On recent form Energie sat only 66th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 8th overall. In league terms the two rates read 0.5/0.6 for Espoir Savalou and 0.63/1.56 for Energie (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 0.97.
Six consecutive wins preceded this game for Espoir Savalou, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Energie had not won in 5 games. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Espoir Savalou against 2/15 for Energie.
The match was played at Stade Municipal de Parakou in Parakou (capacity 7,000).