Match Report
Enugu Rangers went into the game 10th in the table on 52 points; Heartland sat 17th on 48 — a 4-point gap. Heartland had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 8th in the league over the last five rounds against 17th overall. Per game in the league, Enugu Rangers were scoring 1.11 and conceding 0.89, Heartland 0.87 and 0.89, against a competition average of 1.03 goals per team per game.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Enugu Rangers 5, draws 1, Heartland 0, at 2.67 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 67% of the meetings had three or more.
The match was played at Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu (capacity 30,000). Heartland led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-2 full-time score.