Match Report
In the standings it was Togo 3rd on 5 points, Equatorial Guinea 2nd on 8 — separated by 3. On recent form Togo sat only 31st league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Togo 1.17 scored and 1.67 conceded per game, Equatorial Guinea 0.83 and 1.33, with the league averaging 1.1.
Defeat had followed defeat for Togo — three in succession. The five-game form split read 2/15 points for Togo against 8/15 for Equatorial Guinea.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Togo win, 1 for Equatorial Guinea, 3 draws, at 2.4 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 20% of the wins in this matchup.
Stade de Kégué in Lome staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,000. H. Hambaba took charge of the match — our records show 8 games refereed with an average of 3.0 yellow cards per game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Togo led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-0.
Goal scorers
Togo: Kévin Denkey (54'), Yaw Annor (87'), Yaw Annor (14')