Match Report
Ethiopia had won three straight. The last-five ledger: Ethiopia 12/15, Malawi 5/15.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 2 Ethiopia wins, 1 for Malawi, 3 draws, at 1.5 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won. Historically tight: 33% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Dire Dawa Stadium, capacity 5,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
Ethiopia: Binyam Belay (41') · Malawi: Babatunde Adepoju (18')