Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Flambeau du Centre 3rd with 56 points, Ngozi City 12th with 33, 23 apart. On recent form Flambeau du Centre sat only 7th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Per game in the league, Flambeau du Centre were scoring 1.4 and conceding 0.77, Ngozi City 1.23 and 1.43, against a competition average of 1.31 goals per team per game.
Ngozi City had gone 8 games without a win. Recent form was uneven: 9/15 points for Flambeau du Centre, 2/15 for Ngozi City.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 3 Flambeau du Centre wins, 1 for Ngozi City, 0 draws, at 5 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 75% of the meetings won by the home side. History points to goals: 100% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
The match was played at Stade Ingoma (capacity 10,000). It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.