Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Nouakchott King's 5th with 48 points, Garde Nationale 14th with 28, 20 apart. Recent form flatters Garde Nationale's table spot — 4th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 14th. Scoring rates set the scale: Garde Nationale 0.8 scored and 1.37 conceded per game, Nouakchott King's 1.2 and 0.87, with the league averaging 1.06.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Garde Nationale 2, draws 2, Nouakchott King's 2, at 2.17 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 17% of meetings won. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 67% of the meetings.
The venue was Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya in Nouakchott, with room for 8,200 spectators. On the scoreboard, Nouakchott King's led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.