Match Report
The table read 8th (Marines, 45 pts) against 11th (Gorilla, 40 pts), 5 points apart. Gorilla had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 6th in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. Against a league average of 1.06 goals per team per game, Marines ran at 1.38 scored and 1.26 conceded, Gorilla at 0.91 and 1.24.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Marines 3, draws 0, Gorilla 1, at 3 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 75% of the meetings. History points to goals: 75% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
Stade Umuganda in Gisenyi staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000. Marines led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.




