Match Report
The table read 2nd (Guinea-Bissau, 6 pts) against 1st (Morocco, 18 pts), 12 points apart. Guinea-Bissau had been under-performing their position — 23rd on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Guinea-Bissau were scoring 0.83 and conceding 1.83, Morocco 3.33 and 0.17, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Morocco arrived on a run of six straight wins, having scored in 6 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Guinea-Bissau held 9 points of 15 and Morocco 15.
The match was played at Stade Mohamed V in Casablanca (capacity 55,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Morocco led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-3.