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.
With 42 matches recorded and 2.5 yellow cards per game, J. Ndala Ngambo was the man in the middle. 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.