| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karonga United | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6/15 | 6-11 |
| Ntopwa | 12 | L2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2/15 | 5-11 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karonga United | 5 | 29 | 46 | 9 | LDDDW | 8 | -3 |
| Ntopwa | 15 | 30 | 21 | -27 | LLLDD | 14 | +1 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2021-05-23
On paper the standings were lopsided — Karonga United 5th with 46 points, Ntopwa 15th with 21, 25 apart. Per game in the league, Karonga United were scoring 1.21 and conceding 0.9, Ntopwa 0.93 and 1.83, against a competition average of 1.07 goals per team per game.
Ntopwa had gone 5 games without a win.
The match was played at Karonga Stadium (capacity 20,000). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.
