Match Report
Senegal (1st, 16 pts) visited Malawi (3rd, 4 pts) with 12 points between them. On recent form Malawi sat only 31st league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Per game in the league, Malawi were scoring 1 and conceding 1.83, Senegal 1.67 and 0.17, against a competition average of 1.1 goals per team per game.
Malawi entered with four losses in a row. Senegal's unbeaten run stood at 15, having scored in 12 consecutive games. Over the last five, Malawi had taken 3 of 15 points to Senegal's 11.
With 50 matches recorded and 1.9 yellow cards per game, B. Tessema Weyesa was the man in the middle. The venue was Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Senegal: Sadio Mané (90')