Match Report
The table read 1st (Mali, 5 pts) against 2nd (South Africa, 4 pts), 1 points apart. On recent form Mali sat only 7th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Against a league average of 1.24 goals per team per game, Mali ran at 1 scored and 0.33 conceded, South Africa at 1.33 and 0.67.
Mali carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Over the last five, Mali had taken 13 of 15 points to South Africa's 6.
M. Hussein took charge, a referee with 2 games logged in our database. Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium in Korhogo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.