Match Report
The table read 1st (Morocco, 24 pts) against 2nd (Niger, 15 pts), 9 points apart. Niger ranked just 17th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Morocco 2.75 scored and 0.25 conceded per game, Niger 1.38 and 1.25, with the league averaging 1.26.
Morocco had not lost in 5 games. 6 games without a win framed Niger's arrival. From the last five rounds, Morocco held 13 points of 15 and Niger 3.
4 meetings are on record — 4 won by Morocco, 0 by Niger, 0 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 75% of the meetings won by the home side. History points to goals: 75% of the meetings had three or more.
The match was played at Rabat Annex in Rabat (capacity 69,700). Morocco led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 5-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Morocco: Ayoub El Kaabi (51'), Ismael Saibari (29'), Ismael Saibari (38'), Hamza Igamane (69'), Azzedine Ounahi (84')