Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Stade Malien Bamako 2nd with 50 points, Onze Créateurs 12th with 24, 26 apart. Onze Créateurs had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 4th in the league over the last five rounds against 12th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Onze Créateurs 0.54 scored and 0.92 conceded per game, Stade Malien Bamako 1.08 and 0.58, with the league averaging 0.97.
Onze Créateurs's winless run stood at 6. Stade Malien Bamako's unbeaten run stood at 7. Recent form was uneven: 2/15 points for Onze Créateurs, 11/15 for Stade Malien Bamako.
8 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Onze Créateurs 0, draws 3, Stade Malien Bamako 5, at 1 goals per meeting. Only 25% of these meetings ended in a home win. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 13% of the meetings went over two goals.
Stade 26 Mars, capacity 55,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Onze Créateurs: Oumar Djiré (23') · Stade Malien Bamako: Zoumana Simpara (33'), Babé Diarra (78')
Key stats
Possession: Onze Créateurs 37% · Stade Malien Bamako 63% · Total shots: 7-9 · On target: 2-3 · Corners: 3-9