Match Report
Senegal, 1st with 24 points, sat 19 points above South Sudan (6th, 5). South Sudan ranked just 42nd in the league on five-round form despite their 6th table position. Per game in the league, South Sudan were scoring 0.3 and conceding 1.9, Senegal 2.2 and 0.3, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded South Sudan for 5 matches. Senegal had not lost in 8 games. The five-game form split read 2/15 points for South Sudan against 11/15 for Senegal.
Juba Stadium in Juba staged the fixture, a ground that holds 7,000. Senegal led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 0-5 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Senegal: Sadio Mané (46'), Nicolas Jackson (60'), Cherif Ndiaye (75'), Ismaïla Sarr (54'), Ismaïla Sarr (29')