Post-match Facts: Bayelsa Queens 1-0 Simba Queens
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- Bayelsa Queens 1 Simba Queens 0
- Bayelsa Queens finishes in third place in their maiden appearance at the CAF WCL Finals, with a 1-0 win over Simba Queens in the play-off for third place.
- Bayelsa Queens are the first Nigerian club to end in the top three at the CAF WCL Finals, their rivals Rivers Angels did not manage to pass the group stages in 2021.
- For the second edition in succession a team from West Africa finishes in the top three in 2021 Hasaacas Ladies of Ghana ended as runners up.
- All of the seven goals scored in games involving Simba Queens have been scored in the second half.
- This was the second meeting between a team from Nigeria and a CECAFA representative, it was the second win by the Nigerian’s along with Rivers Angels victory over Kenyan club Vihiga Queens in 2021.
- In all of the five games involving Simba Queens only the winning team has scored.
- Bayelsa Queens and Simba Queens are the first teams to have played the full compliment of five games at a single edition and not been involved in a draw, at the 2021 tournament all four semi-finalists were involved in a draw at some stage during the tournament.
- This was Simba Queens third defeat of the tournament all of their losses have been by a 1-0 score-line, they lost to AS FAR in the group stages and Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies in the Semi-final.
- For Bayelsa Queens this was their third win of the finals and the first time they won a game by a single goal, in the group stages they defeated TP Mazembe 2-0 and Wadi Degla 3-0.
- Juliet Sunday scorer of the games only goal scored her second goal of the tournament, she also netted in Bayelsa Queens 3-0 win over Wadi Degla in their final group game.
- Juliet Sunday is the first player to score in two different games for a Nigerian club at the CAF WCL Finals, she becomes the third player at the finals to score two goals for a Nigerian club. Along with her teammate Mercy Itimi who scored two goals in their group stage victory over Wadi Degla and Vivian Ikechukwu of Rivers Angels who netted a brace in their final group game against Vihiga Queens in 2021.
- Juliet Sunday scored the games only goal with her only shot on target in the game.
- Juliet Sunday’s goal was the 35th goal of the tournament in the 15th game of the tournament, taking the goal per games average to 2,33.
- Simba Queens goalkeeper Gelwa Lugomba made three saves from the four shots she faced, while Bayelsa Queens goalkeeper Ange Bawou made one save from the one shot on target she faced.
- Bayelsa Queens Flavour Emmanuel was her team’s most influential player with 87 touches, she also made 70 passes more than any other player managed in the game.
- Bayelsa Queens made 440 passes in the game 100 more than their opponents.
- Simba Queens attempted 83 long passes in the game, while Bayelsa Queens attempted 52 long passes.
- Starting with the 3rd place play-off in 2021 this was the 17th successive game at the finals to produce a winner in open play and the 15th game in a row at the current finals to produce a winner in open play.