Senegal refuse to lose across 5 matches
What Senegal have built over 5 matches is less a winning run than a stubborn refusal to lose.
Holding second place, Senegal have 4 points and only the leaders ahead of them. A top-three berth is what 3 points have brought Sudan.
No blank has marked the hosts' record across their last 5 matches. Anyone seeking goals found them in the visitors' previous match, which finished 4-1 against Mozambique.
A brief period of defensive security has settled on the hosts, with two clean sheets in succession. A return of only 3 from their last five matches shows the visitors' lack of attacking threat.
There is not much to choose between Senegal and Sudan, whose points totals differ by only 1. Neither club emerged the winner from 3 of their last 5 meetings.