Statistics below relate to both teams' performance as of the date this game was played.
Ethiopia
OVERALL FORM
| Rating | Trend | |
| Overall Form | 5 |  |
| Scoring Form | 5 | |
| Defence Form | 7 | |
ETHIOPIA RECENT RESULTS
| 12/10/2025 | Burkina Faso 3 Ethiopia 1 | L |
| 08/10/2025 | Ethiopia 1 Guinea-Bissau 0 | W |
| 09/09/2025 | Sierra Leone 2 Ethiopia 0 | L |
| 05/09/2025 | Egypt 2 Ethiopia 0 | L |
| 24/03/2025 | Ethiopia 6 Djibouti 1 | W |
| 21/03/2025 | Ethiopia 0 Egypt 2 | L |
| 09/06/2024 | Djibouti 1 Ethiopia 1 | D |
| 06/06/2024 | Guinea-Bissau 0 Ethiopia 0 | D |
| 24/03/2024 | Ethiopia 2 Lesotho 1 | W |
| 21/11/2023 | Ethiopia 0 Burkina Faso 3 | L |
Malawi
OVERALL FORM
| Rating | Trend | |
| Overall Form | 3 | |
| Scoring Form | 5 | |
| Defence Form | 7 | |
MALAWI RECENT RESULTS
| 31/03/2026 | Malawi 0 Botswana 1 | L |
| 18/11/2025 | Lesotho 0 Malawi 1 | W |
| 15/11/2025 | Lesotho 0 Malawi 0 | D |
| 13/10/2025 | Sao Tome and Principe 1 Malawi 0 | L |
| 08/09/2025 | Malawi 2 Liberia 2 | D |
| 05/09/2025 | Namibia 1 Malawi 2 | W |
| 10/06/2025 | Malawi 0 Angola 1 | L |
| 08/06/2025 | Namibia 0 Malawi 0 | D |
| 05/06/2025 | Malawi 0 Lesotho 1 | L |
| 24/03/2025 | Tunisia 2 Malawi 0 | L |
