SOA started their Ligue 1 campaign with a 2:1 win against Stella on Saturday evening. The match took place at the home ground on 2026-09-27, and the result puts the hosts at the top of the table with three points from one game. Stella, meanwhile, sit in 12th place, still searching for their first point of the season.
It is early days, and one match tells you very little. But SOA's start echoes what they have shown in recent years — a solid opening, a belief that this could be a strong year. They beat Medea 2:1 last August, drew with Bouake and YS Tchologo, and lost narrowly to AFAD. This win feels like a continuation of that pattern.
Stella have not been far off either. They beat Racing Abidjan 2:1, then Bouake 2:1, and took all three points against Stade d'Abidjan. They played SOA to a 0:0 draw back in May, so there was no reason to expect a different result here — until there was.
By then, the momentum had shifted. SOA took control, found their rhythm, and stretched the away side. Stella weathered the storm for a while, but one mistake ends it, and that is what happened. The hosts finished stronger, and the points stayed where they belonged.
SOA now have one foot in a good season. Stella have work to do. The table is small, but the gap between them already feels wider than three points.
