Five men were arrested on Sunday for killing a man in a fight over a soccer match, Eastern Cape police said.

The men, aged between 16 and 28, were at a premises in Ngcobo watching a game on Saturday night when the quarrel broke out, Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said.

"The man was beaten to death."

Fatyela didn't know which teams were playing.

The five would appear in the Ngcobo Magistrate's Court on Monday.