ASEC Mimosas and Rivers United get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this CAF Confederations Cup Group Stage fixture.
ASEC Mimosas's stadium, Stade de Yamoussoukro, has a artifical turf surface. Rivers United have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Rivers United when playing on artifical turf; 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from twelve matches. They have scored {8 goals} in these games and conceded 8.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Rivers United, who are travelling more than 1500 kilometers to play this game.
This has all the signs of an engrossing fixture with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
ASEC Mimosas form and stats
ASEC Mimosas was eliminated in the group stage last season in the CAF Confederations Cup.ASEC Mimosas are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Stade de Yamoussoukro. 5 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 10 games.
Mimosas are returning here after guesting Motema Pembe in a CAF Confederations Cup match and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Before that, ASEC Mimosas played out a Ligue 1 draw 1-1 when visiting Racing d'Abidjan.There will be little rest for Mimosas after this match as they are travelling to San-Pedro for a Ligue 1 game in only four days.
ASEC Mimosas has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. ASEC Mimosas are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade de Yamoussoukro in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Rivers United form and stats
They also participated in CAF Confederations Cup last season. This ended in the play-offs, when Al Masry drew the shortest straw.1-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rivers United in their Npfl matches away.
Rivers delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Abia Warriors in their previous game.
Before that, Rivers United secured a home win against Enugu Rangers with the score 1-0.The visiting Rivers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games. Rivers United have conceded 6 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Rivers United - Mimosas 3-0 was the scoreline in these squads' latest H2H fixture, earlier this season.
ASEC Mimosas missing players
Rivers United missing players
| ASEC Mimosas | Rivers United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 6 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 11 | 39 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 22 | 29 | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 16% | ||
| 5.1 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.7 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | ||
| 7 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rivers United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | ASEC Mimosas | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Diables Noirs | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Motema Pembe | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ASEC Mimosas | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 39 |
| 2 | Sporting Gagnoa | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 39 |
| 3 | SOA | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | AFAD | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 37 |
| 5 | Lys Sassandra | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 33 |
| 6 | Denguele | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Racing d'Abidjan | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | San-Pedro | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | Stella | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 28 |
| 10 | SOL | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 11 | Stade d'Abidjan | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 12 | Bouake | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 24 |
| 13 | Abengourou | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 22 |
| 14 | Korhogo | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 21 |
| 15 | Bassam | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 19 |
| 16 | ES Bafing | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 19 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rivers United | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Lobi Stars | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Abia Warriors | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Niger Tornadoes | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Sunshine Stars | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Doma United | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Enugu Rangers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | Bayelsa United | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 9 | Wikki Tourist | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 10 | Akwa Starlets | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
