All the facts and stats for the CAF Champions League clash: Akwa United - CR Belouizdad

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Sun 12.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akwa Ibom Stadium (30000 seats)

The first of two encounters in the CAF Champions League 1st Preliminary Round, as the hometeam Akwa United will try to edge CR Belouizdad in their own ballpark.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting CR Belouizdad have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 11-4-7 (win-draw-loss) from 22 matches.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for CR Belouizdad, who are travelling more than 4500 kilometers to play this game.

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Akwa United form and stats

This stadium, Akwa Ibom Stadium, has been a fortress for Akwa United in the Npfl so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 16-3-0. The Akwa United fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Akwa Ibom Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Akwa has played 23 games in a row here without a defeat.

Akwa faced defeat in their previous match, away at Lobi Stars (1-2).

Previous to that game, a Npfl home match hosting MFM in a game that was won 5-2.

The Akwa United manager K. Boboye has got the team scoring with 38 from 19 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Akwa United have only let in 8 goals at home.

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CR Belouizdad form and stats

They also participated in CAF Champions League last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 8 wins, 9 draws and 2 defeats.

Belouizdad won their last game, 4-2 versus US Biskra played at home. A mental match with lots of goals last time out for Belouizdad, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this fixture be as exciting?

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-2 at USM Alger.

Belouizdad has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 31 goals from 19 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

CR BelouizdadH. Bellahouel
H. Bellahouel
10 goals
CR BelouizdadK. Merzougui
K. Merzougui
7 goals
CR BelouizdadH. Khalfallah
H. Khalfallah
7 goals

Akwa United missing players

CR Belouizdad missing players

Akwa United CR Belouizdad
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
13 11   Won W   5 17
10 1   Drew D   5 5
2 0   Lost L   2 3
37 27   Scored S   22 52
15 6   Conceded C   10 18
76% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   75% 88%
64% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 72%
44% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 48%
12% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 28%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 20%
44% 42%   BTTS BTTS   42% 44%
52% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 48%
28% 8%   Failed to Score F T   33% 20%
 
4.6 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 5.6
3.8 1.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 3.3
1.4 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
10.6 14.7   Shots (avg) S (   6.5 8.9
3.5 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.1
38% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   55% 49%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akwa United 38 19 14 5 53 24 19 16 3 0 38 8 19 3 11 5 15 16 29 71
2 Enyimba 38 18 12 8 41 33 19 12 7 0 25 13 19 6 5 8 16 20 8 66
3 Kwara United 38 19 8 11 48 28 19 15 4 0 35 5 19 4 4 11 13 23 20 65
4 Nasarawa United 38 20 5 13 55 38 19 17 1 1 43 13 19 3 4 12 12 25 17 65
5 Kano Pillars 38 19 7 12 38 29 19 17 2 0 26 3 19 2 5 12 12 26 9 64
6 Rivers United 38 18 9 11 48 36 19 16 3 0 33 6 19 2 6 11 15 30 12 63
7 Enugu Rangers 38 18 8 12 43 31 19 16 2 1 32 6 19 2 6 11 11 25 12 62
8 Lobi Stars 38 17 7 14 43 39 19 16 3 0 35 11 19 1 4 14 8 28 4 58
9 Plateau United 38 14 9 15 45 35 19 13 5 1 35 8 19 1 4 14 10 27 10 51
10 MFM 38 13 12 13 34 35 19 11 6 2 23 11 19 2 6 11 11 24 -1 51
11 Akwa Starlets 38 15 5 18 37 47 19 12 3 4 30 18 19 3 2 14 7 29 -10 50
12 Katsina United 38 14 7 17 35 42 19 13 5 1 31 10 19 1 2 16 4 32 -7 49
13 Heartland 38 13 9 16 43 50 19 11 6 2 28 14 19 2 3 14 15 36 -7 48
14 Abia Warriors 38 12 11 15 48 42 19 12 3 4 35 16 19 0 8 11 13 26 6 47
15 Wikki Tourist 38 12 9 17 40 47 19 12 4 3 31 17 19 0 5 14 9 30 -7 45
16 Sunshine Stars 38 11 12 15 28 39 19 9 8 2 18 10 19 2 4 13 10 29 -11 45
17 Jigawa Golden Stars 38 11 10 17 29 46 19 10 7 2 19 9 19 1 3 15 10 37 -17 43
18 Warri Wolves 38 11 8 19 30 45 19 11 4 4 20 10 19 0 4 15 10 35 -15 41
19 Ifeanyi Uba 38 9 12 17 33 50 19 9 7 3 21 12 19 0 5 14 12 38 -17 39
20 Adamawa United 38 5 10 23 20 55 19 5 9 5 17 16 19 0 1 18 3 39 -35 25
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CR Belouizdad 38 22 13 3 71 27 19 14 4 1 40 15 19 8 9 2 31 12 44 79
2 ES Setif 38 21 9 8 71 32 19 13 5 1 43 9 19 8 4 7 28 23 39 71
3 JS Saoura 38 21 9 8 62 30 19 15 4 0 40 10 19 6 5 8 22 20 32 69
4 USM Alger 38 19 8 11 62 39 19 13 2 4 37 18 19 6 6 7 25 21 23 65
5 JS Kabylie 38 17 10 11 44 33 19 9 5 5 20 19 19 8 5 6 24 14 11 61
6 MC Oran 38 15 15 8 51 37 19 10 7 2 29 14 19 5 8 6 22 23 14 60
7 MC Alger 38 15 12 11 59 43 19 11 7 1 44 21 19 4 5 10 15 22 16 57
8 CS Constantine 38 15 12 11 43 31 19 10 4 5 28 17 19 5 8 6 15 14 12 57
9 NC Magra 38 14 10 14 38 44 19 11 5 3 25 17 19 3 5 11 13 27 -6 52
10 Olympique Medea 38 13 12 13 40 43 19 9 8 2 23 13 19 4 4 11 17 30 -3 51
11 Paradou AC 38 13 11 14 53 53 19 8 6 5 31 26 19 5 5 9 22 27 0 50
12 NA Hussein Dey 38 11 14 13 46 45 19 8 8 3 26 15 19 3 6 10 20 30 1 47
13 RC Relizane 38 13 12 13 39 51 19 9 7 3 20 14 19 4 5 10 19 37 -12 47
14 US Biskra 38 11 13 14 32 46 19 11 5 3 22 12 19 0 8 11 10 34 -14 46
15 Tlemcen 38 12 9 17 40 46 19 8 6 5 23 20 19 4 3 12 17 26 -6 45
16 ASO Chlef 38 12 9 17 40 53 19 9 5 5 22 22 19 3 4 12 18 31 -13 45
17 Ain M'lila 38 13 8 17 37 55 19 10 4 5 22 21 19 3 4 12 15 34 -18 44
18 USM Bel Abbes 38 9 11 18 32 58 19 7 6 6 19 23 19 2 5 12 13 35 -26 38
19 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 38 4 10 24 29 67 19 4 5 10 16 29 19 0 5 14 13 38 -38 22
20 JSM Skikda 38 5 3 30 17 73 19 5 2 12 10 31 19 0 1 18 7 42 -56 18