CAF Champions League full preview and statistics: CR Belouizdad to fight Zamalek at Stade 5 Juillet 1962

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Fri 17.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 (8000 seats)

CAF Champions League betting and spectator preview: CR Belouizdad and Zamalek meet at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.

Zamalek have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

CR Belouizdad and Zamalek should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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CR Belouizdad form and stats

CR Belouizdad was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the CAF Champions League. Wydad Casablanca was too strong.

CR Belouizdad have been very solid at home in the Ligue 1 so far, with 20 points collected from 8 matches (6-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. 4W-1D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the CAF Champions League for CR Belouizdad.

Nothing to worry about in defence for CR Belouizdad, as their goalkeeper Alexis Guendouz has completely shut out the opponents for 205 minutes in the Ligue 1.

CR Belouizdad's previous match was a CAF Champions League game also played at their own stadium, finishing 1-0 against Al Merreikh. The home team hope to to continue in that form.

In the game before, an away victory in the Ligue 1 match versus HB Chelghoum Laid (after extra-time) with a 1-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Belouizdad handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

The CR Belouizdad fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. CR Belouizdad have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Zamalek form and stats

Zamalek's mission in CAF Champions League last season failed in the group stage.

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. When we have look at the CAF Champions League statistics, we find 5W-1D-2L. This is both home and away.

Zamalek aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 228 league minutes without a goal. Zizo was the last player to find the net.

Zamalek have lots to rectify after their out-of-character loss (0-2) to ENPPI (after extra-time) in their previous game, played at their own home ground.

Before that game, the victory at home against ES Tunis (after extra-time) in the CAF Champions League (3-1). Zamalek are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.

Zamalek are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Zamalek as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent logged match between these participants is the Zamalek - CR Belouizdad 0-1 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

BelouizdadA. Bourdim
A. Bourdim
5 goals
CR BelouizdadM. Belkhir
M. Belkhir
5 goals
CR BelouizdadA. Iwuala
A. Iwuala
3 goals

CR Belouizdad missing players

Zamalek missing players

Total First Half Second Half
CR Belouizdad Zamalek
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
17 10   Won W   3 9
5 2   Drew D   5 8
3 1   Lost L   4 8
39 24   Scored S   11 29
14 7   Conceded C   11 26
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   67% 84%
56% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 68%
36% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 44%
20% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 24%
8% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
36% 38%   BTTS BTTS   33% 40%
56% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 36%
16% 15%   Failed to Score F T   50% 40%
 
5.8 7.1   Corners for (avg) C F   6.8 5.4
3.5 2.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.8
1.6 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1.2
3 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
12.6 15.9   Shots (avg) S (   12.2 11.6
5.9 7.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4
27% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 29%
 
7.9 6.8   Shots against (avg) S A   11.4 11.6
3 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ES Tunis 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 9
2 CR Belouizdad 4 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
3 Zamalek 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 -1 4
4 Al Merreikh 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 -1 4
  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 16 12 4 0 28 8 8 6 2 0 15 4 8 6 2 0 13 4 20 40
2 CS Constantine 18 9 5 4 23 15 9 6 2 1 14 5 9 3 3 3 9 10 8 32
3 MC Alger 18 8 6 4 15 13 9 6 3 0 12 5 9 2 3 4 3 8 2 30
4 USM Alger 17 8 5 4 22 13 9 6 3 0 16 6 8 2 2 4 6 7 9 29
5 ES Setif 18 8 5 5 27 20 9 5 3 1 16 4 9 3 2 4 11 16 7 29
6 JS Saoura 19 8 5 6 22 15 9 7 1 1 16 3 10 1 4 5 6 12 7 29
7 ASO Chlef 19 6 7 6 22 21 10 6 3 1 17 6 9 0 4 5 5 15 1 25
8 RC Arbaa 19 7 4 8 25 26 10 7 1 2 22 11 9 0 3 6 3 15 -1 25
9 MC Oran 18 7 4 7 15 19 8 6 2 0 10 2 10 1 2 7 5 17 -4 25
10 US Biskra 19 5 9 5 16 17 9 4 5 0 10 5 10 1 4 5 6 12 -1 24
11 El Bayadh 19 6 6 7 13 14 10 5 5 0 10 2 9 1 1 7 3 12 -1 24
12 USM Khenchela 17 7 3 7 15 18 9 5 2 2 10 4 8 2 1 5 5 14 -3 24
13 NC Magra 18 6 5 7 22 20 9 5 2 2 12 7 9 1 3 5 10 13 2 23
14 Paradou AC 17 4 5 8 19 23 9 3 2 4 11 12 8 1 3 4 8 11 -4 17
15 JS Kabylie 17 3 5 9 15 17 8 2 2 4 10 9 9 1 3 5 5 8 -2 14
16 HB Chelghoum Laid 19 0 2 17 6 46 9 0 2 7 3 16 10 0 0 10 3 30 -40 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 Al Ahly 18 13 5 0 32 7 10 6 4 0 14 4 8 7 1 0 18 3 25 44
2 Coca-Cola 21 11 9 1 27 14 11 5 6 0 11 4 10 6 3 1 16 10 13 42
3 Pyramids FC 21 11 6 4 30 16 10 7 3 0 20 4 11 4 3 4 10 12 14 39
4 Al Ittihad 20 11 3 6 25 21 10 6 2 2 12 6 10 5 1 4 13 15 4 36
5 Zamalek 20 9 6 5 28 19 9 5 2 2 15 10 11 4 4 3 13 9 9 33
6 Al Mokawloon 21 8 8 5 25 20 10 4 5 1 10 7 11 4 3 4 15 13 5 32
7 Al Masry 21 6 10 5 19 22 10 3 4 3 10 11 11 3 6 2 9 11 -3 28
8 Pharco 21 6 9 6 19 18 11 4 4 3 14 11 10 2 5 3 5 7 1 27
9 Smouha 21 6 9 6 19 19 11 2 4 5 10 14 10 4 5 1 9 5 0 27
10 Ghazl El Mehalla 21 7 6 8 21 29 11 5 1 5 12 17 10 2 5 3 9 12 -8 27
11 Ceramica Cleopatra 20 6 7 7 25 23 12 4 4 4 14 14 8 2 3 3 11 9 2 25
12 Aswan 21 7 4 10 21 26 10 3 3 4 9 11 11 4 1 6 12 15 -5 25
13 ENPPI 21 5 5 11 19 28 10 0 5 5 6 13 11 5 0 6 13 15 -9 20
14 El Daklyeh 21 4 8 9 18 27 11 2 3 6 11 17 10 2 5 3 7 10 -9 20
15 National Bank of Egypt 21 3 8 10 22 31 10 3 4 3 16 15 11 0 4 7 6 16 -9 17
16 El Geish 21 3 8 10 21 31 10 3 2 5 13 17 11 0 6 5 8 14 -10 17
17 Ismaily 20 2 10 8 14 22 10 1 4 5 6 10 10 1 6 3 8 12 -8 16
18 Haras El Hodood 20 3 7 10 12 24 9 2 4 3 4 5 11 1 3 7 8 19 -12 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ES Tunis 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 9
2 CR Belouizdad 4 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
3 Zamalek 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 -1 4
4 Al Merreikh 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 -1 4

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