It's CAF Champions League time and the hopeful contenders are Monastir and Al Ahly

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Sun 09.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet

Monastir and Al Ahly will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this CAF Champions League 2nd Preliminary Round battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Al Ahly, who are travelling more than 2600 kilometers to play this game.

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Monastir form and stats

Monastir have reached this CAF Champions League stage through battling and winning against APR.

Monastir's previous fixture was a CAF Champions League game also played at their own arena, finishing 3-0 against APR. The home team hope to to continue in that form.

Before that, a loss in the away fixture against APR in the CAF Champions League. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Monastir have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

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Al Ahly form and stats

Al Ahly was sent out of CAF Champions League in the final last season.

Playing away, Al Ahly have won 7 games, drawn 6 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premier League this season.

Ahly had fun at their own home (Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet) last time out, beating Ceramica Cleopatra 4-0. Miquissone, Rabia, Sayed and Khalil scored. As you can tell from the results above, Al Ahly was very dominant against Ceramica Cleopatra, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Miquissone, Rabia, Sayed and Khalil providing the goals.

Prior to that match, the Al Ahly manager Ribeiro faced defeat when travelling to El Geish and losing 0-1.

Ahly has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 26 goals from 17 games. It's not easy to score on Al Ahly as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Monastir missing players

Al Ahly missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Monastir Al Ahly
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   9 25
11 7   Won W   3 14
7 2   Drew D   3 6
7 2   Lost L   3 5
26 13   Scored S   8 37
18 5   Conceded C   7 16
76% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   67% 80%
44% 36%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   44% 64%
28% 27%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 40%
16% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 20%
8% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
24% 18%   BTTS BTTS   22% 28%
52% 64%   Clean Sheets C S   56% 60%
48% 36%   Failed to Score F T   56% 32%
 
4 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   6.7 6
3.8 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.1 3.6
2.5 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.3
4 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
6.1 7.9   Shots (avg) S (   13.7 11.4
2.8 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 4.4
36% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   18% 34%
 
6.2 5.6   Shots against (avg) S A   5.8 6.6
2.5 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.2 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zamalek 34 24 5 5 62 29 17 10 3 4 33 19 17 14 2 1 29 10 33 77
2 Pyramids FC 34 22 5 7 56 25 17 12 2 3 29 10 17 10 3 4 27 15 31 71
3 Al Ahly 34 20 10 4 62 21 17 13 4 0 36 5 17 7 6 4 26 16 41 70
4 Coca-Cola 34 16 8 10 49 34 17 9 4 4 25 16 17 7 4 6 24 18 15 56
5 El Geish 34 14 14 6 27 24 17 8 7 2 17 12 17 6 7 4 10 12 3 56
6 Smouha 34 11 14 9 44 45 17 8 7 2 26 17 17 3 7 7 18 28 -1 47
7 National Bank of Egypt 34 11 13 10 40 41 17 6 6 5 19 18 17 5 7 5 21 23 -1 46
8 Pharco 34 9 15 10 21 22 17 5 6 6 12 14 17 4 9 4 9 8 -1 42
9 ENPPI 34 8 15 11 37 39 17 3 8 6 18 21 17 5 7 5 19 18 -2 39
10 Al Masry 34 8 14 12 40 41 17 4 8 5 17 18 17 4 6 7 23 23 -1 38
11 Al Mokawloon 34 8 14 12 30 31 17 4 9 4 14 14 17 4 5 8 16 17 -1 38
12 Al Ittihad 34 9 11 14 40 52 17 7 4 6 24 24 17 2 7 8 16 28 -12 38
13 Ismaily 34 9 11 14 27 39 17 5 6 6 11 19 17 4 5 8 16 20 -12 38
14 Ceramica Cleopatra 34 7 16 11 34 41 17 5 7 5 22 21 17 2 9 6 12 20 -7 37
15 Ghazl El Mehalla 34 7 15 12 26 37 17 5 8 4 15 14 17 2 7 8 11 23 -11 36
16 El Gounah 34 9 9 16 33 46 17 5 4 8 15 24 17 4 5 8 18 22 -13 36
17 El Sharqia Dokhan 34 7 12 15 33 56 17 2 6 9 16 32 17 5 6 6 17 24 -23 33
18 Misr Lel Makasa 34 2 9 23 12 50 17 1 6 10 5 21 17 1 3 13 7 29 -38 15

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 Zamalek 34 24 5 5 62 29 17 10 3 4 33 19 17 14 2 1 29 10 33 77
2 Pyramids FC 34 22 5 7 56 25 17 12 2 3 29 10 17 10 3 4 27 15 31 71
3 Al Ahly 34 20 10 4 62 21 17 13 4 0 36 5 17 7 6 4 26 16 41 70
4 Coca-Cola 34 16 8 10 49 34 17 9 4 4 25 16 17 7 4 6 24 18 15 56
5 El Geish 34 14 14 6 27 24 17 8 7 2 17 12 17 6 7 4 10 12 3 56
6 Smouha 34 11 14 9 44 45 17 8 7 2 26 17 17 3 7 7 18 28 -1 47
7 National Bank of Egypt 34 11 13 10 40 41 17 6 6 5 19 18 17 5 7 5 21 23 -1 46
8 Pharco 34 9 15 10 21 22 17 5 6 6 12 14 17 4 9 4 9 8 -1 42
9 ENPPI 34 8 15 11 37 39 17 3 8 6 18 21 17 5 7 5 19 18 -2 39
10 Al Masry 34 8 14 12 40 41 17 4 8 5 17 18 17 4 6 7 23 23 -1 38
11 Al Mokawloon 34 8 14 12 30 31 17 4 9 4 14 14 17 4 5 8 16 17 -1 38
12 Al Ittihad 34 9 11 14 40 52 17 7 4 6 24 24 17 2 7 8 16 28 -12 38
13 Ismaily 34 9 11 14 27 39 17 5 6 6 11 19 17 4 5 8 16 20 -12 38
14 Ceramica Cleopatra 34 7 16 11 34 41 17 5 7 5 22 21 17 2 9 6 12 20 -7 37
15 Ghazl El Mehalla 34 7 15 12 26 37 17 5 8 4 15 14 17 2 7 8 11 23 -11 36
16 El Gounah 34 9 9 16 33 46 17 5 4 8 15 24 17 4 5 8 18 22 -13 36
17 El Sharqia Dokhan 34 7 12 15 33 56 17 2 6 9 16 32 17 5 6 6 17 24 -23 33
18 Misr Lel Makasa 34 2 9 23 12 50 17 1 6 10 5 21 17 1 3 13 7 29 -38 15

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