All the facts and stats for the CAF Champions League clash: Raja Casablanca - Simba

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Fri 31.March
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Mohamed V (55000 seats)

Raja Casablanca and Simba get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this CAF Champions League Group Stage fixture.

Casablanca's stadium, Stade Mohamed V, has a grass surface. Simba have artifical turf 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 Simba when playing on grass; 12 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses from 27 matches. They have scored {35 goals} in these games and conceded 23.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Raja Casablanca form and stats

Last season, Raja Casablanca's CAF Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals against Al Ahly.

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Mohamed V as Raja Casablanca have scored 14 goals to get 24 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Botola Pro are 7-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a CAF Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition.

The Raja Casablanca manager Kbaïer and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Vipers in the CAF Champions League.

Before that game, a nice away win at Youssoufia Berrechid. A Coupe Du Trone game.

The Casablanca fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Raja Casablanca have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Simba form and stats

Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the 2nd preliminary round.

Simba have an excellent away record in the Ligi kuu Bara so far with 8-4-1 from 13 games. When we have look at the CAF Champions League statistics, we find 7W-0D-2L. This is both home and away.

The supporters enjoyed Simba's previous match versus Horoya, a CAF Champions League win (7-0) played at home.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Mtibwa Sugar.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Simba are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head game ended Simba - Raja Casablanca 0-3, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Raja CasablancaM. Nahiri
M. Nahiri
4 goals
Raja CasablancaJ. Harkass
J. Harkass
3 goals
CasablancaM. Zrida
M. Zrida
2 goals

Raja Casablanca missing players

Simba missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Raja Casablanca Simba
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   15 25
16 10   Won W   8 16
5 1   Drew D   5 6
4 0   Lost L   2 3
38 19   Scored S   29 58
13 2   Conceded C   10 18
84% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
56% 45%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 72%
40% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 52%
16% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 40%
8% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 20%
32% 18%   BTTS BTTS   47% 44%
64% 82%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 44%
20% 9%   Failed to Score F T   13% 12%
 
5.4 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.2
3.1 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   3.4 3.3
2.5 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.6
2 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.1 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 10.7
4.2 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.9
37% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   51% 47%
 
7.6 5.3   Shots against (avg) S A   6.6 6.6
2.5 1.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.3 2.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Raja Casablanca 5 4 1 0 14 2 2 2 0 0 7 0 3 2 1 0 7 2 12 13
2 Simba 5 3 0 2 9 4 3 2 0 1 8 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 5 9
3 Horoya 5 1 1 3 2 12 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 0 9 -10 4
4 Vipers 5 0 2 3 1 8 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 -7 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 FAR Rabat 20 13 5 2 36 12 10 7 2 1 23 8 10 6 3 1 13 4 24 44
2 Wydad Casablanca 20 12 6 2 28 14 10 7 2 1 16 6 10 5 4 1 12 8 14 42
3 FUS Rabat 20 10 8 2 23 10 10 5 4 1 13 6 10 5 4 1 10 4 13 38
4 Raja Casablanca 20 9 6 5 23 15 10 7 3 0 14 5 10 2 3 5 9 10 8 33
5 Olympic Safi 20 7 9 4 22 19 10 3 6 1 10 7 10 4 3 3 12 12 3 30
6 RSB Berkane 20 7 8 5 19 20 10 4 2 4 13 15 10 3 6 1 6 5 -1 29
7 Maghreb Fes 20 6 10 4 21 17 10 4 5 1 10 5 10 2 5 3 11 12 4 28
8 UTS Rabat 20 7 6 7 18 21 10 5 2 3 10 7 10 2 4 4 8 14 -3 27
9 Riadi Salmi 20 6 7 7 20 22 10 2 4 4 8 12 10 4 3 3 12 10 -2 25
10 Chabab Mohammedia 20 6 6 8 17 21 11 3 5 3 12 14 9 3 1 5 5 7 -4 24
11 Moghreb Tetouan 20 4 10 6 21 27 11 3 5 3 10 13 9 1 5 3 11 14 -6 22
12 Difaa El Jadida 20 5 6 9 18 28 10 4 3 3 8 9 10 1 3 6 10 19 -10 21
13 Mouloudia Oujda 20 5 5 10 22 25 9 1 4 4 8 10 11 4 1 6 14 15 -3 20
14 Hassania Agadir 20 5 5 10 16 22 11 3 4 4 10 11 9 2 1 6 6 11 -6 20
15 Khouribga 20 2 9 9 14 22 9 2 2 5 7 10 11 0 7 4 7 12 -8 15
16 Ittihad Tanger 20 2 2 16 9 32 9 2 1 6 6 11 11 0 1 10 3 21 -23 8
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Young Africans 24 21 2 1 45 11 13 11 2 0 27 5 11 10 0 1 18 6 34 65
2 Simba 24 17 6 1 58 14 11 9 2 0 31 7 13 8 4 1 27 7 44 57
3 Singida Big Stars 25 14 6 5 29 20 12 9 2 1 16 5 13 5 4 4 13 15 9 48
4 Azam 25 14 5 6 39 25 12 10 1 1 24 9 13 4 4 5 15 16 14 47
5 Geita Gold 25 8 10 7 30 34 13 5 6 2 16 16 12 3 4 5 14 18 -4 34
6 Ihefu 25 10 3 12 25 26 12 7 2 3 16 9 13 3 1 9 9 17 -1 33
7 Kagera Sugar 25 8 8 9 22 25 13 6 5 2 15 9 12 2 3 7 7 16 -3 32
8 Namungo 25 9 5 11 23 28 11 5 2 4 12 12 14 4 3 7 11 16 -5 32
9 Mtibwa Sugar 25 7 8 10 26 38 13 6 4 3 19 17 12 1 4 7 7 21 -12 29
10 Mbeya City 25 6 9 10 29 37 13 3 6 4 16 16 12 3 3 6 13 21 -8 27
11 Dodoma Jiji 25 8 3 14 20 32 13 5 0 8 12 16 12 3 3 6 8 16 -12 27
12 KMC 25 6 8 11 22 27 13 6 3 4 15 13 12 0 5 7 7 14 -5 26
13 Coastal Union 25 6 8 11 21 29 12 4 5 3 7 8 13 2 3 8 14 21 -8 26
14 Tanzania Prisons 25 6 7 12 21 34 12 3 3 6 11 14 13 3 4 6 10 20 -13 25
15 Ruvu Shooting 25 5 5 15 16 30 13 3 2 8 8 17 12 2 3 7 8 13 -14 20
16 Polisi Tanzania 25 4 7 14 19 35 13 2 5 6 11 16 12 2 2 8 8 19 -16 19

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 Raja Casablanca 5 4 1 0 14 2 2 2 0 0 7 0 3 2 1 0 7 2 12 13
2 Simba 5 3 0 2 9 4 3 2 0 1 8 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 5 9
3 Horoya 5 1 1 3 2 12 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 0 9 -10 4
4 Vipers 5 0 2 3 1 8 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 -7 2

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