It's CAF Champions League time and the hopeful contenders are Red Arrows and 1º de Agosto

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Sat 10.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: National Heroes Stadium (20000 seats)

Red Arrows host the first leg in this deciding CAF Champions League 1st Preliminary Round game. 1º de Agosto will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Estádio 11 de Novembro before the return leg in 8 days.

These teams have little in common geographically as 1º de Agosto have to travel 2200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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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Red Arrows form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Red Arrows's two home games in the Super League so far this season, having collected 4 points here at National Heroes Stadium.

Red Arrows's last game was hosting Kansanshi Dynamos and winning 3-0.

Heartbreak before that as Arrows lost 0-1 at Kabwe Warriors's place.

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 Red Arrows have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 4.

Early season league goal statistics from Red Arrows's 2 home games: 3 goals, 0 conceded.

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1º de Agosto form and stats

Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the 1st round against Kaizer Chiefs.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 4 draws and only 2 losses in the Girabola.

The regulars enjoyed 1º de Agosto's previous match versus Sagrada Esperanca, a 3-1 win played at home.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Sporting de Cabinda.

We have checked recent matches where Agosto have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

1º de Agosto are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 15 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

Previous two meetings between these participants: Red Arrows won one, 1º de Agosto were winners in zero and we saw one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Red Arrows missing players

1º de Agosto missing players

Red Arrows 1º de Agosto
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   13 25
17 7   Won W   7 15
6 4   Drew D   4 6
2 0   Lost L   2 4
45 20   Scored S   14 45
18 6   Conceded C   9 17
88% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 88%
68% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   46% 60%
52% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 48%
28% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 24%
16% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
48% 45%   BTTS BTTS   46% 48%
44% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   46% 40%
20% 18%   Failed to Score F T   23% 24%
 
4 3.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 6.1
4.4 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.2 3.5
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.4
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
12.8 13.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.2 10
4.7 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 4.9
34% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 44%
 
10.6 8   Shots against (avg) S A   6.8 9.2
3.8 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Red Arrows 4 2 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 7
2 Nchanga Rangers 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
3 Power Dynamos 3 2 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 6
4 Lumwana Radiants 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 6
5 Zanaco 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 6
6 Green Eagles 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 6
7 Green Buffaloes 3 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 5
8 Prison Leopards 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 5
9 Forest Rangers 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
10 Kabwe Warriors 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
11 Nkana 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 4
12 Man Utd Zambia Academy 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
13 ZESCO United 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 4
14 NAPSA Stars 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 2
15 Nkwazi 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
16 Buildcon 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 1
17 Kansanshi Dynamos 3 0 1 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 -5 1
18 Chambishi 3 0 0 3 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 5 -4 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Petro de Luanda 30 23 6 1 74 17 15 12 3 0 38 7 15 11 3 1 36 10 57 75
2 1º de Agosto 30 18 7 5 55 21 15 9 3 3 34 11 15 9 4 2 21 10 34 61
3 Sagrada Esperanca 30 18 6 6 49 22 15 11 2 2 31 7 15 7 4 4 18 15 27 60
4 Interclube 30 14 8 8 41 28 15 8 3 4 26 15 15 6 5 4 15 13 13 50
5 Onze Bravos 30 12 10 8 34 31 15 7 5 3 20 15 15 5 5 5 14 16 3 46
6 Desportivo Huila 29 11 9 9 37 33 14 7 4 3 18 12 15 4 5 6 19 21 4 42
7 Academica do Lobito 29 10 10 9 38 30 15 7 5 3 24 12 14 3 5 6 14 18 8 40
8 Recreativo da Caala 29 10 9 10 29 19 14 7 4 3 17 5 15 3 5 7 12 14 10 39
9 Recreativo do Libolo 30 9 10 11 28 31 15 2 7 6 12 16 15 7 3 5 16 15 -3 37
10 Wiliete 29 7 13 9 37 37 15 3 7 5 21 23 14 4 6 4 16 14 0 34
11 Cubango 29 8 9 12 17 33 14 5 4 5 7 9 15 3 5 7 10 24 -16 33
12 Sporting de Cabinda 30 8 9 13 20 37 15 6 4 5 13 14 15 2 5 8 7 23 -17 33
13 CD Lunda-Sul 30 6 14 10 24 30 15 4 6 5 12 14 15 2 8 5 12 16 -6 32
14 Kabuscorp 30 6 11 13 31 40 15 3 7 5 18 18 15 3 4 8 13 22 -9 20
15 Progresso 30 4 7 19 22 61 15 2 5 8 13 24 15 2 2 11 9 37 -39 19
16 Sporting de Benguela 29 1 6 22 15 81 15 1 3 11 9 36 14 0 3 11 6 45 -66 9