It's game one of two in the CAF Champions League as Rivers United host Wydad Casablanca. This is a 2nd Preliminary Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
It's quite the trip for Wydad Casablanca when visiting Rivers United as the cities are 5200 kilometers apart.
Both participants have had time to rest since their previous game. Let's look for an animated fixture!
Rivers United form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the CAF Champions League for Rivers, as the manager Eguma led his troops to eliminate Watanga, and reach the 2nd Preliminary Round. Last season, Rivers United's CAF Champions League journey ended in the 2nd preliminary round against Al Hilal Omdurman.This stadium, Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, has been a fortress for Rivers United in the Npfl so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 18-1-0.
The club members hope that Rivers will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the CAF Champions League fixture against Watanga.
A victory at home before that, as predicted. The team were big favourites against Watanga and won 3-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rivers United as they are travelling to their away game against Wydad Casablanca in the CAF Champions League. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Rivers United are scoring many of them at home; 41 on target from 19 league matches. Defensively Rivers have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 19 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Wydad Casablanca form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Wydad Casablanca, as they won the CAF Champions League.Wydad Casablanca are still undefeated on their travels in the Botola Pro. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Wydad Casablanca had fun at their own home (Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium) last time out, beating RSB Berkane 2-0. Daoudi and Sambou scored.
Prior to that result Wydad Casablanca won their away game at Khouribga in the Botola Pro. The scoreline was 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Casablanca in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Wydad Casablanca, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rivers United in just four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Wydad Casablanca has managed {3 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Hassouni 2 goals | B. Junior Sambou 2 goals | Y. Jabrane 1 goals |
Rivers United missing players
Wydad Casablanca missing players
| Rivers United | Wydad Casablanca | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 12 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 27 | Scored | S | 14 | 33 | ||
| 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 28% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 83% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.5 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 67% | 76% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | ||
| 4.6 | 3.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 8.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rivers United | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 58 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 34 | 77 |
| 2 | Plateau United | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 50 | 29 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 21 | 67 |
| 3 | Remo Stars | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 62 |
| 4 | Kwara United | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 45 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 38 | -2 | 58 |
| 5 | Enugu Rangers | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 56 |
| 6 | Nasarawa United | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 48 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 38 | -6 | 53 |
| 7 | Enyimba | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 52 |
| 8 | Gombe United | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 39 | 39 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 52 |
| 9 | Akwa United | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 35 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 23 | -1 | 52 |
| 10 | Wikki Tourist | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 35 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 29 | -1 | 52 |
| 11 | Sunshine Stars | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 51 |
| 12 | Abia Warriors | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 50 | 44 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 50 |
| 13 | Niger Tornadoes | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 29 | -6 | 49 |
| 14 | Akwa Starlets | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 42 | 49 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 37 | -7 | 49 |
| 15 | Lobi Stars | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 48 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 33 | -12 | 49 |
| 16 | Shooting Stars | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 33 | -4 | 48 |
| 17 | Katsina United | 38 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 34 | 42 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 31 | -8 | 48 |
| 18 | Heartland | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 48 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 38 | -16 | 47 |
| 19 | Kano Pillars | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 28 | -4 | 45 |
| 20 | MFM | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 51 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 34 | -25 | 36 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wydad Casablanca | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | FAR Rabat | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Olympic Safi | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Riadi Salmi | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Hassania Agadir | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | UTS Rabat | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Chabab Mohammedia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Difaa El Jadida | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | Moghreb Tetouan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | FUS Rabat | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Raja Casablanca | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Maghreb Fes | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Khouribga | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| 14 | Mouloudia Oujda | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 15 | RSB Berkane | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Ittihad Tanger | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
