CAF Champions League preview and statistics: Sagrada Esperança vs Wydad Casablanca full pre-match guide

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio 11 de Novembro (50000 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Sagrada Esperança at Estádio 11 de Novembro when the CAF Champions League tournament arrives in town and Wydad Casablanca with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

These are busy days for the host team, as they had a game only three days ago in the Girabola. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Recreativo do Libolo.

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Sagrada Esperança form and stats

Sagrada Esperança have been very solid at home in the Girabola so far, with 28 points collected from 11 matches (9-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. 1W-3D-4L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the CAF Champions League for Sagrada Esperança.

Happy days for Esperança in their previous game, a fixture away at Recreativo do Libolo that ended with a 2-0 victory.

Sagrada Esperança have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.

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Wydad Casablanca form and stats

Wydad Casablanca's mission in CAF Champions League last season failed in the semi-finals against Kaizer Chiefs.

Playing away, Wydad Casablanca have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Botola Pro this season. Total CAF Champions League statistics for Wydad Casablanca: 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

Two away matches in a row for Casablanca, whose manager Regragui could celebrate last time after the CAF Champions League win against Zamalek.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Chabab Mohammedia in the Botola Pro.

Wydad Casablanca find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Casablanca as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties meet this season, as the results database show this recent match: Wydad Casablanca - Sagrada Esperança 3-0.

Top Goalscorers

Wydad CasablancaG. Mbenza Kamboleke
G. Mbenza Kamboleke
11 goals
Wydad CasablancaM. Ali
M. Ali
4 goals
Wydad CasablancaS. Msuva
S. Msuva
3 goals

Sagrada Esperança missing players

Wydad Casablanca missing players

Sagrada Esperança Wydad Casablanca
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
14 9   Won W   6 16
5 2   Drew D   3 4
6 2   Lost L   4 5
35 22   Scored S   16 43
19 5   Conceded C   11 21
88% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   77% 88%
68% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   46% 64%
36% 31%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 44%
12% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 24%
8% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 20%
32% 23%   BTTS BTTS   31% 40%
44% 62%   Clean Sheets C S   62% 52%
36% 31%   Failed to Score F T   31% 20%
 
4.1 5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4.8
7 8   Corners against (avg) C A   3.3 3
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.4
1 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
10 9.5   Shots (avg) S (   7.5 9.5
2.8 0.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 4.4
36% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 35%
 
12.5 13   Shots against (avg) S A   4.4 4.8
4.8 5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.1 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 Petro de Luanda 4 3 1 0 8 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 10
2 Wydad Casablanca 4 3 0 1 8 3 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 5 9
3 Zamalek 4 0 2 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -3 2
4 Sagrada Esperança 4 0 1 3 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 6 -7 1
  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 21 17 3 1 53 12 11 9 2 0 27 5 10 8 1 1 26 7 41 54
2 Sagrada Esperança 22 15 5 2 37 12 11 9 1 1 22 4 11 6 4 1 15 8 25 50
3 1 de Agosto 22 12 7 3 40 15 11 6 3 2 24 8 11 6 4 1 16 7 25 43
4 Interclube 22 10 5 7 26 21 10 6 1 3 16 9 12 4 4 4 10 12 5 35
5 Recreativo do Libolo 23 8 7 8 25 23 11 2 5 4 10 10 12 6 2 4 15 13 2 31
6 Desportivo Huila 22 8 7 7 25 24 10 4 3 3 11 10 12 4 4 4 14 14 1 31
7 Recreativo da Caala 22 8 6 8 23 13 12 6 3 3 15 4 10 2 3 5 8 9 10 30
8 Academica do Lobito 23 8 6 9 28 23 13 7 3 3 21 9 10 1 3 6 7 14 5 30
9 Onze Bravos 20 8 5 7 21 19 10 4 3 3 12 10 10 4 2 4 9 9 2 29
10 Wiliete 22 6 9 7 25 30 12 3 6 3 16 16 10 3 3 4 9 14 -5 27
11 Sporting de Cabinda 22 7 6 9 14 25 10 5 2 3 10 8 12 2 4 6 4 17 -11 27
12 Cubango 22 7 5 10 9 23 11 4 3 4 4 6 11 3 2 6 5 17 -14 26
13 CD Lunda-Sul 21 4 10 7 14 18 9 3 3 3 5 5 12 1 7 4 9 13 -4 22
14 Progresso 22 4 4 14 17 42 11 2 3 6 10 17 11 2 1 8 7 25 -25 16
15 Kabuscorp 21 3 8 10 18 30 9 1 5 3 10 13 12 2 3 7 8 17 -12 11
16 Sporting de Benguela 21 1 3 17 11 56 13 1 2 10 9 30 8 0 1 7 2 26 -45 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 Wydad Casablanca 20 13 4 3 31 16 10 8 1 1 17 8 10 5 3 2 14 8 15 43
2 Raja Casablanca 20 11 7 2 27 14 10 5 4 1 13 7 10 6 3 1 14 7 13 40
3 Maghreb Fes 20 6 11 3 17 11 10 5 5 0 12 3 10 1 6 3 5 8 6 29
4 Difaa El Jadida 20 7 8 5 24 26 10 5 4 1 11 7 10 2 4 4 13 19 -2 29
5 RSB Berkane 20 6 10 4 22 18 11 5 4 2 17 10 9 1 6 2 5 8 4 28
6 FUS Rabat 20 7 7 6 24 22 10 4 4 2 14 11 10 3 3 4 10 11 2 28
7 FAR Rabat 20 7 7 6 23 21 10 3 4 3 10 13 10 4 3 3 13 8 2 28
8 Chabab Mohammedia 20 6 8 6 21 17 9 6 2 1 16 5 11 0 6 5 5 12 4 26
9 Riadi Salmi 20 7 5 8 26 24 10 4 2 4 13 12 10 3 3 4 13 12 2 26
10 Khouribga 20 5 9 6 25 27 10 2 7 1 11 12 10 3 2 5 14 15 -2 24
11 Ittihad Tanger 20 7 3 10 21 26 11 5 3 3 13 11 9 2 0 7 8 15 -5 24
12 Hassania Agadir 20 6 5 9 14 15 9 3 2 4 7 7 11 3 3 5 7 8 -1 23
13 Youssoufia Berrechid 20 5 7 8 20 28 10 4 3 3 9 9 10 1 4 5 11 19 -8 22
14 Mouloudia Oujda 20 5 6 9 23 27 10 3 3 4 14 17 10 2 3 5 9 10 -4 21
15 Olympic Safi 20 4 8 8 12 17 10 3 5 2 7 6 10 1 3 6 5 11 -5 20
16 Rapide Oued Zem 20 3 5 12 7 28 10 2 2 6 2 13 10 1 3 6 5 15 -21 14