The magic of the cup as Vipers greet Raja Casablanca visitors in CAF Champions League tie

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium (3000 seats)

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

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Raja Casablanca have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 6-2-3 (win-draw-loss) from eleven matches.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Vipers and Raja Casablanca.

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Vipers form and stats

Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the preliminary round against Al Hilal Omdurman.

Vipers have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier League with 6 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. This match is a CAF Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in this competition.

Vipers are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 236 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Cromwell).

The Vipers coach Pelliser and his players return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Wakiso Giants in the Uganda Cup.

Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Simba (after extra-time) in the CAF Champions League.

Defensively Vipers have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Raja Casablanca form and stats

They also participated in CAF Champions League last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Al Ahly drew the shortest straw.

There's been little loot from Raja Casablanca's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Botola Pro. Raja Casablanca only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. Total CAF Champions League statistics for Raja Casablanca: 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.

Two travels in a row for Casablanca, whose manager Kbaïer could celebrate last time after the Coupe Du Trone win against Youssoufia Berrechid.

Prior to that match, the Raja Casablanca manager Kbaïer faced defeat when travelling to Hassania Agadir (after extra-time) and losing 1-2.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Casablanca as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Raja Casablanca - Vipers 5-0 was the story when these contenders previously did battle, also in this season.

Top Goalscorers

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

Vipers missing players

Raja Casablanca missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vipers Raja Casablanca
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
10 7   Won W   6 16
9 4   Drew D   3 5
6 1   Lost L   4 4
24 17   Scored S   18 38
13 2   Conceded C   10 13
72% 67%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   77% 84%
36% 42%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 56%
24% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 40%
12% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 16%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
12% 8%   BTTS BTTS   38% 32%
64% 83%   Clean Sheets C S   54% 64%
52% 42%   Failed to Score F T   31% 20%
 
6 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.4
3.1 3   Corners against (avg) C A   3 3
1.4 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.5
1 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
10.5 9.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.3 11.2
3.6 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.2
25% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 37%
 
9.5 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   7.9 6.8
3.5 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 2.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Raja Casablanca 4 4 0 0 13 1 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 2 0 0 6 1 12 12
2 Simba 4 2 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 -2 6
3 Horoya 4 1 1 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 -3 4
4 Vipers 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 KCCA 16 11 2 3 28 14 8 7 1 0 19 8 8 4 1 3 9 6 14 35
2 SC Villa 17 10 3 4 16 12 8 6 0 2 11 6 9 4 3 2 7 6 4 31
3 BUL 17 8 5 4 26 13 9 6 2 1 16 5 8 2 3 3 10 8 13 29
4 Vipers 15 8 4 3 19 5 8 6 2 0 16 1 7 2 2 3 3 4 14 28
5 Wakiso Giants 17 7 5 5 22 18 9 4 2 3 14 12 8 3 3 2 8 6 4 26
6 Bright Stars 16 6 6 4 16 14 8 4 2 2 9 6 8 2 4 2 7 8 2 24
7 URA 17 5 8 4 19 14 8 2 5 1 6 5 9 3 3 3 13 9 5 23
8 Arua Hill 15 7 2 6 18 14 7 5 0 2 13 6 8 2 2 4 5 8 4 23
9 Gadafi 16 6 4 6 18 17 8 5 3 0 13 4 8 1 1 6 5 13 1 22
10 Maroons 17 5 7 5 17 21 8 3 4 1 11 6 9 2 3 4 6 15 -4 22
11 Express FC 17 4 6 7 14 19 9 2 4 3 5 7 8 2 2 4 9 12 -5 18
12 Jinja SSS 17 6 0 11 10 26 9 3 0 6 4 11 8 3 0 5 9 15 -16 15
13 UPDF 17 2 6 9 13 29 8 2 4 2 9 8 9 0 2 7 4 21 -16 12
14 Bukedea 17 2 6 9 11 27 8 1 3 4 3 11 9 1 3 5 8 16 -16 12
15 Onduparaka 17 2 6 9 12 23 9 2 3 4 10 11 8 0 3 5 4 12 -11 10
  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

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 4 4 0 0 13 1 2 2 0 0 7 0 2 2 0 0 6 1 12 12
2 Simba 4 2 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 -2 6
3 Horoya 4 1 1 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 -3 4
4 Vipers 4 0 1 3 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 6 -7 1

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