Get ready for the return leg of the CAF Champions League 2nd Preliminary Round between Wydad Casablanca and Hearts of Oak. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
Casablanca have less rest than Hearts of Oak in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Botola Pro game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Olympic Safi, was also a home game here at Stade Mohamed V. The away team is better rested.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Hearts of Oak, who are travelling more than 5300 kilometers to play this game.
Wydad Casablanca form and stats
Casablanca was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the CAF Champions League. Kaizer Chiefs was too strong.Perfect Botola Pro season at home so far for Wydad Casablanca 3 wins from 3 appearances. Ever since the Ittihad Tanger game Casablanca has been unbeatable here at Stade Mohamed V producing four straight wins.
Wydad Casablanca are confident in defense, having played 206 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Casablanca's last game was hosting Olympic Safi and winning 1-0.
Prior to that, an away loss at Hearts of Oak in the CAF Champions League.The manager W. Regragui will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to FAR Rabat in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Casablanca are scoring many of them at home; 6 on target from 3 league matches. From these home matches, Casablanca have conceded only 2 goals.
Hearts of Oak form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated CI Kamsar in order to reach 2nd preliminary round of CAF Champions League.5 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Hearts of Oak playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Hearts won their last game, 1-0 versus Wydad Casablanca played at home.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus CI Kamsar in the CAF Champions League.A new game in only four days for Hearts, the Premier League home match versus Wa All Stars. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Hearts are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 17 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These sides played each other earlier this campaign: Hearts of Oak - Wydad Casablanca 1-0.Top Goalscorers
  G. Mbenza Kamboleke 3 goals | Z. El-Moutaraji 2 goals | Y. Jabrane 1 goals |
Wydad Casablanca missing players
Hearts of Oak missing players
| Wydad Casablanca | Hearts of Oak | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Scored | S | 8 | 32 | ||
| 19 | 13 | Conceded | C | 9 | 13 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 32% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 20% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 8.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 45% | ||
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Raja Casablanca | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Difaa El Jadida | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Riadi Salmi | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | FAR Rabat | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Maghreb Fes | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | RSB Berkane | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Mouloudia Oujda | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Youssoufia Berrechid | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Khouribga | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Chabab Mohammedia | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Olympic Safi | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | Hassania Agadir | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | FUS Rabat | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Ittihad Tanger | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Rapide Oued Zem | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 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 | Hearts of Oak | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 61 |
| 2 | Asante Kotoko | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 37 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 57 |
| 3 | WAFA | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 56 |
| 4 | Aduana Stars | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 42 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 33 | 2 | 55 |
| 5 | Medeama | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 54 |
| 6 | Great Olympics | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 52 |
| 7 | Dreams | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 35 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 49 |
| 8 | Karela | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 46 |
| 9 | Ashanti Gold | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 50 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 14 | 45 |
| 10 | Berekum Chelsea | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 38 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 34 | -8 | 43 |
| 11 | Wa All Stars | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 21 | -1 | 42 |
| 12 | Eleven Wonders | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 25 | -5 | 42 |
| 13 | Bechem United | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 47 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 36 | -9 | 42 |
| 14 | Ebusua Dwarfs | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 27 | -4 | 41 |
| 15 | Elmina Sharks | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 45 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 32 | -11 | 41 |
| 16 | King Faisal | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 33 | -13 | 41 |
| 17 | Liberty Professionals | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 27 | -12 | 40 |
| 18 | Inter Allies | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 27 | -17 | 26 |