CAF Champions League preview and statistics: Wydad Casablanca vs JS Kabylie full pre-match guide

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Mohamed V (55000 seats)

International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Wydad Casablanca and JS Kabylie are looking forward to this CAF Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.

This ground has grass, which is not JS Kabylie's regular surface at their own ground. When appearing on grass JS Kabylie have performed like this: Played 19 matches yielding 8 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats with the goal data 22-12 (scored/conceded).

These teams have little in common geographically as JS Kabylie have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Wydad Casablanca and JS Kabylie should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Wydad Casablanca form and stats

Wydad Casablanca have performed here at Stade Mohamed V this season with 7 wins from 10 Botola Pro matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. 4W-1D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the CAF Champions League for Wydad Casablanca.

The Casablanca coach Fernández and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Vita Club in the CAF Champions League.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Ittihad Tanger.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Wydad Casablanca home games with this odds we find 19 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 15 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 7 matches were won by at least two goals.

The manager Fernández will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Raja Casablanca in only four days.

Wydad Casablanca have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Mohamed V with 16 goals in 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Casablanca are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Mohamed V in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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JS Kabylie form and stats

JS Kabylie have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-3-5 (9 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the CAF Champions League stats, they have 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses both home and away.

The attacking players of JS Kabylie have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 205 minutes. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. JS Kabylie goalkeeper null null is eager to challenge this, with his 183 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The regulars enjoyed Kabylie's previous game versus Petro de Luanda, a CAF Champions League win (1-0) played at home.

Before that game, the victory at home against Vita Club in the CAF Champions League (2-1).

After this away game JS Kabylie return home for a Ligue 1 game against HB Chelghoum Laid. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

The latest reported history between these sides is the JS Kabylie - Wydad Casablanca 1-0 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

Wydad CasablancaB. Junior Sambou
B. Junior Sambou
9 goals
Wydad CasablancaA. Hassouni
A. Hassouni
7 goals
JS KabylieE. Mouaki Dadi
E. Mouaki Dadi
4 goals

Wydad Casablanca missing players

JS Kabylie missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wydad Casablanca JS Kabylie
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
13 8   Won W   2 9
8 3   Drew D   4 7
4 1   Lost L   6 9
32 20   Scored S   7 26
15 6   Conceded C   11 21
76% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   75% 80%
44% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 56%
36% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   25% 40%
12% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 8%
12% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
24% 33%   BTTS BTTS   33% 40%
68% 67%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 44%
32% 17%   Failed to Score F T   58% 36%
 
4.9 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 5.4
3.5 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 3.7
2.6 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.4
4 2   Red cards R C   0 1
 
10.8 14.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.2 9.9
4.2 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 4.9
30% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   14% 23%
 
8.2 6.9   Shots against (avg) S A   8.7 7.4
2.5 1.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 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 Wydad Casablanca 5 3 1 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 10
2 JS Kabylie 5 3 1 1 4 2 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 10
3 Vita Club 5 1 1 3 3 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 4
4 Petro de Luanda 5 1 1 3 2 5 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 2 2 3 -3 4
  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
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CR Belouizdad 16 12 4 0 28 8 8 6 2 0 15 4 8 6 2 0 13 4 20 40
2 CS Constantine 20 10 6 4 25 15 10 7 2 1 16 5 10 3 4 3 9 10 10 36
3 ES Setif 20 9 5 6 28 22 10 6 3 1 17 4 10 3 2 5 11 18 6 32
4 MC Alger 19 8 7 4 15 13 9 6 3 0 12 5 10 2 4 4 3 8 2 31
5 USM Alger 17 8 5 4 22 13 9 6 3 0 16 6 8 2 2 4 6 7 9 29
6 JS Saoura 19 8 5 6 22 15 9 7 1 1 16 3 10 1 4 5 6 12 7 29
7 El Bayadh 20 7 6 7 16 15 11 6 5 0 13 3 9 1 1 7 3 12 1 27
8 US Biskra 21 6 9 6 18 19 10 5 5 0 11 5 11 1 4 6 7 14 -1 27
9 USM Khenchela 18 8 3 7 17 19 9 5 2 2 10 4 9 3 1 5 7 15 -2 27
10 NC Magra 19 7 5 7 24 21 10 6 2 2 14 8 9 1 3 5 10 13 3 26
11 ASO Chlef 21 6 8 7 22 22 11 6 4 1 17 6 10 0 4 6 5 16 0 26
12 MC Oran 19 7 5 7 15 19 9 6 3 0 10 2 10 1 2 7 5 17 -4 26
13 RC Arbaa 21 7 4 10 26 30 10 7 1 2 22 11 11 0 3 8 4 19 -4 25
14 Paradou AC 17 4 5 8 19 23 9 3 2 4 11 12 8 1 3 4 8 11 -4 17
15 JS Kabylie 17 3 5 9 15 17 8 2 2 4 10 9 9 1 3 5 5 8 -2 14
16 HB Chelghoum Laid 20 0 2 18 7 48 10 0 2 8 4 18 10 0 0 10 3 30 -41 2

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 Wydad Casablanca 5 3 1 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 10
2 JS Kabylie 5 3 1 1 4 2 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 10
3 Vita Club 5 1 1 3 3 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 4
4 Petro de Luanda 5 1 1 3 2 5 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 2 2 3 -3 4

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