There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the CAF Champions League 2nd Preliminary Round meeting between Wydad Casablanca and Rivers United. Game on!
Rivers United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 5200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both squads have had adequate rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an in-your-face fixture!
Wydad Casablanca form and stats
As mentioned below, Wydad Casablanca are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Botola Pro games.
The supporters hope that Wydad Casablanca will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the CAF Champions League fixture against Rivers United.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against RSB Berkane.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Wydad Casablanca as they are travelling to their away game against Ittihad Tanger in the Botola Pro. That match is three days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Wydad Casablanca's 2 home games: {5 goals}, 1 conceded.
Rivers United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Watanga in order to reach 2nd preliminary round of CAF Champions League. They also participated in CAF Champions League last season. This ended in the 2nd preliminary round, when Al Hilal Omdurman drew the shortest straw.The story so far for the visiting team on their Npfl travels is 5 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the CAF Champions League stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
The regulars enjoyed Rivers United's previous game versus Wydad Casablanca, a CAF Champions League win (2-1) played at home.
A defeat, in the CAF Champions League away at Watanga, before that.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rivers as they have only managed to score 17 times from 19 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have faced each other previously this season, with the result Rivers United - Wydad Casablanca 2-1 entered in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Hassouni 2 goals | B. Junior Sambou 2 goals | Y. Jabrane 1 goals |
Wydad Casablanca missing players
Rivers United missing players
| Wydad Casablanca | Rivers United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 7 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Scored | S | 9 | 38 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 15 | 18 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 24% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.6 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.3 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.7 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 70% | ||
| 8.5 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 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 | FUS Rabat | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Hassania Agadir | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Difaa El Jadida | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 8 | Moghreb Tetouan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | UTS Rabat | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Chabab Mohammedia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Maghreb Fes | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Mouloudia Oujda | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Raja Casablanca | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Khouribga | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 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 |
| 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 |
