All the facts and stats for the CAF Champions League clash: Wydad Casablanca - Simba

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Fri 28.April
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Mohamed V (55000 seats)

It's time to decide the outcome of the CAF Champions League Quarter-finals meeting between Wydad Casablanca and Simba. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Simba have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-5-11 (win-draw-loss) from 26 matches.

It's no vacation for neither Wydad Casablanca nor Simba as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Wydad Casablanca form and stats

Wydad Casablanca are steadily winning Botola Pro games and points here at Stade Mohamed V. 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. 6W-1D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the CAF Champions League for Wydad Casablanca.

Wydad Casablanca's previous match was a CAF Champions League game also played at their own arena, finishing 1-0 against Simba. The home side are looking to continue in that form.

Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Simba in the CAF Champions League.

A decent goal production from Casablanca in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Wydad Casablanca have conceded only 6 goals. 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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Simba form and stats

Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the 2nd preliminary round.

Simba's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Simba collect 31 points from their 14 away matches in the Ligi kuu Bara. 9 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the CAF Champions League stats, they have 8 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses both home and away.

The Simba goalkeeper Ally Salim Juma is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 358 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Two away matches in a row for Simba, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against Wydad Casablanca in the CAF Champions League.

Before that game, the win at home hosting Wydad Casablanca in the CAF Champions League (1-0).

The Simba manager do Carmo has got the team scoring on the road, with 29 away goals in 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H meeting ended Wydad Casablanca - Simba 1-0, played this season. Casablanca-Simba H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Wydad Casablanca two wins, Simba one win, zero draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Wydad CasablancaB. Junior Sambou
B. Junior Sambou
11 goals
Wydad CasablancaA. Hassouni
A. Hassouni
8 goals
Wydad CasablancaA. Zola Kiaku
A. Zola Kiaku
3 goals

Wydad Casablanca missing players

Simba missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wydad Casablanca Simba
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   15 25
14 9   Won W   9 17
8 2   Drew D   3 4
3 1   Lost L   3 4
32 17   Scored S   30 56
14 5   Conceded C   11 19
84% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
44% 42%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 72%
32% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 52%
12% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 40%
8% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 16%
28% 25%   BTTS BTTS   40% 40%
64% 75%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 48%
24% 8%   Failed to Score F T   13% 12%
 
4.8 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 3.8
4.3 4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 4
2.9 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
2 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
10.6 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 10.4
3.9 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.5
33% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   55% 50%
 
9.1 7.1   Shots against (avg) S A   7.7 8
2.9 2.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.6 2.7

  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 23 15 5 3 40 15 12 9 2 1 26 9 11 6 3 2 14 6 25 50
2 Wydad Casablanca 23 14 7 2 33 17 11 8 2 1 17 6 12 6 5 1 16 11 16 49
3 FUS Rabat 24 12 8 4 31 12 12 7 4 1 21 6 12 5 4 3 10 6 19 44
4 Olympic Safi 24 10 10 4 27 21 12 4 7 1 13 9 12 6 3 3 14 12 6 40
5 Raja Casablanca 23 9 8 6 25 20 12 7 5 0 16 7 11 2 3 6 9 13 5 35
6 Riadi Salmi 24 8 9 7 25 25 12 3 5 4 12 15 12 5 4 3 13 10 0 33
7 RSB Berkane 24 8 9 7 22 24 12 5 2 5 14 16 12 3 7 2 8 8 -2 33
8 UTS Rabat 24 8 7 9 24 28 12 6 2 4 12 9 12 2 5 5 12 19 -4 31
9 Maghreb Fes 23 6 11 6 24 22 11 4 5 2 10 6 12 2 6 4 14 16 2 29
10 Hassania Agadir 24 8 5 11 21 25 13 5 4 4 13 12 11 3 1 7 8 13 -4 29
11 Moghreb Tetouan 24 5 11 8 23 30 12 4 5 3 11 13 12 1 6 5 12 17 -7 26
12 Chabab Mohammedia 24 6 7 11 18 25 12 3 5 4 13 16 12 3 2 7 5 9 -7 25
13 Mouloudia Oujda 24 6 6 12 25 29 11 2 4 5 10 12 13 4 2 7 15 17 -4 24
14 Difaa El Jadida 24 5 7 12 19 36 12 4 4 4 8 10 12 1 3 8 11 26 -17 22
15 Ittihad Tanger 24 6 2 16 16 33 12 5 1 6 12 12 12 1 1 10 4 21 -17 20
16 Khouribga 24 2 12 10 18 29 12 2 5 5 11 14 12 0 7 5 7 15 -11 18
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Young Africans 26 22 2 2 50 13 14 12 2 0 32 5 12 10 0 2 18 8 37 68
2 Simba 26 19 6 1 62 14 12 10 2 0 33 7 14 9 4 1 29 7 48 63
3 Azam 27 16 5 6 44 27 13 11 1 1 26 10 14 5 4 5 18 17 17 53
4 Singida Big Stars 26 15 6 5 32 20 13 10 2 1 19 5 13 5 4 4 13 15 12 51
5 Geita Gold 27 9 10 8 33 37 14 5 6 3 17 19 13 4 4 5 16 18 -4 37
6 Namungo 26 10 5 11 25 29 12 6 2 4 14 13 14 4 3 7 11 16 -4 35
7 Kagera Sugar 27 9 8 10 23 30 14 7 5 2 16 9 13 2 3 8 7 21 -7 35
8 Ihefu 27 10 3 14 26 30 13 7 2 4 16 11 14 3 1 10 10 19 -4 33
9 Tanzania Prisons 27 8 7 12 27 36 13 4 3 6 14 15 14 4 4 6 13 21 -9 31
10 Dodoma Jiji 27 9 4 14 22 33 15 6 1 8 14 17 12 3 3 6 8 16 -11 31
11 Coastal Union 27 7 9 11 23 30 13 5 5 3 8 8 14 2 4 8 15 22 -7 30
12 Mtibwa Sugar 27 7 8 12 27 41 13 6 4 3 19 17 14 1 4 9 8 24 -14 29
13 Mbeya City 27 6 9 12 30 40 13 3 6 4 16 16 14 3 3 8 14 24 -10 27
14 KMC 27 6 8 13 22 30 14 6 3 5 15 15 13 0 5 8 7 15 -8 26
15 Polisi Tanzania 27 5 7 15 21 39 14 3 5 6 13 17 13 2 2 9 8 22 -18 22
16 Ruvu Shooting 27 5 5 17 18 36 14 3 2 9 9 20 13 2 3 8 9 16 -18 20

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 Young Africans 26 22 2 2 50 13 14 12 2 0 32 5 12 10 0 2 18 8 37 68
2 Simba 26 19 6 1 62 14 12 10 2 0 33 7 14 9 4 1 29 7 48 63
3 Azam 27 16 5 6 44 27 13 11 1 1 26 10 14 5 4 5 18 17 17 53
4 Singida Big Stars 26 15 6 5 32 20 13 10 2 1 19 5 13 5 4 4 13 15 12 51
5 Geita Gold 27 9 10 8 33 37 14 5 6 3 17 19 13 4 4 5 16 18 -4 37
6 Namungo 26 10 5 11 25 29 12 6 2 4 14 13 14 4 3 7 11 16 -4 35
7 Kagera Sugar 27 9 8 10 23 30 14 7 5 2 16 9 13 2 3 8 7 21 -7 35
8 Ihefu 27 10 3 14 26 30 13 7 2 4 16 11 14 3 1 10 10 19 -4 33
9 Tanzania Prisons 27 8 7 12 27 36 13 4 3 6 14 15 14 4 4 6 13 21 -9 31
10 Dodoma Jiji 27 9 4 14 22 33 15 6 1 8 14 17 12 3 3 6 8 16 -11 31
11 Coastal Union 27 7 9 11 23 30 13 5 5 3 8 8 14 2 4 8 15 22 -7 30
12 Mtibwa Sugar 27 7 8 12 27 41 13 6 4 3 19 17 14 1 4 9 8 24 -14 29
13 Mbeya City 27 6 9 12 30 40 13 3 6 4 16 16 14 3 3 8 14 24 -10 27
14 KMC 27 6 8 13 22 30 14 6 3 5 15 15 13 0 5 8 7 15 -8 26
15 Polisi Tanzania 27 5 7 15 21 39 14 3 5 6 13 17 13 2 2 9 8 22 -18 22
16 Ruvu Shooting 27 5 5 17 18 36 14 3 2 9 9 20 13 2 3 8 9 16 -18 20

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