Wydad Casablanca and Zamalek get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this CAF Champions League Group Stage fixture.
These teams have little in common geographically as Zamalek have to travel 4400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Casablanca have less rest than Zamalek in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Botola Pro game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Hassania Agadir, was also a home game here at Stade Mohamed V. The away team is better rested.
Wydad Casablanca form and stats
Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the semi-finals against Kaizer Chiefs.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Mohamed V as Wydad Casablanca have scored 15 goals to get 22 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Botola Pro are 7-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). 2W-0D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the CAF Champions League for Wydad Casablanca.
The Wydad Casablanca club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stade Mohamed V: A 0-2 defeat against Hassania Agadir.
There will be little rest for Casablanca after this match as they are travelling to Youssoufia Berrechid for a Botola Pro game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Wydad Casablanca in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. From these home matches, Wydad Casablanca have conceded only 7 goals.
Zamalek form and stats
They also participated in CAF Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.The away performances of Zamalek have been very solid so far with 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat in the Premier League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the CAF Champions League stats, they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Prior to that match, the Zamalek manager Carteron faced defeat when travelling to Smouha and losing 0-2.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Coca-Cola in just four days.
Zamalek has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. Zamalek are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Wydad Casablanca one win, zero draws and Zamalek one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Mbenza Kamboleke 11 goals |  A. Sayed 5 goals | M. Ali 3 goals |
Wydad Casablanca missing players
Zamalek missing players
| Wydad Casablanca | Zamalek | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 10 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 44 | 28 | Scored | S | 20 | 40 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 37% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 39% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 8.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 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 | Petro de Luanda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Wydad Casablanca | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Sagrada Esperança | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | Wydad Casablanca | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 39 |
| 2 | Raja Casablanca | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | RSB Berkane | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Difaa El Jadida | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| 5 | Maghreb Fes | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Riadi Salmi | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | FUS Rabat | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | FAR Rabat | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Chabab Mohammedia | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 | Khouribga | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Ittihad Tanger | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Mouloudia Oujda | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Youssoufia Berrechid | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Hassania Agadir | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Olympic Safi | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 16 | Rapide Oued Zem | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -19 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pyramids FC | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Smouha | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Al Masry | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Pharco | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | El Gounah | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 9 | ENPPI | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | Coca-Cola | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 13 | National Bank of Egypt | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | El Geish | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 9 |
| 15 | Al Mokawloon | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Misr Lel Makasa | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 8 |
| 17 | Ismaily | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 3 |
| 18 | El Sharqia Dokhan | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -16 | 3 |
