There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the CAF Confederations Cup Play-offs meeting between Cotonsport and Nouadhibou. Game on!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
This stadium has grass, unlike Nouadhibou's home ground. The previous ten games by the guests on grass have resulted in 0 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses.
It's quite the trip for Nouadhibou when visiting Cotonsport as the cities are 4900 kilometers apart.
Cotonsport form and stats
Action has already taken place for Cotonsport in CAF Confederations Cup as they have defeated Orapa United to reach the Play-offs. Cotonsport participated in CAF Confederations Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against JS Kabylie.1W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the CAF Confederations Cup for Cotonsport. The Cotonsport fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stade de la Réunification and will expect new points from this game. Cotonsport has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
Cotonsport drew their last game, 0-0 away at Nouadhibou.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Orapa United.Nouadhibou form and stats
Last season their CAF Confederations Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Things are running smoothly for Nouadhibou who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 25 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Concorde.
Nouadhibou played 0-0 against Cotonsport in their previous match.
A draw for Nouadhibou before that, at their own venue hosting Garde Nationale (0-0).Head 2 Head
The two teams involved encountered each other earlier this match year: Nouadhibou - Cotonsport 0-0.Cotonsport missing players
Nouadhibou missing players
| Cotonsport | Nouadhibou | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 32 | 23 | Scored | S | 19 | 49 | ||
| 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 6 | 7 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10.8 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 15.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.9 | 9.1 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 24% | ||
| 7.9 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | ||