Motema Pembe and Rivers United get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this CAF Confederations Cup Group Stage fixture.
It's quite the trip for Rivers United when visiting Motema as the cities are 2500 kilometers apart.
The visiting Rivers United played their last game only four days ago, a Npfl match. That game, against Bayelsa United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Rivers United.
Motema Pembe form and stats
Last season their CAF Confederations Cup adventure ended in the play-offs against USGN.The story so far in the Super Ligue for Motema Pembe at their home stadium (Estádio 11 de Novembro) is 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
The home club members witnessed a 0-0 draw vs Diables Noirs in the CAF Confederations Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
In the fixture before, 0-0 away to ASEC Mimosas (CAF Confederations Cup).
Motema Pembe aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio 11 de Novembro in the league, with only {4 goals} from 5 games. Motema are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio 11 de Novembro in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Rivers United form and stats
They also participated in CAF Confederations Cup last season. This ended in the play-offs, when Al Masry drew the shortest straw.The story so far for the visiting team on their Npfl travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Rivers United are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Bayelsa United.
Before that, the victory at home against ASEC Mimosas in the CAF Confederations Cup (3-0). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Rivers United in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Rivers United, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Rivers has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. Rivers United struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Motema Pembe missing players
Rivers United missing players
| Motema Pembe | Rivers United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 7 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 13 | 39 | ||
| 19 | 13 | Conceded | C | 25 | 29 | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 20% | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.7 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.2 | 7.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 54% | ||
| 8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.9 | 6.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Diables Noirs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Rivers United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Motema Pembe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | ASEC Mimosas | 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 | Vita Club | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 31 |
| 2 | Saint Eloi Lupopo | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | Maniema Union | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | TP Mazembe | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 5 | Celeste | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | JSK | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Blessing | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Motema Pembe | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Tshinkunku | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | AC Rangers | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Sanga Balende | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | Don Bosco | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 10 |
| 13 | Groupe Bazano | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Lubumbashi Sport | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 9 |
| 15 | Panda B5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Simba | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Etoile de Kivu | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Dauphins Noirs | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 19 | Kuya Sport | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 20 | Renaissance | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lobi Stars | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Sunshine Stars | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Rivers United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Abia Warriors | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Niger Tornadoes | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Doma United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Enugu Rangers | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 9 |
| 8 | Bayelsa United | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 9 | Wikki Tourist | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 10 | Akwa Starlets | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
