Enyimba vs Rahimo preview: CAF Champions League Preliminary Round leg 1 of 2

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Competition: World CAF Champions League
Competition: Sun 06.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Enyimba International Stadium (25000 seats)

Enyimba get ready to welcome Rahimo for something different than the ordinary league football: The CAF Champions League Preliminary Round leg 1 of 2.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

It's quite the trip for Rahimo when visiting Enyimba as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.

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Enyimba form and stats

Enyimba was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the CAF Champions League.

Enyimba have been outstanding at home so far in the Npfl with 8 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss. After failing to beat Heartland here at Enyimba International Stadium, Enyimba has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Olufemi Kayode not having conceded a league goal in 183 minutes.

A good away victory last time out for Enyimba, who won 1-0 against Rahimo. A strong away win before that one, visiting Adamawa United and winning 2-0.

Goals decide football matches and Enyimba are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 10 league matches. Enyimba are not conceding a lot of goals here at Enyimba International Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Rahimo form and stats

They also participated in CAF Champions League last season. This ended in the preliminary round.

Playing away, Rahimo have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Rahimo, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Rahimo failed to get anything from their last game, a CAF Champions League home match vs Enyimba that ended with defeat 0-1. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against RC Bobo-Dioulasso in the Premier League.

Rahimo find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Rahimo have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Rahimo - Enyimba 0-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Enyimba two wins, zero draws and Rahimo one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Enyimba missing players

Rahimo missing players

Enyimba Rahimo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
13 8   Won W   6 9
4 3   Drew D   3 7
8 1   Lost L   4 9
36 21   Scored S   18 25
26 7   Conceded C   14 28
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 88%
80% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 64%
32% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 40%
16% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 16%
12% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
36% 42%   BTTS BTTS   46% 40%
36% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 32%
28% 8%   Failed to Score F T   23% 40%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
0.8 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
6.4 8.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 8.5
2.5 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.6 4.1
60% 47%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 22%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plateau United 25 14 7 4 36 15 13 11 2 0 29 6 12 3 5 4 7 9 21 49
2 Rivers United 25 13 6 6 28 15 13 10 3 0 19 5 12 3 3 6 9 10 13 45
3 Lobi Stars 25 12 7 6 26 19 13 9 4 0 20 5 12 3 3 6 6 14 7 43
4 Enugu Rangers 24 10 7 7 25 20 12 8 1 3 14 7 12 2 6 4 11 13 5 37
5 Enyimba 20 11 3 6 30 20 10 8 1 1 20 6 10 3 2 5 10 14 10 36
6 Akwa United 25 8 11 6 23 22 12 5 6 1 15 8 13 3 5 5 8 14 1 35
7 Kano Pillars 24 8 10 6 27 18 11 7 3 1 17 3 13 1 7 5 10 15 9 34
8 Akwa Starlets 26 8 10 8 26 26 13 7 2 4 16 12 13 1 8 4 10 14 0 34
9 Sunshine Stars 25 9 7 9 27 29 13 7 5 1 19 10 12 2 2 8 8 19 -2 34
10 Katsina United 24 9 7 8 18 25 12 8 4 0 15 6 12 1 3 8 3 19 -7 34
11 Warri Wolves 24 9 6 9 25 23 11 7 2 2 15 5 13 2 4 7 10 18 2 33
12 Ifeanyi Uba 25 10 3 12 25 28 12 10 2 0 17 3 13 0 1 12 8 25 -3 33
13 Heartland 25 9 5 11 21 21 12 7 3 2 15 6 13 2 2 9 6 15 0 32
14 MFM 25 8 7 10 19 19 13 6 6 1 15 6 12 2 1 9 4 13 0 31
15 Wikki Tourist 25 8 7 10 23 24 13 7 4 2 19 10 12 1 3 8 4 14 -1 31
16 Abia Warriors 25 8 6 11 23 28 12 8 3 1 18 10 13 0 3 10 5 18 -5 30
17 Nasarawa United 25 8 5 12 27 27 13 7 3 3 17 9 12 1 2 9 10 18 0 29
18 Jigawa Golden Stars 25 9 2 14 25 35 13 9 2 2 18 11 12 0 0 12 7 24 -10 29
19 Kwara United 25 8 4 13 23 33 12 6 3 3 14 8 13 2 1 10 9 25 -10 28
20 Adamawa United 25 6 2 17 17 47 13 6 2 5 13 13 12 0 0 12 4 34 -30 20
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SONABEL 14 7 7 0 23 10 9 5 4 0 14 4 5 2 3 0 9 6 13 28
2 USFA 14 7 5 2 19 9 6 2 3 1 7 4 8 5 2 1 12 5 10 26
3 Douanes 13 4 7 2 16 9 6 1 5 0 8 5 7 3 2 2 8 4 7 19
4 Etoile Filante 14 5 4 5 14 12 7 4 2 1 8 3 7 1 2 4 6 9 2 19
5 Ouagadougou 14 4 6 4 10 10 5 1 3 1 2 2 9 3 3 3 8 8 0 18
6 Majestic 13 5 3 5 12 13 6 3 1 2 8 6 7 2 2 3 4 7 -1 18
7 ASFA-Yennenga 13 4 6 3 10 13 8 2 3 3 5 10 5 2 3 0 5 3 -3 18
8 RCK 14 5 3 6 10 18 6 3 1 2 6 7 8 2 2 4 4 11 -8 18
9 Salitas 11 6 2 3 17 13 5 3 1 1 9 5 6 3 1 2 8 8 4 17
10 Police 13 4 5 4 14 10 7 3 1 3 10 6 6 1 4 1 4 4 4 17
11 Rahimo 11 4 5 2 11 9 5 1 4 0 3 2 6 3 1 2 8 7 2 17
12 RC Bobo-Dioulasso 13 3 7 3 11 8 5 1 2 2 4 3 8 2 5 1 7 5 3 16
13 KOZAF 13 3 6 4 13 16 7 1 2 4 5 13 6 2 4 0 8 3 -3 15
14 ASFB 13 2 7 4 13 15 7 2 2 3 9 9 6 0 5 1 4 6 -2 13
15 ASEC Koudougou 13 3 4 6 7 12 7 1 4 2 4 5 6 2 0 4 3 7 -5 13
16 Royal 13 2 5 6 13 20 8 1 4 3 7 10 5 1 1 3 6 10 -7 11
17 Leopards 13 3 2 8 10 20 8 1 1 6 7 15 5 2 1 2 3 5 -10 11
18 Vitesse 12 1 6 5 9 15 5 0 2 3 2 5 7 1 4 2 7 10 -6 9