It's game one of two in the CAF Confederations Cup as Al Ahli Benghazi host Motema Pembe. This is a Play-offs fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
Al Ahli Benghazi and Motema Pembe should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Ahli Benghazi form and stats
Al Ahli Benghazi participated in CAF Confederations Cup the last season, where they reached the play-offs and lost against NA Hussein Dey.Al Ahli Benghazi have played 1 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). The Benghazi fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Petrosport Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Al Ahli Benghazi has played 25 games in a row here without a defeat. Benghazi haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Al-Ittihad, 1011 days ago.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Al-Nasr are coming to town in one day.
At Petrosport Stadium, Al Ahli Benghazi has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Motema Pembe form and stats
Motema Pembe's mission in CAF Confederations Cup last season failed in the group stage.2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Motema Pembe in their Super Ligue matches away.
P. Kaniki came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Onze Bravos last time out, making the manager I. N'Gata feel like a tactical genius.
Motema are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 7 away games. The Motema defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (3 goals in 7 games).
Head 2 Head
Al Ahli Benghazi missing players
Motema Pembe missing players
| Al Ahli Benghazi | Motema Pembe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Scored | S | 7 | 29 | ||
| 29 | 4 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | ||
| 84% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 79% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.2 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 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 | Al-Nasr | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Al-Akhdar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Ahli Benghazi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Khaleej Sart | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Al Hilal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Al-Tahaddi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Darnes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Shabaab Al Jabal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Ngom Egdabya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Al Sadaqa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Al-Anwar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Ta'awon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sanga Balende | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | TP Mazembe | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | Vita Club | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Saint Eloi Lupopo | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Maniema Union | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Renaissance | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 21 |
| 7 | Motema Pembe | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | AC Rangers | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 9 | Blessing | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Don Bosco | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | JSK | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 16 |
| 12 | RCK | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | Dauphins Noirs | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Simba | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 12 |
| 15 | Lubumbashi Sport | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -21 | 7 |
| 16 | Groupe Bazano | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 6 |