International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both ES Sétif and Al Ahli Benghazi are looking forward to this CAF Confederations Cup fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Sétif's stadium, Stade du 8 Mai 1945, has a artifical turf surface. Al Ahli Benghazi have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Al Ahli Benghazi when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses from four matches. They have scored 3 goals in these games and conceded 8.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
ES Sétif form and stats
ES Sétif are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Stade du 8 Mai 1945. 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 10 games. This match is a CAF Confederations Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses in this competition. Sétif has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stade du 8 Mai 1945. We remember; it was Olympique Medea.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Sétif, as their goalkeeper Abdelwahab Sofiane Khedairia has completely shut out the opponents for 216 minutes in the Ligue 1.
Sétif drew their last game, 0-0 away at Orlando Pirates. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against JS Kabylie.
There will be little rest for Sétif after this match as they are travelling to JSM Skikda for a Ligue 1 game in only three days.
The Sétif manager N. Kouki has got the team scoring with 20 from 10 home games in the league. Defensively ES Sétif have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Al Ahli Benghazi form and stats
Benghazi's mission in CAF Confederations Cup last season failed in the play-offs against NA Hussein Dey.1-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Ahli Benghazi in their Premier League matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the CAF Confederations Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Benghazi as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games. Benghazi have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Benghazi won their last game, 1-0 versus Enyimba played at home. It was a CAF Confederations Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Orlando Pirates wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Ahli Benghazi has managed 4 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Al Ahli Benghazi - ES Sétif 1-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Sétif one win, one draw and Al Ahli Benghazi one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Amoura 9 goals | A. Kendouci 5 goals | Y. Laouafi 3 goals |
ES Sétif missing players
Al Ahli Benghazi missing players
| ES Sétif | Al Ahli Benghazi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 6 | ||
| 38 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 30 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 22 | 27 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.3 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 4 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 1.7 | ||
| 33% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Orlando Pirates | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Al Ahli Benghazi | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 3 | Enyimba | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 4 | ES Sétif | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 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 | ES Sétif | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | JS Saoura | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 33 |
| 3 | MC Oran | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Olympique Medea | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 5 | JS Kabylie | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Ain M'lila | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 31 |
| 7 | CR Belouizdad | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 30 |
| 8 | CS Constantine | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 30 |
| 9 | USM Alger | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
| 10 | Paradou AC | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | MC Alger | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 12 | RC Relizane | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 13 | Tlemcen | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 20 |
| 14 | ASO Chlef | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 20 |
| 15 | NA Hussein Dey | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 19 |
| 16 | US Biskra | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | -13 | 19 |
| 17 | NC Magra | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 18 | USM Bel Abbes | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 15 |
| 19 | JSM Skikda | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 22 | -18 | 11 |
| 20 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -22 | 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 | Al-Akhdar | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Al-Nasr | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Al Hilal | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Al-Tahaddi | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Al Ahli Benghazi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 6 | Al Ta'awon | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Al Sadaqa | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 8 | Khaleej Sart | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 9 | Ngom Egdabya | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 10 | Darnes | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Shabaab Al Jabal | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Al-Anwar | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 2 |