Nkana and Raja Casablanca get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this CAF Confederations Cup Group Stage fixture.
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!
Nkana form and stats
Nkana was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the CAF Confederations Cup. CS Sfaxien was too strong.When playing at home in the Super League, Nkana have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games. On the other hand, in the CAF Confederations Cup, Nkana has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Nkana to get some points in this home game. Nkana are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
Nkana are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 258 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by S. Mulenga).
The Nkana fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. On the other hand, Nkana have conceded 10 goals.
Raja Casablanca form and stats
They also participated in CAF Confederations Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Playing away, Raja Casablanca have won 1 game, drawn 3 and suffered 0 defeats in the Botola Pro this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the CAF Confederations Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away. Things are running smoothly for Casablanca who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 16 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Ittihad Tanger. Casablanca are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played twelve in a row without losing.
A draw for Casablanca before that, at their own venue hosting Youssoufia Berrechid (1-1).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Raja Casablanca manager J. Sellami as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Wydad Casablanca.
Casablanca have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Casablanca have seen the ball go into their own net 4 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
Top Goalscorers
  B. Malango Ngita 5 goals | S. Rahimi 5 goals | N. Sadaoui 2 goals |
Nkana missing players
Raja Casablanca missing players
| Nkana | Raja Casablanca | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 24 | 16 | Scored | S | 10 | 34 | ||
| 35 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 70% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.1 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 7.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| 36% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pyramids FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Raja Casablanca | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Nkana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -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 | ZESCO United | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 40 |
| 2 | Zanaco | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 36 |
| 3 | Lusaka Dynamos | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Forest Rangers | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Buildcon | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 6 | Kabwe Warriors | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Prison Leopards | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Red Arrows | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| 9 | Power Dynamos | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 28 |
| 10 | Green Eagles | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Nkwazi | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 27 |
| 12 | Indeni | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 25 |
| 13 | Green Buffaloes | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Young Green Eagles | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -12 | 22 |
| 15 | NAPSA Stars | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 21 |
| 16 | Nkana | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -9 | 20 |
| 17 | Lumwana Radiants | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 18 |
| 18 | Kitwe United | 21 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 18 | -21 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Raja Casablanca | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | Wydad Casablanca | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | FAR Rabat | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Youssoufia Berrechid | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | RSB Berkane | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Maghreb Fes | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Olympic Safi | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Chabab Mohammedia | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Hassania Agadir | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Ittihad Tanger | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | Difaa El Jadida | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | FUS Rabat | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Moghreb Tetouan | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Rapide Oued Zem | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Mouloudia Oujda | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | CR Khemis Zemamra | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 6 |