Wydad – Esperance: Team Facts

Ahead of Friday’s first leg final of the Total CAF Champions League 2018/19 season, below are some key facts on the finalists;

Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco)

** **·       This will be the fourth CAF Champions League final for Wydad. They have won two and lost one of the previous three.

·       Wydad have lost only once in their last eight (8) matches in the CAF Champions League (W4 D3 L1)·       The Casablanca-based side are undefeated in their last twenty (20) home fixtures in the CAF Champions League (W18 D2 L0)·       They have suffered just three (3) defeats in the CAF Champions League this campaign in twelve (12) games (W6 D3 L3)·       Wydad have won five (5) out of their six (6) home games in the CAF Champions League this term (W5 D1 L0)·       They have conceded only three (3) goals in their six (6) home matches in the CAF Champions League.

·       Wydad have never beaten Espérance de Tunis at home in the CAF Champions League after two (2) meetings (W0 D2 L0)

Espérance de Tunis (Tunisia)

** **·     The defending champions will be playing their eighth final in the CAF Champions League. In the previous seven, they have won three and lost four.

·       The Blood and Gold have not in their last eleven (11) CAF Champions League games.

(W8 D3 L0)·      Esperance have lost only twice in their last seventeen (17) away games in the CAF Champions League but are unbeaten in 	the last five (5) (W5 D10 L2)·       Esperance are unbeaten in the CAF Champions League this term after ten (10) games (W7 D3 L0)·      They have won two (2) and drawn three (3) out of their five away games in the CAF Champions League this campaign (W2 	D3 	L0)·       Esperance have managed to keep only two (2) clean sheets in their five (5) away fixtures in the CAF Champions League this 	term.

·       Esperance have never lost to Wydad AC in their previous four (4) meetings in the CAF Champions League (W1 D3 L0)