Al Ahly vs Raja Casablanca: Home team will take all the points

The defending champion will lock horns with Morocco colossus Raja Casablanca at the WE Al Ahly Stadium on Saturday night. Both teams are competent but the home team are well capable of pulling the strings here. This fixture promise to be titillating as both teams are top attacking teams.

Last six matches: DLWLWW

Egyptian top club who are 2nd placed in the Egyptian premier league will host Raja Casablanca later today. The hosts are the most successful team in the history of the tournament having won it ten times, they are about to make it three times in three years if they later succeed as the tournament progresses.

The Red Devils didn't finish as expected in the group phase as they ended up in 2nd position with ten points below Mamelodi Sundowns who racked up sixteen points in six games.

They picked up ten points from a possible eighteen points in the group phase.

Things have not been going well for the host lately as they have failed to score more than one goal in the last three matches.

Player to watch: Percy Tau

Last six matches: WWWLWW 

Moroccan top team Raja Casablanca are looking for their first African triumph in the 20th century as they visit Al Ahly in the knockout phase of the tournament.

The Green Devils are 2nd in their league with forty points and three points behind Wydad Athletic Club who are in 1st position.

It was a smooth sail for them qualifying for the knockout face as they only lost once in their six group matches.

Having conceded only once in the group stage they managed to score seven goals overall.

Raja might not really get a win but they will try to score here just to give them a slight chance in the second leg.

Player to watch: Mohamed Nahiri

Both teams met recently in the Super Cup and it ended in a (1-1) draw with Al Ahly winning on (6-5) penalties.

Al Ahly will always be the favourite in this encounter as they are more experienced than the visitors but we are concerned about their low scoring performance in their recent matches, they will try to take all the points here as gaining points away from home is harder, bet on the host win for 1.75.

Raja Casablanca are not known for an extravagant scoring team but they will play to score a minimum of a goal here to give them the advantage for the second leg, bet on both teams' scores for 2.05.

A correct score of 2-1 won't be bad here for 8.20.

Good luck!