Wydad Athletic Club vs. Atlético Petróleos de Luanda Prediction: A win for the host is sacrosanct

With just three matches left to decide who will be crowned the Continental champions, Wydad Athletic are presented with a golden opportunity to witness the final in Morocco later this month as they lock horns with Angola based Atlético Petróleos de Luanda: The most successful Moroccan club will host Atlético Petróleos de Luanda at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca on Friday. Can the visitors do the unthinkable here?

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The two times CAF Champions League winner Wydad Athletic Club and the best Moroccan team are cruising into the final after a tremendous away win over their opponent.

They are aiming to win both the Moroccan league and the CAF Championship this season, they are at the top of the Botola League with just goals separating them from their archrival Raja Casablanca.

They qualified for the semifinals after beating CR Belouizdad away from home (0-1) and settled for a draw in the return leg.

In the first leg of the semifinals, Wydad schooled the home team as they defeated them (1-3) to snatch all the points.

They have only lost once in this tournament and it was against Atlético Petróleos de Luanda during the group stage.

Player to watch: Guy Mbenza

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Atlético Petróleos de Luanda finished as a runner up to Wydad Athletic of Morocco in Group D, they outclassed Zamalek who have won the trophy five times as they avoided defeat in both legs.

Their only defeat happened in the last match as they were heavily whipped by Wydad Athletic (5-1) away from home.

They were victorious in the first leg against Mamelodi Sundowns and fought for a point against Mamelodi Sundowns away as they qualified on (3-2) aggregate. That will go down as one of the shocking results in the history of the tournament.

In the first leg of their second semifinal game since 2001, they failed to repeat their solid performance displayed against Wydad Athletic Club during the group phase as the visitors stunned them at home.

Miracles do happen, but not against a team that scored three goals away from home and now play in front of their crazy home fans.

Player to watch: Tiago Azulao

Both teams are familiar with each other, however, Wydad Athletic Club have come on top five times while the host have only won once against them with a game ending in a draw.

More recently, both teams ensured they took three points at home during the group games, Wydad won (5-1) while Atlético Petróleos de Luanda defeated Wydad (2-1) in their stadium, however, the first leg of the semifinals shows us what we are to expect in the second leg, Wydad are ahead with (1-3) victory while the visitors need to score four unanswered goals if they are to make it to the final.

Experience counts when it comes to African football, this is the third semifinals for Wydad in a row and a victory here is sacrosanct, bet on a home win for 1.50.

Moroccan fans are known for their love for soccer and the 67,000 capacity will be filled with their faces later tomorrow, we believe the home team won't relent and will win at halftime for 2.09.

It's very unlikely that the visitors can get anything from this match as they will be missing the services of one of their valuable midfielders who was shown a red card in the first leg of the semifinals.

We are going with a total of over 2.5 goals in this match as none of the last three encounters have seen below that. Total of over 2.5 goals for 1.88.

Good luck!