Raja Casablanca became the first team to book their quarterfinal ticket in the 2020-21 CAF Confederation Cup on matchday 4 after a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Egypt’s Pyramids FC in Cairo.

It was a pretty high-scoring week of African football as a total of 20 goals were scored in seven matches across Sunday’s 2020-21 CAF Confederation Cup action.

Raja Casablanca became the first team to book their spot in the quarter-finals with a 3-0 win over Pyramids FC in Cairo. The Morroccan club are the only team in the competition with a perfect record of four wins from four matches following back-to-back victories over last season’s runners-up.

Group A

South Africa’s Orlando Pirates kept their unbeaten record in the group stage in tact with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Al-Ahly Benghazi in Soweto, South Africa.

This keeps them on top of Group A with 8 points from their 4 games as Ntsikelelo Nyuaza, Tshegofatso John Mabaso and Kabelo Diamini found the net for the home side at the Orlando Stadium.

Algerian league leaders ES Setif registered their first victory in the group stage in an all-important match against Nigerian club Eniymba FC in Setif. Amir Karaoui, Mohamed El Amine Amoura and Akram Djahnit scored to give the home team a 3-0 win.

This result means that Setif now move onto 4 points, tied with Al-Ahly Benghazi in 3rd, while Enyimba drop to 2nd place with 6 points.

This leaves Group A wide open as it is all set to come down to matchday 6 to be decided.

  1. Orlando Pirates (South Africa) – 8 points
  2. Enyimba (Nigeria) – 6 points
  3. Al-Ahly Benghazi (Libya) – 4 points
  4. ES Setif (Algeria) – 4 points

Group B

In Group B, Coton Sport cemented their place at the top with a 5-1 thumping of NAPSA Stars while defending champions RS Berkane could only manage another 0-0 draw versus JS Kabylie for the second consecutive game week.

The Cameroon giants Coton Sport crushed struggling Zambian side NAPSA Stars 5-1 with goals from Lambert Araina, Souaibou Marou, Sibiri Sanou, Ferdel Dzo and Francis Alemi. Coton Sport have now won 3 consecutive group stage games after losing their first to stay on top of Group B.

Algeria’s JS Kabylie stayed unbeaten after a dull 0-0 draw again versus Morocco’s RS Berkane. This was the Algerian side’s 3rd consecutive draw but they did win their first group match so this keeps them in 2nd place with 6 points.

This is how Group B looks currently.

  1. Coton Sport (Cameroon) – 9 points
  2. JS Kabylie (Algeria) – 6 points
  3. RS Berkane (Morocco) – 5 points
  4. NAPSA Stars (Zambia) – 1 point

Group C

CS Sfaxien came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Tunisian rivals Etoile du Sahel in Group C while the match between Salitas and ASC Jaraaf saw the visitors coming out on top thanks to a solitary goal by Papa Youssou Paye in the 10th minute.

This victory for Jaraaf takes them to the top of the table while CS Sfaxien stay 1 point ahead of Etoile du Sahel in the battle for qualification.

This is how things stand in Group C.

  1. ASC Jaraaf (Senegal) – 7 points
  2. CS Sfaxien (Tunisia) – 6 points
  3. Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia) – 5 points
  4. Salitas (Burkina Faso) – 3 points

Group D

Group D saw Raja Casablanca making a statement as they are the only team to have won all 4 of their games so far.

 

 

In Group D’s other match, Nkana FC defeated Namungo 1-0 in Ndola as the Tanzanian club became the first team to be eliminated from quarter-final contention.

This is how Group D stands, which saw the first qualification and elimination of the competition.

  1. Raja Casablanca (Morocco) – 12 points (Qualified)
  2. Pyramids (Egypt) – 6 points
  3. Nkana (Zambia) – 6 points
  4. Namungo (Tanzania) – 0 points (Eliminated)

Here is a summary of the results of matchday 4 of the CAF Confederation Cup.

Group A:

  • Orlando Pirates (South Africa) 3-0 Al Ahly Benghazi (Libya)
  • Entente Setif (Algeria) 3-0 Enyimba (Nigeria)

Group B:

  • Coton Sport (Cameroon) 5-1 Napsa Stars (Zambia)
  • JS Kabylie (Algeria) 0-0 Renaissance Berkane (Morocco)

Group C:

  • CS Sfaxien (Tunisia) 2-2 Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia)
  • Salitas (Burkina Faso) 0-1 Jaraaf (Senegal)

Group D:

  • Nkana (Zambia) 1-0 Namungo (Tanzania)
  • Pyramids (Egypt) 0-3 Raja Casablanca (Morocco)