Terrain Errazi: Riadi Salmi vs AS Salé Botola 2 preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Sun 23.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Terrain Errazi (5000 seats)

Riadi Salmi perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. AS Salé can look both up and down from their 8th position.

Insights:
  • Riadi Salmi have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Botola 2
  • AS Salé have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Riadi Salmi form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 11 Botola 2 games here at Terrain Errazi for Riadi Salmi. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Riadi Salmi, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

The Riadi goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 404 minutes without conceding a goal in the Botola 2.

Riadi are returning here after visiting Raja Beni Mellal in a Botola 2 game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Sensational by Riadi last match, beating Raja Beni Mellal away as big underdogs.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Kawkab Marrakech.

Riadi Salmi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 11 games. Defensively Riadi Salmi have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 11 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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AS Salé form and stats

3-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for AS Salé in their Botola 2 matches away. Salé has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-1 against Chabab Ben Guerir in their previous game.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Khouribga wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

The attacking power of AS Salé when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Salé have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

AS Salé - Riadi 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Riadi Salmi-AS Salé H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Riadi three wins, AS Salé one win, one draw. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Riadi Salmi AS Salé
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 2 11 22
11 7 2 Won W 0 3 7
7 3 1 Drew D 1 3 8
4 1 0 Lost L 1 5 7
25 11 2 Scored S 0 9 20
14 4 0 Conceded C 2 13 24
86% 82% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 91% 91%
55% 36% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 64%
27% 18% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 32%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 14%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
41% 27% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 55% 50%
50% 73% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 27%
23% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 36% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
3 3 3 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 6
1.3 1 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
125% 100% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 53%
Key stats in Botola 2 this season:
  • AS Salé have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Riadi Salmi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Riadi Salmi have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Botola 2
  • Riadi Salmi have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Botola 2
  • Riadi Salmi have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Botola 2
  • Riadi Salmi have the the best goal difference (+11) in Botola 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Riadi Salmi 22 11 7 4 25 14 11 7 3 1 11 4 11 4 4 3 14 10 11 40
2 Khouribga 22 11 7 4 31 22 11 7 3 1 15 7 11 4 4 3 16 15 9 40
3 Wydad Fès 22 10 5 7 29 19 11 8 2 1 17 5 11 2 3 6 12 14 10 35
4 Olympique Dcheïra 22 10 5 7 29 23 11 5 3 3 13 10 11 5 2 4 16 13 6 35
5 Stade Marocain 22 9 8 5 28 24 11 5 3 3 16 13 11 4 5 2 12 11 4 35
6 UTS Rabat 22 9 7 6 26 23 11 4 3 4 16 15 11 5 4 2 10 8 3 34
7 Ittihad Khemisset 21 9 4 8 26 21 11 4 2 5 14 12 10 5 2 3 12 9 5 31
8 AS Salé 22 7 8 7 20 24 11 4 5 2 11 11 11 3 3 5 9 13 -4 29
9 KAC Kenitra 22 6 10 6 21 25 11 4 4 3 10 9 11 2 6 3 11 16 -4 28
10 Raja Beni Mellal 22 8 3 11 15 20 11 6 1 4 10 10 11 2 2 7 5 10 -5 27
11 Racing de Casablanca 22 6 7 9 27 28 11 4 2 5 18 18 11 2 5 4 9 10 -1 25
12 Chabab Atlas Khenifra 22 6 7 9 23 28 11 5 4 2 12 8 11 1 3 7 11 20 -5 25
13 Chabab Ben Guerir 22 6 6 10 23 30 11 4 2 5 13 14 11 2 4 5 10 16 -7 24
14 Kawkab Marrakech 21 4 9 8 16 18 10 2 6 2 12 10 11 2 3 6 4 8 -2 21
15 Tihad Casablanca 22 3 12 7 25 32 11 1 8 2 14 18 11 2 4 5 11 14 -7 21
16 Widad Témara 22 2 11 9 13 26 11 2 7 2 5 6 11 0 4 7 8 20 -13 17

Read more about Botola 2

Botola 2 is the second highest football league in Morocco. It has 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures to set a final league table, with the season running from August to April/May. The two top teams in the league table are promoted while the bottom two are relegated to the third level, Division Nationale.