Stade Larbi Benbarek: Tihad Casablanca vs JSM Laâyoune Botola 2 pre-match guide

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Larbi Benbarek (40000 seats)

It's game day two of the Botola 2 campaign and a lot to play for. Read our thorough preview of Tihad Casablanca-JSM Laâyoune!

Tihad Casablanca and JSM Laâyoune should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

3 - 15 - 5 with 20-20. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for JSM Laâyoune when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. JSM Laâyoune play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Tihad Casablanca form and stats

In the previous season, Tihad Casablanca's league results were 7 wins, 14 draws and 9 losses, resulting in 13th spot in the Botola 2. From these 30 matches they scored 35 goals and gave away 40. Playing at their own stadium in the former season Tihad Casablanca generated 4-9-2 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 20 conceded.

Tihad Casablanca faced defeat in their previous match, away at Chabab Atlas Khenifra (0-3).

A strong away win before that one, visiting KAC Kenitra and winning 1-0.

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JSM Laâyoune form and stats

Let's have a look at how JSM Laâyoune performed last season in the Botola 2: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 9 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 45 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 6 and lost 10 with 8/26 goals scored/conceded. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 21 away games in a row.

Laâyoune go into this game after a win, the home game against USM Oujda that ended 1-0.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Racing de Casablanca.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Tihad Casablanca won one game, one match ended in a draw and JSM Laâyoune have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two

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Total First Half Second Half
Tihad Casablanca JSM Laâyoune
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Tihad Casablanca Last season JSM Laâyoune
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
7 4   Won W   0 6
14 9   Drew D   6 9
9 2   Lost L   9 15
35 22   Scored S   8 26
40 20   Conceded C   25 43
90% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
77% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 70%
47% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 33%
30% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 27%
3% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 7%
57% 67%   BTTS BTTS   40% 47%
23% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 20%
30% 27%   Failed to Score F T   60% 40%
 
3.2 3.5   Corners for (avg) C F   2.3 1.2
3.8 5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 1.8
1 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 1.3
0 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
4.5 7.5   Shots (avg) S (   7 3.5
2.2 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1 0.5
44% 14%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 167%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chabab Atlas Khenifra 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 CR Khemis Zemamra 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Stade Marocain 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 AS Sale 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Ittihad Khemisset 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 JSM Laâyoune 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 UTS Rabat 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Racing de Casablanca 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Raja Beni Mellal 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Moghreb Tetouan 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
11 Chabab Ben Guerir 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Olympique Dcheira 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 USM Oujda 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Wydad Fes 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Kawkab Marrakech 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Tihad Casablanca 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Khouribga 30 14 12 4 38 25 15 8 6 1 18 9 15 6 6 3 20 16 13 54
2 Riadi Salmi 30 15 8 7 36 20 15 10 3 2 19 5 15 5 5 5 17 15 16 53
3 Wydad Fes 30 14 7 9 40 28 15 10 3 2 23 9 15 4 4 7 17 19 12 49
4 Olympique Dcheira 30 13 9 8 40 30 15 7 5 3 18 11 15 6 4 5 22 19 10 48
5 UTS Rabat 30 13 9 8 39 34 15 6 3 6 23 22 15 7 6 2 16 12 5 48
6 Ittihad Khemisset 30 12 5 13 35 33 15 6 2 7 21 16 15 6 3 6 14 17 2 41
7 Stade Marocain 30 10 10 10 37 37 15 5 4 6 20 20 15 5 6 4 17 17 0 40
8 Chabab Ben Guerir 30 10 8 12 34 39 15 7 3 5 19 16 15 3 5 7 15 23 -5 38
9 Kawkab Marrakech 30 8 13 9 32 26 15 5 7 3 24 16 15 3 6 6 8 10 6 37
10 Racing de Casablanca 30 9 10 11 35 36 15 7 3 5 25 19 15 2 7 6 10 17 -1 37
11 Chabab Atlas Khenifra 30 9 9 12 35 39 15 7 5 3 19 12 15 2 4 9 16 27 -4 36
12 Raja Beni Mellal 30 10 6 14 21 27 15 7 3 5 14 13 15 3 3 9 7 14 -6 36
13 Tihad Casablanca 30 7 14 9 35 40 15 4 9 2 22 20 15 3 5 7 13 20 -5 35
14 AS Sale 30 8 11 11 28 36 15 5 7 3 16 16 15 3 4 8 12 20 -8 35
15 KAC Kenitra 30 8 11 11 27 37 15 5 5 5 13 13 15 3 6 6 14 24 -10 35
16 Widad Temara 30 2 14 14 20 45 15 2 10 3 9 12 15 0 4 11 11 33 -25 20
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CR Khemis Zemamra 40 20 17 3 47 17 20 11 7 2 24 4 20 9 10 1 23 13 30 77
2 Raja Beni Mellal 33 14 13 6 39 30 17 8 6 3 20 17 16 6 7 3 19 13 9 55
3 Olympique Dcheira 33 13 13 7 52 37 16 10 4 2 30 15 17 3 9 5 22 22 15 52
4 Maghreb Fès 33 13 11 9 46 33 17 8 6 3 28 13 16 5 5 6 18 20 13 50
5 KAC Kenitra 33 10 19 4 46 35 17 7 8 2 31 21 16 3 11 2 15 14 11 49
6 Racing de Casablanca 33 12 12 9 48 36 17 6 6 5 21 15 16 6 6 4 27 21 12 48
7 Ittihad Khemisset 33 10 14 9 33 30 17 6 9 2 12 8 16 4 5 7 21 22 3 44
8 Chabab Atlas Khenifra 33 11 11 11 28 37 17 8 6 3 18 12 16 3 5 8 10 25 -9 44
9 Widad Temara 33 9 14 10 30 33 16 6 5 5 19 20 17 3 9 5 11 13 -3 41
10 Sidi Kacem 33 9 11 13 36 45 16 4 8 4 21 20 17 5 3 9 15 25 -9 38
11 AS Sale 33 9 10 14 34 44 16 5 4 7 19 20 17 4 6 7 15 24 -10 37
12 Riadi Salmi 30 8 12 10 33 35 15 6 7 2 17 8 15 2 5 8 16 27 -2 36
13 Wydad Fes 32 8 11 13 26 31 16 6 6 4 20 14 16 2 5 9 6 17 -5 35
14 Chabab Ben Guerir 32 6 16 10 28 36 16 5 8 3 20 14 16 1 8 7 8 22 -8 34
15 JSM Laâyoune 32 6 9 17 26 45 16 6 3 7 18 19 16 0 6 10 8 26 -19 27
16 Kasba Tadla 33 3 13 17 20 44 16 1 10 5 14 24 17 2 3 12 6 20 -24 22
17 Salmi 10 4 4 2 13 13 5 3 2 0 7 2 5 1 2 2 6 11 0 16
18 El Massira 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chabab Atlas Khenifra 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 CR Khemis Zemamra 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Stade Marocain 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 AS Sale 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Ittihad Khemisset 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 JSM Laâyoune 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 UTS Rabat 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Racing de Casablanca 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Raja Beni Mellal 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Moghreb Tetouan 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
11 Chabab Ben Guerir 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Olympique Dcheira 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 USM Oujda 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Wydad Fes 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Kawkab Marrakech 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Tihad Casablanca 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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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.