Ittihad Tanger and Rapide Oued Zem followers eagerly anticipate Botola Pro meeting

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Thu 18.November
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)

This match stars two contenders living in the cellar of the Botola Pro, Ittihad Tanger holding 15th position and Rapide Oued Zem lying 16th. A decent chance for one of the sides to better their situation.

Insights:
  • Ittihad Tanger have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals (2) in Botola Pro

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.

This football stadium has grass, which is not Rapide Oued Zem's normal surface at their own stadium. When appearing on grass Rapide Oued Zem have performed like this: Played 38 matches taking 4 wins, 17 draws and 17 defeats with the goal data 27-45 (scored/conceded).

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Ittihad Tanger form and stats

1-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Botola Pro numbers at home for Ittihad Tanger so far this season.

Ittihad Tanger lost their last game at FUS Rabat (placed 14th) after a 1-2 scoreline.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Difaâ El Jadida in a game that was won 4-2.

The manager B. Casoni will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Youssoufia Berrechid in only four days.

Ittihad are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Rapide Oued Zem form and stats

Playing away, Rapide Oued Zem have won 0 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Botola Pro this season. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Rapide, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Hassania Agadir game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

The attacking players of Rapide have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 299 minutes.

The manager M. Chebil was unhappy after their last game, a Botola Pro match played at their home ground Stade Municipal. Rapide suffered a 0-2 loss to Riadi Salmi (placed 3rd).

Before that, Rapide travelled to Raja Casablanca and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Mouloudia Oujda in just four days.

Goals are few and far between in Rapide Oued Zem's away league games. Only 2 goals from 5 travels. It's not easy to score on Rapide Oued Zem as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two squads are: three wins for Ittihad, two draws and three wins for Rapide Oued Zem. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Ittihad TangerT. Ijrouten
T. Ijrouten
4 goals
Ittihad TangerA. Méyé Me Ndong
A. Méyé Me Ndong
3 goals
Ittihad TangerA. Hammoudan
A. Hammoudan
2 goals

Ittihad Tanger missing players

Rapide Oued Zem missing players

Ittihad Tanger Rapide Oued Zem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 2 5 10
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 2 1 Drew D 2 3 4
6 2 0 Lost L 0 2 6
10 6 1 Scored S 1 2 2
16 7 1 Conceded C 1 4 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 60% 70%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 40% 60%
30% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 20%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 20%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 30%
40% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 60% 80%
 
5.6 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.4 3.8
4.3 4.8 1 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.6 4.9
1.7 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.7 6.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 5 9 9.4
3.6 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3 3
28% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 13% 7%
 
9.8 9.4 5 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 10.4 10
4.3 3.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.2 4.5
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Ittihad Tanger have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Ittihad Tanger have scored more than double the goals of Rapide Oued Zem.
  • Ittihad Tanger haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals (2) in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have yet to win a game.
  • Rapide Oued Zem is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wydad Casablanca 10 8 2 0 15 3 5 4 1 0 8 3 5 4 1 0 7 0 12 26
2 Raja Casablanca 10 6 3 1 15 6 5 2 2 1 7 4 5 4 1 0 8 2 9 21
3 Riadi Salmi 10 6 1 3 17 11 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 3 0 2 11 8 6 19
4 FAR Rabat 10 5 3 2 13 8 5 1 2 2 4 7 5 4 1 0 9 1 5 18
5 RSB Berkane 10 3 7 0 13 8 5 2 3 0 9 5 5 1 4 0 4 3 5 16
6 Difaâ El Jadida 10 4 3 3 13 16 5 2 2 1 6 6 5 2 1 2 7 10 -3 15
7 Chabab Mohammédia 10 3 5 2 8 6 5 3 1 1 6 2 5 0 4 1 2 4 2 14
8 Maghreb Fès 10 3 4 3 11 8 5 2 3 0 8 2 5 1 1 3 3 6 3 13
9 Youssoufia Berrechid 10 3 2 5 9 12 5 3 1 1 5 2 5 0 1 4 4 10 -3 11
10 Hassania Agadir 10 3 2 5 7 10 5 2 0 3 4 5 5 1 2 2 3 5 -3 11
11 Khouribga 10 2 4 4 11 15 5 1 3 1 4 6 5 1 1 3 7 9 -4 10
12 Olympic Safi 10 1 6 3 4 6 6 0 4 2 2 4 4 1 2 1 2 2 -2 9
13 Mouloudia Oujda 10 2 3 5 9 15 4 1 0 3 5 10 6 1 3 2 4 5 -6 9
14 FUS Rabat 10 1 5 4 7 11 5 1 2 2 4 5 5 0 3 2 3 6 -4 8
15 Ittihad Tanger 10 2 2 6 10 16 5 1 2 2 6 7 5 1 0 4 4 9 -6 8
16 Rapide Oued Zem 10 0 4 6 2 13 5 0 1 4 0 9 5 0 3 2 2 4 -11 4

Read more about Botola Pro

The Botola Pro (or Botola Premier League) is the top level football league in Morocco. Botola literally means “the Moroccan Championship”. It’s season runs from August to May and has 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures to decide the final league table. The Botola Pro is the most watched football league in Africa according to Wikipedia, and football the most popular sport in Morocco.