This match features two teams living in the basement of the Botola 2, AS Salé holding 12th place and Kawkab Marrakech lying 13th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Botola 2 game only four days ago.
It should be mentioned that Kawkab Marrakech play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Kawkab Marrakech on artifical turf are 1 victory, 1 draw and 10 defeats from twelve games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 5-14. You can compare this with overall results below.
Marrakech are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
AS Salé form and stats
Overall Botola 2 stats at home this season for AS Salé are 2-7-3 (wins-draw-losses). The Salé manager might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Salé have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won zero, drawn five and lost two.
AS Salé have scored 11 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. Salé's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kawkab Marrakech form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kawkab Marrakech so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-4 (win-draw-lose).
Kawkab Marrakech played 1-1 against Chabab Ben Guerir in their previous match.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kawkab Marrakech playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were zero Marrakech wins, one draw and five defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Chabab Atlas Khénifra in just four days.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Marrakech as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Kawkab Marrakech - Salé 0-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Salé victories, three draws and five Kawkab Marrakech wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.AS Salé missing players
Kawkab Marrakech missing players
| AS Salé | Kawkab Marrakech | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 25 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 29 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 81% | 67% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 58% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 58% | 60% |
| 27% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 27% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 46% | 42% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 52% |
| 35% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 28% |
| 38% | 42% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 28% |
| 4.1 | 4.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1.6 | 2.4 | 5.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 126 | 87 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 29 | 57 |
| 53 | 39 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 23% | 23% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 38% |
- AS Salé has the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Botola 2
- Kawkab Marrakech haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Kawkab Marrakech is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 Mohammédia | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 44 |
| 2 | Maghreb Fès | 26 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 42 |
| 3 | Riadi Salmi | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 41 |
| 4 | Racing de Casablanca | 26 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Olympique Dcheïra | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Widad Temara | 27 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 35 |
| 7 | Tihad Casablanca | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 34 |
| 8 | Ittihad Khemisset | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 18 | -2 | 34 |
| 9 | Wydad Fes | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Chabab Atlas Khénifra | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 33 |
| 11 | KAC Kenitra | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 31 |
| 12 | AS Salé | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -4 | 30 |
| 13 | Kawkab Marrakech | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 28 |
| 14 | Sidi Kacem | 26 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 28 |
| 15 | Chabab Ben Guerir | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 28 |
| 16 | Chabab Rif Hoceima | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 19 | -14 | 23 |