Ittihad Khemisset vs Racing de Casablanca: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Thu 08.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Ittihad Khemisset will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Racing de Casablanca.

It's no vacation for neither Khemisset nor Racing de Casablanca as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Racing de Casablanca play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Racing de Casablanca when playing on artifical turf are 2 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats from twelve matches. They have scored 14 goals and conceded 19 times in these games.

Khemisset are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Casablanca most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Ittihad Khemisset form and stats

Ittihad Khemisset's struggle is real here with only 14 points collected from 14 Botola 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-2-8.

Ittihad Khemisset are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.

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Racing de Casablanca form and stats

As the visiting team in Botola 2 matches, Racing de Casablanca, who have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Botola 2, have produced an overall stat of 3-9-2 so far. The last three matches for Casablanca have all ended in a draw. Visiting Casablanca has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Casablanca as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Racing de Casablanca - Ittihad Khemisset 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Khemisset four wins, four draws and Racing de Casablanca two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Ittihad Khemisset missing players

Racing de Casablanca missing players

Ittihad Khemisset Racing de Casablanca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
9 4 2 Won W 1 3 9
9 2 1 Drew D 3 9 16
11 8 1 Lost L 0 2 4
39 19 4 Scored S 3 13 25
41 22 2 Conceded C 2 12 17
90% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 71% 66%
69% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 52%
41% 36% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 24%
28% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 3%
24% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 36% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 41%
24% 21% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 55%
31% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.5
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
69 45 21 Total Shots T S 17 52 93
29 19 7 Shots on Target S O 5 16 30
48% 47% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 50% 50%
Key stats in Botola 2 this season:
  • Ittihad Khemisset has the most conceded goals (22) at home in Botola 2
  • Ittihad Khemisset has the most conceded goals (41) in Botola 2
  • Ittihad Khemisset has the most matches over the total-line (4) in Botola 2
  • Racing de Casablanca has the fewest conceded goals (17) in Botola 2
  • Racing de Casablanca has the most clean sheets (9) in Botola 2
  • Racing de Casablanca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 Mohammedia 29 13 9 7 35 25 15 6 6 3 20 15 14 7 3 4 15 10 10 48
2 Maghreb Fes 29 12 13 4 38 25 14 9 5 0 24 10 15 3 8 4 14 15 13 47
3 Olympique Dcheira 29 12 9 8 41 32 14 9 4 1 25 13 15 3 5 7 16 19 9 45
4 Riadi Salmi 29 12 9 8 24 18 15 8 3 4 18 11 14 4 6 4 6 7 6 45
5 Racing de Casablanca 29 9 16 4 25 17 15 6 7 2 12 5 14 3 9 2 13 12 8 43
6 Widad Temara 29 9 14 6 31 29 15 6 6 3 16 14 14 3 8 3 15 15 2 41
7 Wydad Fès 29 9 12 8 29 27 16 6 8 2 14 10 13 3 4 6 15 17 2 39
8 Ittihad Khemisset 29 9 9 11 39 41 14 4 2 8 19 22 15 5 7 3 20 19 -2 36
9 KAC Kénitra 29 8 12 9 30 32 15 3 8 4 16 17 14 5 4 5 14 15 -2 36
10 Chabab Atlas Khénifra 29 9 9 11 24 32 14 6 4 4 14 13 15 3 5 7 10 19 -8 36
11 Tihad Casablanca 29 8 11 10 28 31 13 4 5 4 9 10 16 4 6 6 19 21 -3 35
12 Kawkab Marrakech 29 7 12 10 27 28 15 5 5 5 17 13 14 2 7 5 10 15 -1 33
13 AS Salé 29 6 14 9 25 30 14 2 9 3 11 13 15 4 5 6 14 17 -5 32
14 Chabab Ben Guerir 29 6 12 11 25 32 14 3 7 4 12 12 15 3 5 7 13 20 -7 30
15 Sidi Kacem 29 5 14 10 25 33 14 2 8 4 13 16 15 3 6 6 12 17 -8 29
16 Chabab Rif Hoceima 29 6 9 14 23 37 15 5 5 5 17 18 14 1 4 9 6 19 -14 27

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.