Botola 2 match prediction and preview for Kawkab Marrakech vs Khouribga clash

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)

Struggling Kawkab Marrakech will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Khouribga in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Kawkab Marrakech have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Khouribga have the most points from losing position (11) in Botola 2

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Kawkab Marrakech form and stats

2-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Botola 2 numbers at home for Kawkab Marrakech so far this season.

Marrakech are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Marrakech have conceded 9 goals.

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Khouribga form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Khouribga playing as the away team in the Botola 2 this season. Khouribga seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Khouribga has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. Khouribga's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Khouribga - Marrakech 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Marrakech three wins, zero draws and Khouribga seven victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Kawkab Marrakech missing players

Khouribga missing players

Kawkab Marrakech Khouribga
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 3 9 19
4 2 1 Won W 1 3 9
8 5 0 Drew D 1 3 6
7 2 1 Lost L 1 3 4
15 11 3 Scored S 6 14 27
16 9 3 Conceded C 6 14 21
79% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
53% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 74%
26% 44% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 53%
5% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 44% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 11%
37% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 68%
37% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 16%
47% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
4.3 5.7 3 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3 4.2
2.3 2.7 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.3 2.2
43% 62% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 71% 73%
Key stats in Botola 2 this season:
  • Kawkab Marrakech have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Khouribga have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Khouribga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Khouribga have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Botola 2
  • Khouribga have the most points from losing position (11) in Botola 2
  • Khouribga have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Botola 2
  • Khouribga haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Olympique Dcheïra 19 10 4 5 28 19 9 5 2 2 12 8 10 5 2 3 16 11 9 34
2 Riadi Salmi 19 9 6 4 22 14 10 6 3 1 10 4 9 3 3 3 12 10 8 33
3 Khouribga 19 9 6 4 27 21 10 6 3 1 13 7 9 3 3 3 14 14 6 33
4 Wydad Fes 19 9 4 6 25 15 9 7 2 0 15 3 10 2 2 6 10 12 10 31
5 Stade Marocain 19 8 6 5 22 19 10 5 2 3 14 11 9 3 4 2 8 8 3 30
6 UTS Rabat 19 8 6 5 21 19 9 3 2 4 11 13 10 5 4 1 10 6 2 30
7 Ittihad Khemisset 19 7 4 8 22 21 10 3 2 5 12 12 9 4 2 3 10 9 1 25
8 AS Sale 19 6 7 6 16 20 9 3 4 2 7 9 10 3 3 4 9 11 -4 25
9 Raja Beni Mellal 19 7 2 10 14 18 9 5 1 3 9 8 10 2 1 7 5 10 -4 23
10 Racing de Casablanca 19 5 6 8 22 24 10 4 2 4 17 16 9 1 4 4 5 8 -2 21
11 Chabab Ben Guerir 18 5 6 7 20 24 9 3 2 4 11 12 9 2 4 3 9 12 -4 21
12 Chabab Atlas Khenifra 19 5 6 8 19 25 10 4 4 2 10 8 9 1 2 6 9 17 -6 21
13 Kawkab Marrakech 19 4 8 7 15 16 9 2 5 2 11 9 10 2 3 5 4 7 -1 20
14 KAC Kenitra 18 3 10 5 16 20 9 2 4 3 7 8 9 1 6 2 9 12 -4 19
15 Widad Temara 18 2 11 5 12 20 9 2 7 0 5 3 9 0 4 5 7 17 -8 17
16 Tihad Casablanca 18 2 10 6 22 28 9 1 6 2 12 16 9 1 4 4 10 12 -6 16

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.