Match preview Botola 2: Maghreb Fès - Kawkab Marrakech

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Date: Sun 29.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and 13th place in the table will show on the pitch.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Kawkab Marrakech's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Kawkab Marrakech have performed like this: Played 13 matches resulting in 1 win, 2 draws and 10 defeats with the goal stats 8-19 (scored/conceded).

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Maghreb Fès form and stats

12 points is a decent return from 6 Botola 2 games here for Maghreb Fès. The data says 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.

The home team returns after sharing the points with Chabab Mohammédia (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the Botola 2 game ended 0-0. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Sidi Kacem.

The Maghreb Fès fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Maghreb Fès's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kawkab Marrakech form and stats

The visitors are W1-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Botola 2.

Kawkab Marrakech won their last game, 1-0 versus Olympique Dcheïra played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Chabab Atlas Khénifra that ended 1-1.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Kawkab Marrakech have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Maghreb Fès 0 wins, 7 draws and Kawkab Marrakech 3 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 games had two or less.

Maghreb Fès missing players

Kawkab Marrakech missing players

Maghreb Fès Kawkab Marrakech
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 6 13
4 3 1 Won W 0 1 3
7 3 1 Drew D 1 4 6
2 0 0 Lost L 1 1 4
15 9 4 Scored S 1 5 10
13 6 3 Conceded C 3 6 12
85% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
62% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 62%
38% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 15%
23% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 54%
31% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 31%
23% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 17% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 0 5
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0 4
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 13
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
Key stats in Botola 2 this season:
  • Kawkab Marrakech have created more than twice as many corners as Maghreb Fès.
  • Kawkab Marrakech have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Kawkab Marrakech haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Maghreb Fès have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Maghreb Fès have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Racing de Casablanca 13 6 6 1 13 6 6 4 2 0 7 1 7 2 4 1 6 5 7 24
2 Ittihad Khemisset 13 6 3 4 19 16 6 2 1 3 8 9 7 4 2 1 11 7 3 21
3 Chabab Mohammédia 13 5 5 3 15 9 7 3 3 1 9 5 6 2 2 2 6 4 6 20
4 Riadi Salmi 12 6 2 4 10 8 6 4 1 1 8 5 6 2 1 3 2 3 2 20
5 Maghreb Fès 13 4 7 2 15 13 6 3 3 0 9 6 7 1 4 2 6 7 2 19
6 Wydad Fès 13 4 6 3 13 11 7 3 4 0 8 5 6 1 2 3 5 6 2 18
7 AS Sale 13 3 8 2 10 9 6 1 5 0 3 2 7 2 3 2 7 7 1 17
8 KAC Kénitra 13 3 7 3 16 17 7 1 5 1 8 8 6 2 2 2 8 9 -1 16
9 Chabab Atlas Khénifra 13 3 7 3 9 10 6 1 4 1 5 6 7 2 3 2 4 4 -1 16
10 Chabab Ben Guerir 13 4 4 5 15 17 6 3 2 1 7 4 7 1 2 4 8 13 -2 16
11 Tihad Casablanca 12 3 6 3 14 14 7 2 2 3 6 7 5 1 4 0 8 7 0 15
12 Olympique Dcheïra 13 3 6 4 11 11 6 3 2 1 9 6 7 0 4 3 2 5 0 15
13 Kawkab Marrakech 13 3 6 4 10 12 7 2 2 3 5 6 6 1 4 1 5 6 -2 15
14 Widad Témara 13 2 6 5 12 17 7 2 2 3 4 7 6 0 4 2 8 10 -5 12
15 Sidi Kacem 13 1 7 5 9 13 6 0 4 2 5 7 7 1 3 3 4 6 -4 10
16 Chabab Rif Hoceima 13 2 4 7 12 20 7 2 3 2 8 10 6 0 1 5 4 10 -8 10

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.