Maghreb Fès vs Tihad Casablanca: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Sat 22.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Hassan-II

Only a win will satisfy the Maghreb Fès supporters in this Stade Hassan-II clash with Tihad Casablanca, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Botola 2 table.

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 pitch has artifical turf, which is not Tihad Casablanca's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Tihad Casablanca have performed like this: Played 17 matches resulting in 3 wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats with the goal stats 15-22 (scored/conceded).

Maghreb are battling for top spots and have everything to play for.

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Maghreb Fès form and stats

Maghreb Fès, who have the most points (26) at home in Botola 2, are steadily winning Botola 2 games and points here at Stade Hassan-II. 7 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 12 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Maghreb Fès.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Chabab Atlas Khénifra.

A goal frenzy last time out for Maghreb Fès, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Olympique Dcheïra. Fun stuff to watch!

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Maghreb as they are travelling to their away game against Sidi Kacem in the Botola 2. That match is four days after this one.

The Maghreb fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, Maghreb have conceded only 10 goals.

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Tihad Casablanca form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Tihad Casablanca playing as the away team in the Botola 2 this season. Tihad Casablanca has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Casablanca's last game was the home draw against Riadi Salmi (0-0). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Chabab Atlas Khénifra's place.

After this away game Casablanca return home for a Botola 2 game against KAC Kénitra. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Casablanca are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 15 goals have been conceded by Casablanca in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Tihad Casablanca - Maghreb Fès 0-1.

Maghreb Fès missing players

Tihad Casablanca missing players

Maghreb Fès Tihad Casablanca
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 5 Played P 2 11 23
10 7 4 Won W 0 3 7
11 5 1 Drew D 0 4 9
4 0 0 Lost L 2 4 7
33 22 10 Scored S 1 13 22
22 10 4 Conceded C 4 15 23
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 87%
64% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 57%
36% 42% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 45% 26%
16% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 13%
12% 25% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
56% 58% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 43%
40% 42% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 35%
16% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 35%
 
3.6 2.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 1.5 3.2
2.6 4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 1.8 2.2
1.2 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.8 1.3
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
56 19 9 Total Shots T S 9 24 89
25 11 6 Shots on Target S O 1 4 30
44% 55% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 125% 27%
Key stats in Botola 2 this season:
  • Maghreb Fès has the most points (26) at home
  • Maghreb Fès has the most scored goals (22) at home
  • Maghreb Fès has the the best goal difference (+12) at home
  • Maghreb Fès have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Maghreb Fès have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maghreb Fès have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Maghreb Fès have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Tihad Casablanca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tihad Casablanca have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Mohammédia 25 12 8 5 33 21 13 6 5 2 19 12 12 6 3 3 14 9 12 44
2 Maghreb Fès 25 10 11 4 33 22 12 7 5 0 22 10 13 3 6 4 11 12 11 41
3 Racing de Casablanca 25 9 13 3 24 15 12 6 5 1 11 3 13 3 8 2 13 12 9 40
4 Riadi Salmi 25 10 8 7 21 16 13 7 3 3 17 10 12 3 5 4 4 6 5 38
5 Olympique Dcheïra 24 9 8 7 31 26 11 7 3 1 18 9 13 2 5 6 13 17 5 35
6 Chabab Atlas Khénifra 25 8 9 8 21 25 12 6 4 2 14 11 13 2 5 6 7 14 -4 33
7 Widad Témara 25 6 13 6 26 27 13 5 5 3 13 12 12 1 8 3 13 15 -1 31
8 Ittihad Khemisset 25 8 7 10 33 35 12 4 1 7 15 17 13 4 6 3 18 18 -2 31
9 KAC Kénitra 25 7 10 8 26 29 13 3 7 3 14 14 12 4 3 5 12 15 -3 31
10 Wydad Fès 24 7 9 8 21 21 13 5 6 2 12 9 11 2 3 6 9 12 0 30
11 Tihad Casablanca 23 7 9 7 22 23 12 4 5 3 9 8 11 3 4 4 13 15 -1 30
12 AS Salé 25 6 11 8 23 27 12 2 7 3 11 13 13 4 4 5 12 14 -4 29
13 Kawkab Marrakech 24 6 9 9 20 22 12 4 3 5 12 11 12 2 6 4 8 11 -2 27
14 Chabab Ben Guerir 24 6 9 9 23 28 12 3 6 3 11 10 12 3 3 6 12 18 -5 27
15 Sidi Kacem 25 5 12 8 23 28 12 2 7 3 11 12 13 3 5 5 12 16 -5 27
16 Chabab Rif Hoceima 25 4 8 13 19 34 13 4 5 4 14 15 12 0 3 9 5 19 -15 20

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.