Home advantage could prove decisive in Olympique Dcheïra - Sidi Kacem battle

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Fri 18.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Ahmed Fana (5000 seats)

The league table in Botola 2 tells a story about these teams so far, with Olympique Dcheïra leading Sidi Kacem by 11 points. Match preview to follow:

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

The season is still full of potential for Olympique as they can still win the whole Botola 2. Kacem are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Olympique Dcheïra form and stats

Olympique Dcheïra, who have the most scored goals (36) in Botola 2, have performed here at Stade Ahmed Fana this season with 7 wins from 12 Botola 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1.

The spoils were shared in Olympique Dcheïra's previous game, also at home. Visiting Tihad Casablanca (placed 7th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Olympique handle that role? We have found one game in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and zero defeats.

The Olympique Dcheïra fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 12 league matches. Olympique Dcheïra have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sidi Kacem form and stats

3-5-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sidi Kacem in their Botola 2 matches away. Things are running smoothly for Sidi Kacem who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Widad Temara. Kacem has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

We have checked recent matches where Sidi Kacem have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were two victories, two draws and zero defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kacem as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Kacem in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sidi Kacem - Olympique 1-1. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's four Olympique victories, two draws and one Sidi Kacem win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

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Olympique Dcheïra Sidi Kacem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 3 13 26
10 7 2 Won W 0 3 5
9 4 1 Drew D 1 5 13
7 1 0 Lost L 2 5 8
36 20 5 Scored S 2 12 25
29 11 2 Conceded C 4 16 30
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 77% 77%
65% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 54% 65%
42% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 38%
27% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 15%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 8%
58% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 46% 58%
19% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 35%
31% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 31%
 
2.3 1.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1.2 2.5
3.6 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 1.9
1.2 0.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 0.9
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
70 12 0 Total Shots T S 0 9 51
32 3 0 Shots on Target S O 0 5 17
50% 200% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 140% 65%
Key stats in Botola 2 this season:
  • Olympique Dcheïra has the most scored goals (36) in Botola 2
  • Olympique Dcheïra has the most scored goals in the second half (10) in Botola 2
  • Olympique Dcheïra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympique Dcheïra have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Olympique Dcheïra haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Olympique Dcheïra is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Sidi Kacem 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 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

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.