Botola 2 match preview: Racing de Casablanca versus Wydad Fès

Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Père-Jégo (10000 seats)

Only a win will satisfy Racing de Casablanca supporters in this Stade Père-Jégo clash with Wydad Fès, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Botola 2 table.

Racing de Casablanca and Wydad Fès should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Wydad Fès play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Wydad Fès when playing on grass are 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from five matches. They have scored 2 goals and conceded 6 times in these games.

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Racing de Casablanca form and stats

When playing at home, Racing de Casablanca have managed 5 wins, 6 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games.

The home team returns to Stade Père-Jégo after sharing the points with Raja Beni Mellal on their last time out; the Botola 2 game ended 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Riadi Salmi in a game that was won 1-0.

Racing de Casablanca are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 19 goals in 15 matches. Racing de Casablanca are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Père-Jégo, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches.

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Wydad Fès form and stats

There's been little loot from Wydad Fès's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 14 away games. Wydad Fès only has 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws. With three draws in a row for Wydad Fès the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment. Wydad Fès has drawn their two previous away games.

Wydad Fès has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Widad Témara for a Botola 2 game that ended a draw (2-2). A draw for Wydad Fès before that, at their own venue hosting Raja Beni Mellal (0-0).

Goals are few and far between in Wydad Fès's away games. Only 5 goals from 14 travels. As opposed to that, Wydad Fès have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Wydad Fès - Racing de Casablanca 2-1 played earlier this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 2 Racing de Casablanca victories, 1 draw and 6 Wydad Fès wins.

Racing de Casablanca missing players

Wydad Fès missing players

Racing de Casablanca Wydad Fès
Total Home Statistic Away Total
30 15 Played 14 29
42 19 Scored 5 23
33 13 Conceded 16 30
90% 93% Over 0.5 79% 79%
67% 60% Over 1.5 43% 55%
50% 40% Over 2.5 21% 31%
23% 20% Over 3.5 7% 10%
10% 0% Over 4.5 0% 7%
53% 33% Both teams to score 21% 38%
27% 40% Clean Sheet 29% 34%
30% 33% Failed To Score 71% 48%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 CR Khemis Zemamra 37 20 14 3 45 15 18 11 5 2 23 3 19 9 9 1 22 12 30 74
2 Maghreb Fès 30 12 11 7 43 29 15 7 6 2 25 10 15 5 5 5 18 19 14 47
3 Raja Beni Mellal 30 11 13 6 33 29 16 7 6 3 18 17 14 4 7 3 15 12 4 46
4 KAC Kénitra 30 9 17 4 41 31 15 6 7 2 27 18 15 3 10 2 14 13 10 44
5 Olympique Dcheïra 30 10 13 7 44 37 15 9 4 2 29 15 15 1 9 5 15 22 7 43
6 Racing de Casablanca 30 10 12 8 42 33 15 5 6 4 19 13 15 5 6 4 23 20 9 42
7 Widad Témara 30 9 14 7 29 27 15 6 5 4 19 17 15 3 9 3 10 10 2 41
8 Chabab Atlas Khénifra 30 10 10 10 26 34 15 7 5 3 16 11 15 3 5 7 10 23 -8 40
9 Ittihad Khemisset 30 8 13 9 28 27 16 5 9 2 11 8 14 3 4 7 17 19 1 37
10 AS Salé 30 8 10 12 30 36 14 4 4 6 16 17 16 4 6 6 14 19 -6 34
11 Sidi Kacem 30 8 10 12 31 41 15 4 7 4 20 19 15 4 3 8 11 22 -10 34
12 Chabab Ben Guerir 29 6 14 9 26 33 15 5 7 3 19 13 14 1 7 6 7 20 -7 32
13 Riadi Salmi 27 7 10 10 25 31 14 5 7 2 12 7 13 2 3 8 13 24 -6 31
14 Wydad Fès 29 6 11 12 23 30 15 5 6 4 18 14 14 1 5 8 5 16 -7 29
15 JSM Laâyoune 29 6 9 14 25 37 14 6 3 5 17 13 15 0 6 9 8 24 -12 27
16 Kasba Tadla 30 3 13 14 19 36 14 1 10 3 13 17 16 2 3 11 6 19 -17 22
17 Salmi 10 4 4 2 13 13 5 3 2 0 7 2 5 1 2 2 6 11 0 16
18 El Massira 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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