Botola 2 match preview: Sidi Kacem versus Maghreb Fès

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Wed 26.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)

Struggling Sidi Kacem will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Maghreb Fès in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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.

Kacem's stadium has a grass surface. Maghreb Fès have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Maghreb Fès when playing on grass; 4 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses from 19 matches. They have scored 20 goals in these games and conceded 25.

Maghreb are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Sidi Kacem form and stats

Sidi Kacem have played 12 Botola 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-7-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Sidi Kacem as they have a new game in only four days, a Botola 2 match thankfully also at home. Tihad Casablanca are visiting.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sidi Kacem here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). Sidi Kacem have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Maghreb Fès form and stats

3-6-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Maghreb Fès in their Botola 2 matches away.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Chabab Atlas Khénifra's place.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Maghreb, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Chabab Mohammédia in just four days.

The attacking power of Maghreb when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Maghreb Fès - Kacem 2-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Kacem won three games, one match ended with a draw and Maghreb Fès has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / five

Sidi Kacem missing players

Maghreb Fès missing players

Sidi Kacem Maghreb Fès
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 13 25
5 2 0 Won W 3 3 10
12 7 3 Drew D 1 6 11
8 3 1 Lost L 0 4 4
23 11 3 Scored S 4 11 33
28 12 5 Conceded C 1 12 22
76% 75% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 88%
64% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 54% 64%
36% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 31% 36%
12% 8% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 16%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
56% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 54% 56%
36% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 75% 38% 40%
32% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 16%
 
2.5 3.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4 3.6
1.9 1.8 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0.5 1.8 2.6
0.9 0.4 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.3 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
51 42 35 Total Shots T S 13 37 56
17 12 7 Shots on Target S O 6 14 25
65% 33% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 44%
Key stats in Botola 2 this season:
  • Maghreb Fès have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Sidi Kacem have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Sidi Kacem have won significantly more corners at 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 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 Riadi Salmi 26 11 8 7 22 16 13 7 3 3 17 10 13 4 5 4 5 6 6 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 24 9 8 7 31 26 11 7 3 1 18 9 13 2 5 6 13 17 5 35
6 Widad Témara 26 7 13 6 27 27 13 5 5 3 13 12 13 2 8 3 14 15 0 34
7 Wydad Fès 25 8 9 8 23 22 13 5 6 2 12 9 12 3 3 6 11 13 1 33
8 Chabab Atlas Khénifra 25 8 9 8 21 25 12 6 4 2 14 11 13 2 5 6 7 14 -4 33
9 Ittihad Khemisset 26 8 7 11 33 36 13 4 1 8 15 18 13 4 6 3 18 18 -3 31
10 KAC Kénitra 26 7 10 9 27 31 14 3 7 4 15 16 12 4 3 5 12 15 -4 31
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 Sidi Kacem 25 5 12 8 23 28 12 2 7 3 11 12 13 3 5 5 12 16 -5 27
15 Chabab Ben Guerir 25 6 9 10 23 29 13 3 6 4 11 11 12 3 3 6 12 18 -6 27
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.