Sidi Kacem vs Tihad Casablanca: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Mon 28.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Sidi Kacem languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Tihad Casablanca will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Sidi Kacem and Tihad Casablanca 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.

Kacem are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Tihad Casablanca are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Sidi Kacem form and stats

2-8-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Botola 2 numbers at home for Sidi Kacem so far this season.

Sidi Kacem faced defeat in their previous match, away at Olympique Dcheïra (0-1).

The Kacem fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 13 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Tihad Casablanca form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Botola 2 travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Prior to that match, the Tihad Casablanca manager faced defeat when travelling to Maghreb Fès and losing 0-1.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Casablanca have scored 15 goals in 13 league games away. Casablanca have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Tihad Casablanca - Kacem 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Kacem victories, three draws and one Tihad Casablanca win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Sidi Kacem missing players

Tihad Casablanca missing players

Sidi Kacem Tihad Casablanca
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 5 13 27
5 2 1 Won W 1 3 8
13 8 1 Drew D 2 5 10
9 3 2 Lost L 2 5 9
25 13 5 Scored S 4 15 26
31 14 6 Conceded C 6 18 29
78% 77% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 89%
63% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 77% 59%
37% 38% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 46% 30%
15% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 23% 15%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
56% 69% 100% BTTS BTTS 40% 54% 44%
33% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 15% 30%
33% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 38% 37%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.9 0.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.7 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
51 42 0 Total Shots T S 15 24 89
17 12 0 Shots on Target S O 3 4 30
65% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 133% 175% 33%
Key stats in Botola 2 this season:
  • Sidi Kacem have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tihad Casablanca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 27 13 8 6 35 24 14 6 5 3 20 15 13 7 3 3 15 9 11 47
2 Maghreb Fès 27 11 12 4 36 24 13 8 5 0 23 10 14 3 7 4 13 14 12 45
3 Olympique Dcheïra 27 11 9 7 37 29 13 8 4 1 21 11 14 3 5 6 16 18 8 42
4 Racing de Casablanca 27 9 14 4 24 16 13 6 5 2 11 4 14 3 9 2 13 12 8 41
5 Riadi Salmi 27 11 8 8 22 17 14 7 3 4 17 11 13 4 5 4 5 6 5 41
6 Widad Témara 27 7 14 6 29 29 14 5 6 3 15 14 13 2 8 3 14 15 0 35
7 Wydad Fès 27 8 10 9 24 24 14 5 7 2 12 9 13 3 3 7 12 15 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 KAC Kénitra 27 8 10 9 29 31 14 3 7 4 15 16 13 5 3 5 14 15 -2 34
10 Tihad Casablanca 27 8 10 9 26 29 14 5 5 4 11 11 13 3 5 5 15 18 -3 34
11 Chabab Atlas Khénifra 27 8 9 10 21 29 13 6 4 3 14 12 14 2 5 7 7 17 -8 33
12 Kawkab Marrakech 27 7 11 9 24 23 14 5 4 5 16 12 13 2 7 4 8 11 1 32
13 AS Salé 27 6 13 8 25 29 13 2 8 3 11 13 14 4 5 5 14 16 -4 31
14 Sidi Kacem 27 5 13 9 25 31 13 2 8 3 13 14 14 3 5 6 12 17 -6 28
15 Chabab Ben Guerir 27 6 10 11 24 31 13 3 6 4 11 11 14 3 4 7 13 20 -7 28
16 Chabab Rif Hoceima 27 6 8 13 21 34 14 5 5 4 15 15 13 1 3 9 6 19 -13 26

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.