Botola 2 match preview: Wydad Fès versus Stade Marocain

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Sat 06.November
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Complexe Sportif de Fès (45000 seats)

Scrambling Wydad Fès are desperate to pull off a surprise victory when they play top side Stade Marocain in the next league match. It’s 11th vs 4th and the home fans will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Wydad Fès have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Botola 2
  • Stade Marocain have not yet lost a game away.

This promises to be an interesting fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well renewed since they last played a game. Bring it on!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Stade Marocain have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 3-5-4 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches.

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Wydad Fès form and stats

Seven points from three Botola 2 home games is a great start for Wydad Fès, who are hoping to build on that form here at Complexe Sportif de Fès.

In their previous game, led his Wydad to a defeat in the Botola 2 match away at Chabab Atlas Khénifra. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Complexe Sportif de Fès.

Ahead of that match, Wydad won a home game hosting Kawkab Marrakech (3-1).

A decent goal production from Wydad in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Wydad Fès are not conceding a lot of goals here at Complexe Sportif de Fès in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Stade Marocain form and stats

Stade Marocain are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Botola 2, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses). Visiting Stade Marocain has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Marocain might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. UTS Rabat proved too strong as Stade Marocain slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade Ahmed Achhoud.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Raja Beni Mellal that ended 0-0.

Stade Marocain are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Stade Marocain are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Wydad Fès-Stade Marocain H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Wydad two wins, Stade Marocain one win, two draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Wydad Fès missing players

Stade Marocain missing players

Wydad Fès Stade Marocain
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 2 3 7
2 2 1 Won W 1 1 3
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 2
3 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
8 5 1 Scored S 3 3 8
8 2 0 Conceded C 2 2 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 33% 71%
57% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 33% 43%
29% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 43%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 29%
57% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 43%
14% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 67% 43%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 43%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 9
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Key stats in Botola 2 this season:
  • Stade Marocain have created more than twice as many corners as Wydad Fès.
  • Stade Marocain have not yet lost a game away.
  • Stade Marocain have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Wydad Fès have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Wydad Fès have the most matches under the total-line (2) in Botola 2
  • Wydad Fès have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Botola 2
  • Wydad Fès haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AS Salé 7 6 0 1 12 7 4 3 0 1 6 4 3 3 0 0 6 3 5 18
2 CR Khemis Zemamra 7 4 1 2 11 5 3 2 0 1 7 2 4 2 1 1 4 3 6 13
3 UTS Rabat 7 3 3 1 8 7 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 2 2 0 6 4 1 12
4 Stade Marocain 7 3 2 2 8 7 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 11
5 Moghreb Tetouan 7 3 2 2 4 3 4 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 11
6 Olympique Dcheira 7 2 4 1 6 4 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 10
7 Raja Beni Mellal 7 2 4 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 3 0 3 2 1 10
8 Ittihad Khemisset 7 3 1 3 8 8 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 10
9 JSM Laâyoune 7 2 4 1 6 8 4 2 2 0 4 2 3 0 2 1 2 6 -2 10
10 Chabab Atlas Khénifra 7 2 2 3 5 4 4 2 2 0 5 1 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 8
11 Wydad Fès 7 2 2 3 8 8 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 0 1 3 3 6 0 8
12 Tihad Casablanca 7 2 2 3 3 6 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 3 -3 8
13 Racing de Casablanca 7 1 4 2 9 10 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 7 7 -1 7
14 Chabab Ben Guerir 7 2 1 4 6 8 3 0 1 2 2 5 4 2 0 2 4 3 -2 7
15 USM Oujda 7 1 3 3 3 5 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 1 2 -2 6
16 Kawkab Marrakech 7 0 1 6 7 15 4 0 1 3 5 8 3 0 0 3 2 7 -8 1

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.