Difaâ El Jadida vs CR Khemis Zemamra match preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Tue 18.August
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi (15000 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Difaâ El Jadida in 8th and CR Khemis Zemamra in 9th place.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Botola Pro game only four days ago.

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Difaâ El Jadida form and stats

3 victories, 7 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Difaâ El Jadida have to build on here at Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi in the Botola Pro. Difaâ El Jadida has four consecutive draws when playing at home, an interesting stat. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Jadida.

The spoils were shared in Jadida's previous game, also at home. Visiting FAR Rabat (placed 6th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus RSB Berkane that ended 0-0.

Jadida have scored 8 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Difaâ El Jadida have conceded only 6 goals.

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CR Khemis Zemamra form and stats

There's been little loot from CR Khemis Zemamra's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Botola Pro. CR Khemis Zemamra only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws. CR Khemis Zemamra has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

There were no winners in CR Khemis Zemamra's previous match, a Botola Pro home game that ended 1-1 vs FUS Rabat (placed 4th).

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Zemamra have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. Zemamra have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the CR Khemis Zemamra - Jadida 1-2 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

CR Khemis ZemamraB. El Bahri
B. El Bahri
6 goals
CR Khemis ZemamraA. El Moubarki
A. El Moubarki
6 goals
JadidaS. Msuva
S. Msuva
4 goals

Difaâ El Jadida missing players

CR Khemis Zemamra missing players

Difaâ El Jadida CR Khemis Zemamra
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 2 Played P 2 11 22
6 3 1 Won W 1 2 6
10 7 1 Drew D 0 4 7
5 1 0 Lost L 1 5 9
19 8 3 Scored S 2 13 32
17 6 2 Conceded C 2 16 30
81% 73% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
57% 45% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 82% 86%
29% 9% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 59%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
57% 45% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 82% 77%
33% 45% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
29% 36% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 18% 9%
 
2.9 3.6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.5 4
4.7 4.9 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 4.6 4.4
2 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.7
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
96 54 12 Total Shots T S 3 57 150
42 23 7 Shots on Target S O 2 22 60
45% 35% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 59% 53%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • CR Khemis Zemamra has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
  • CR Khemis Zemamra has the most dropped points from leading position (17)
  • CR Khemis Zemamra has the most scored goals in the second half (22)
  • CR Khemis Zemamra have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • CR Khemis Zemamra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Difaâ El Jadida 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 Raja Casablanca 21 12 6 3 30 15 10 8 1 1 16 6 11 4 5 2 14 9 15 42
2 Wydad Casablanca 21 12 4 5 36 21 11 6 3 2 19 11 10 6 1 3 17 10 15 40
3 Mouloudia Oujda 21 9 9 3 26 18 11 7 2 2 14 9 10 2 7 1 12 9 8 36
4 FUS Rabat 21 9 9 3 25 19 9 6 2 1 12 8 12 3 7 2 13 11 6 36
5 RSB Berkane 20 9 9 2 21 16 11 5 5 1 16 10 9 4 4 1 5 6 5 36
6 FAR Rabat 21 9 5 7 27 22 11 5 2 4 13 10 10 4 3 3 14 12 5 32
7 Moghreb Tetouan 21 7 9 5 19 14 10 5 5 0 9 2 11 2 4 5 10 12 5 30
8 Difaâ El Jadida 21 6 10 5 19 17 11 3 7 1 8 6 10 3 3 4 11 11 2 28
9 CR Khemis Zemamra 22 6 7 9 32 30 11 4 3 4 19 14 11 2 4 5 13 16 2 25
10 Youssoufia Berrechid 21 7 4 10 27 36 11 6 3 2 19 14 10 1 1 8 8 22 -9 25
11 Rapide Oued Zem 21 5 8 8 18 18 10 3 5 2 11 8 11 2 3 6 7 10 0 23
12 Khouribga 21 5 8 8 20 27 11 3 5 3 11 14 10 2 3 5 9 13 -7 23
13 Olympic Safi 21 3 13 5 17 21 10 2 6 2 9 9 11 1 7 3 8 12 -4 22
14 Hassania Agadir 21 5 6 10 22 29 10 4 2 4 10 11 11 1 4 6 12 18 -7 21
15 Ittihad Tanger 20 3 6 11 11 29 10 3 4 3 8 10 10 0 2 8 3 19 -18 15
16 Raja Beni Mellal 20 1 5 14 10 28 10 1 4 5 9 15 10 0 1 9 1 13 -18 8

Read more about Botola Pro

The Botola Pro (or Botola Premier League) is the top level football league in Morocco. Botola literally means “the Moroccan Championship”. It’s season runs from August to May and has 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures to decide the final league table. The Botola Pro is the most watched football league in Africa according to Wikipedia, and football the most popular sport in Morocco.