Botola Pro fixture information: Difaâ El Jadida against Ittihad Tanger

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Mon 16.May
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi (15000 seats)

The stage is lit for Difaâ El Jadida - Ittihad Tanger! Even with mixed fortunes up until now, this match should be immense!

Insights:
  • Difaâ El Jadida is in the worst form (0-2-3)
  • Ittihad Tanger have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Difaâ El Jadida nor Ittihad Tanger as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Difaâ El Jadida form and stats

5-5-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Botola Pro numbers at home for Difaâ El Jadida so far this season.

Jadida are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 405 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Hadraf).

Difaâ El Jadida's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Ittihad Tanger (placed 12th).

Prior to that, an away loss at Raja Casablanca.

This is expected to be a close game, with Difaâ El Jadida perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Difaâ El Jadida as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Difaâ El Jadida has won 3 of these, drawn 9 and lost 1.

Difaâ El Jadida have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ittihad Tanger form and stats

Ittihad Tanger have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Botola Pro, after 3-0-8 (11 played). Ittihad love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Two away matches in a row for Ittihad Tanger, whose coach Benali could celebrate last time after the win against Difaâ El Jadida.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Mouloudia Oujda with the score of 3-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Ittihad in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Ittihad Tanger, 4 draws and 9 defeats.

Ittihad Tanger have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Ittihad Tanger have conceded 21 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Difaâ El Jadida and Ittihad Tanger have duelled already this season: Ittihad Tanger - Jadida 4-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Difaâ El Jadida three wins, five draws and Ittihad Tanger two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ittihad TangerA. Méyé Me Ndong
A. Méyé Me Ndong
11 goals
JadidaZ. Hadraf
Z. Hadraf
6 goals
Difaâ El JadidaA. Al Gaadaoui
A. Al Gaadaoui
5 goals

Difaâ El Jadida missing players

Ittihad Tanger missing players

Difaâ El Jadida Ittihad Tanger
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 4 12 23
7 5 3 Won W 1 4 9
9 5 0 Drew D 0 0 3
8 2 0 Lost L 3 8 11
25 12 5 Scored S 4 14 27
32 9 1 Conceded C 7 22 33
79% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
71% 58% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 83% 74%
46% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 48%
25% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 22%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 25% 17%
50% 42% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 48%
33% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 22%
38% 42% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 35%
 
5.2 4.2 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.3 4.5
4.5 5.2 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.7 4.3
2.2 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.4 1.6
6 5 2 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.3 8 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 8.7 8.2
3.6 3.1 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.9 4.2
29% 32% 71% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 30% 28%
 
9.5 10.3 12 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.8 8.9
3.4 3.4 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.7 4
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Difaâ El Jadida have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Difaâ El Jadida is in the worst form (0-2-3)
  • Ittihad Tanger have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ittihad Tanger haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Wydad Casablanca 22 15 4 3 35 16 11 9 1 1 20 8 11 6 3 2 15 8 19 49
2 Raja Casablanca 24 14 7 3 32 15 12 7 4 1 17 7 12 7 3 2 15 8 17 49
3 Maghreb Fes 23 7 13 3 21 13 11 5 6 0 13 4 12 2 7 3 8 9 8 34
4 FAR Rabat 23 9 7 7 30 26 12 5 4 3 17 15 11 4 3 4 13 11 4 34
5 Chabab Mohammedia 24 8 8 8 25 21 12 7 2 3 19 9 12 1 6 5 6 12 4 32
6 FUS Rabat 24 8 8 8 27 26 12 5 4 3 15 12 12 3 4 5 12 14 1 32
7 RSB Berkane 22 7 10 5 26 22 12 6 4 2 21 13 10 1 6 3 5 9 4 31
8 Khouribga 23 7 10 6 29 29 12 3 8 1 13 13 11 4 2 5 16 16 0 31
9 Riadi Salmi 24 8 6 10 31 29 12 5 3 4 15 12 12 3 3 6 16 17 2 30
10 Difaâ El Jadida 23 7 9 7 24 30 11 5 5 1 11 7 12 2 4 6 13 23 -6 30
11 Hassania Agadir 23 8 5 10 17 17 11 4 2 5 9 9 12 4 3 5 8 8 0 29
12 Ittihad Tanger 22 8 3 11 25 32 11 5 3 3 13 11 11 3 0 8 12 21 -7 27
13 Olympic Safi 23 6 8 9 16 20 12 4 5 3 10 9 11 2 3 6 6 11 -4 26
14 Mouloudia Oujda 23 5 7 11 25 32 11 3 3 5 16 20 12 2 4 6 9 12 -7 22
15 Youssoufia Berrechid 23 5 7 11 22 34 11 4 3 4 9 10 12 1 4 7 13 24 -12 22
16 Rapide Oued Zem 24 4 6 14 11 34 12 3 2 7 4 15 12 1 4 7 7 19 -23 18

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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.