Botola Pro duel: Close contest expected between Difaâ El Jadida and Olympic Safi

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Fri 14.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi (15000 seats)

This season has been difficult for Difaâ El Jadida up to now, while Olympic Safi have done well. Will the travellers triumph again at Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi?

Insights:
  • Difaâ El Jadida is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Olympic Safi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Difaâ El Jadida form and stats

All-inclusive Botola Pro statistics at home this season for Difaâ El Jadida are 4-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Difaâ El Jadida faced defeat in their previous match, away at Riadi Salmi (1-2).

Before that, Difaâ El Jadida drew at home versus Moghreb Tetouan.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Jadida here at Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 11 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Difaâ El Jadida are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.

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Olympic Safi form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Botola Pro.

Forsy, Amri and Rhailouf scored in Olympic's previous match, the home game against UTS Rabat that ended 3-2. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Labib when Forsy scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 84th minute.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Mouloudia Oujda with the score of 1-0.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Olympic Safi have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. Olympic have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Olympic Safi - Difaâ El Jadida 0-0 was the product when these two squads last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Jadida victories, three draws and four Olympic Safi wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Difaâ El JadidaA. Farah
A. Farah
5 goals
Olympic SafiC. Samaké
C. Samaké
4 goals
Difaâ El JadidaM. Chichane
M. Chichane
3 goals

Difaâ El Jadida missing players

Olympic Safi missing players

Difaâ El Jadida Olympic Safi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 5 11 22
5 4 0 Won W 4 5 9
7 4 1 Drew D 0 3 9
10 3 3 Lost L 1 3 4
19 8 0 Scored S 6 13 26
30 9 5 Conceded C 3 12 21
82% 73% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
59% 36% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 73% 68%
55% 36% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 45% 41%
23% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 14%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
55% 27% 0% BTTS BTTS 40% 64% 64%
27% 45% 25% Clean Sheets C S 60% 27% 32%
36% 55% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 18%
 
4.2 3.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.1 4.1
4.8 4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.3 4.2
2 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.1 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
7.7 7.4 4.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.4 9.9 9.9
2.8 2.6 1.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.5 3.3
31% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 34% 36%
 
9.8 8.9 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7.6 6.6 6.3
3.8 2.8 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 2.7 2.5
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Olympic Safi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olympic Safi 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 FAR Rabat 22 14 5 3 38 14 11 8 2 1 24 8 11 6 3 2 14 6 24 47
2 Wydad Casablanca 22 13 7 2 31 16 11 8 2 1 17 6 11 5 5 1 14 10 15 46
3 FUS Rabat 22 11 8 3 26 11 11 6 4 1 16 6 11 5 4 2 10 5 15 41
4 Olympic Safi 22 9 9 4 26 21 11 4 6 1 13 9 11 5 3 3 13 12 5 36
5 Raja Casablanca 22 9 7 6 25 20 11 7 4 0 16 7 11 2 3 6 9 13 5 34
6 Riadi Salmi 22 8 7 7 23 23 11 3 4 4 10 13 11 5 3 3 13 10 0 31
7 RSB Berkane 22 7 9 6 20 22 11 4 2 5 13 16 11 3 7 1 7 6 -2 30
8 UTS Rabat 22 8 6 8 21 24 11 6 2 3 11 7 11 2 4 5 10 17 -3 30
9 Maghreb Fès 22 6 11 5 23 20 11 4 5 2 10 6 11 2 6 3 13 14 3 29
10 Moghreb Tetouan 22 5 11 6 22 27 12 4 5 3 11 13 10 1 6 3 11 14 -5 26
11 Chabab Mohammedia 22 6 6 10 17 23 11 3 5 3 12 14 11 3 1 7 5 9 -6 24
12 Hassania Agadir 22 6 5 11 18 24 12 4 4 4 12 12 10 2 1 7 6 12 -6 23
13 Difaâ El Jadida 22 5 7 10 19 30 11 4 4 3 8 9 11 1 3 7 11 21 -11 22
14 Mouloudia Oujda 22 5 5 12 22 27 10 1 4 5 8 11 12 4 1 7 14 16 -5 20
15 Khouribga 22 2 11 9 17 25 11 2 4 5 10 13 11 0 7 4 7 12 -8 17
16 Ittihad Tanger 22 4 2 16 11 32 10 3 1 6 7 11 12 1 1 10 4 21 -21 14

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.