Botola Pro match preview: Difaâ El Jadida versus Wydad Casablanca

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Wed 09.December
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)

Only the second game in the Botola Pro for these teams and it's all to play for as Difaâ El Jadida welcomes Wydad Casablanca. Check out this preview!

It's no vacation for neither Jadida nor Wydad Casablanca 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

No payout for Difaâ El Jadida in their previous match, an away game at Olympic Safi that ended in defeat 3-4. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Youssoufia Berrechid (0-1).

A goal frenzy last time out for Jadida, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Olympic Safi. Fun stuff to watch!

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Difaâ El Jadida as they are travelling to their away game against Moghreb Tétouan in the Botola Pro. That match is four days after this one.

Last season, Difaâ El Jadida's league statistics were 8 wins, 11 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the Botola Pro. Over these 30 matches they scored 26 goals and conceded 28. Playing at home last season Difaâ El Jadida managed 5-7-3 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 11 conceded.

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Wydad Casablanca form and stats

Casablanca go into this game after a win, the home game against Youssoufia Berrechid that ended 2-0. Prior to that match, the Wydad Casablanca manager F. Benzarti faced defeat when travelling to Al Ahly and losing 1-3.

The schedule is very tough for Wydad Casablanca now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Botola Pro game at Olympic Safi is waiting in only three days.

Let's have a look at how Wydad Casablanca performed last season in the Botola Pro: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 4 and lost 3 with 24/15 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Jadida one win, four draws and Wydad Casablanca five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Difaâ El Jadida missing players

Wydad Casablanca missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Difaâ El Jadida Wydad Casablanca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
60% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
Difaâ El Jadida Last season Wydad Casablanca
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
8 5   Won W   8 17
11 7   Drew D   4 8
11 3   Lost L   3 5
26 14   Scored S   24 52
28 11   Conceded C   15 28
83% 80%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
57% 60%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 80%
33% 27%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 53%
7% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 23%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 13%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   73% 67%
30% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 23%
33% 27%   Failed to Score F T   7% 13%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 1.9
7 3   Red cards R C   2 3
 
5.2 5.6   Shots (avg) S (   5.4 6.5
2.1 2.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.5
41% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   56% 50%

  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 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 RSB Berkane 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Wydad Casablanca 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Olympic Safi 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Maghreb Fès 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Ittihad Tanger 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 FUS Rabat 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Raja Casablanca 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
9 Mouloudia Oujda 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Rapide Oued Zem 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Difaâ El Jadida 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
12 FAR Rabat 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Hassania Agadir 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 CR Khemis Zemamra 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Moghreb Tétouan 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Youssoufia Berrechid 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season 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 30 17 9 4 43 23 15 11 2 2 24 11 15 6 7 2 19 12 20 60
2 Wydad Casablanca 30 17 8 5 52 28 15 9 4 2 28 13 15 8 4 3 24 15 24 59
3 RSB Berkane 30 15 12 3 35 23 15 8 5 2 24 14 15 7 7 1 11 9 12 57
4 FUS Rabat 30 13 10 7 39 30 15 9 3 3 23 15 15 4 7 4 16 15 9 49
5 Mouloudia Oujda 30 12 12 6 35 28 15 9 4 2 21 12 15 3 8 4 14 16 7 48
6 FAR Rabat 30 12 9 9 45 34 15 6 5 4 21 15 15 6 4 5 24 19 11 45
7 Moghreb Tétouan 30 10 10 10 30 27 15 8 6 1 18 6 15 2 4 9 12 21 3 40
8 Rapide Oued Zem 30 9 9 12 30 30 15 7 6 2 21 13 15 2 3 10 9 17 0 36
9 Hassania Agadir 30 9 9 12 34 38 15 6 4 5 17 16 15 3 5 7 17 22 -4 36
10 Youssoufia Berrechid 30 10 6 14 33 44 15 8 4 3 23 18 15 2 2 11 10 26 -11 36
11 Difaâ El Jadida 30 8 11 11 26 28 15 5 7 3 14 11 15 3 4 8 12 17 -2 35
12 CR Khemis Zemamra 30 8 10 12 40 41 15 5 5 5 22 17 15 3 5 7 18 24 -1 34
13 Olympic Safi 30 6 15 9 25 34 15 5 7 3 12 10 15 1 8 6 13 24 -9 33
14 Ittihad Tanger 30 7 11 12 20 36 15 4 8 3 11 12 15 3 3 9 9 24 -16 32
15 Khouribga 30 6 10 14 24 38 15 4 5 6 13 18 15 2 5 8 11 20 -14 28
16 Raja Beni Mellal 30 1 9 20 13 42 15 1 5 9 9 22 15 0 4 11 4 20 -29 12

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 RSB Berkane 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Wydad Casablanca 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Olympic Safi 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Maghreb Fès 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Ittihad Tanger 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 FUS Rabat 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Raja Casablanca 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
9 Mouloudia Oujda 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Rapide Oued Zem 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Difaâ El Jadida 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
12 FAR Rabat 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Hassania Agadir 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 CR Khemis Zemamra 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Moghreb Tétouan 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Youssoufia Berrechid 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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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.