Soccer fixture preview: Home crowds with big hopes before Ittihad Tanger - Difaâ El Jadida

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Sat 17.June
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Grand Stade de Tanger (45000 seats)

Keep working on their own game or make adjustments according to the opposition? Both Ittihad Tanger and Difaâ El Jadida have to try something else than earlier this season. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Ittihad Tanger have the fewest scored goals (18) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most conceded goals (40) in Botola Pro

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Ittihad Tanger form and stats

All-inclusive Botola Pro results playing at home this season for Ittihad Tanger are 5-2-6 (wins-draws-losses). When Ittihad Tanger hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Moghreb Tétouan, Khouribga, Mouloudia Oujda, Chabab Mohammédia and Ittihad Tanger), they have won 2 of 4 matches! With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Ittihad Tanger.

An away draw last time out for Ittihad, facing UTS Rabat in a game that ended 2-2.

In the match before that, Ittihad Tanger hosted Raja Casablanca and drew the game 0-0.

It should be noted that a look at the 14 most recent league matches reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ittihad Tanger here at Grand Stade de Tanger in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 13 games). From these home matches, Ittihad have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Ittihad Tanger has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Difaâ El Jadida form and stats

There's been little loot from Difaâ El Jadida's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 13 away games in the Botola Pro. Difaâ El Jadida only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws.

Home advantage was not enough for Difaâ El Jadida in their previous game as they lost hosting Mouloudia Oujda, 0-1.

The game before that was the Coupe Du Trone-battle against Wydad Casablanca, a home defeat (1-2).

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Jadida have conceded 27 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest head to head encounter ended Difaâ El Jadida - Ittihad Tanger 2-1, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Ittihad Tanger victory, five draws and four Difaâ El Jadida wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Difaâ El JadidaA. Farah
A. Farah
6 goals
IttihadS. El Moudane
S. El Moudane
4 goals
Difaâ El JadidaM. Chichane
M. Chichane
3 goals

Ittihad Tanger missing players

Difaâ El Jadida missing players

Ittihad Tanger Difaâ El Jadida
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
6 5 2 Won W 1 1 5
5 2 0 Drew D 2 4 9
16 6 2 Lost L 1 8 13
18 12 5 Scored S 5 12 22
35 12 3 Conceded C 5 27 40
89% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 85%
56% 54% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 59%
37% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 69% 52%
11% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 26%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 7%
26% 23% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 77% 52%
26% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 22%
59% 54% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 41%
 
3.8 4.4 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.5 4.3
4.3 3.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.6 4.7
2.1 2.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.4 2.3
8 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
7.5 7.8 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.2 8
2.9 2.9 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.2 2.9
21% 29% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 29% 28%
 
9.2 7.6 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 11.1 10.1
3.7 2.4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.9 4
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Difaâ El Jadida have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Difaâ El Jadida have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the fewest matches under the total-line (13) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most conceded goals (27) away in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most conceded goals (40) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Ittihad Tanger have the fewest scored goals (18) in Botola Pro
  • Ittihad Tanger have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Botola Pro
  • Ittihad Tanger have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Botola Pro

  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 27 18 6 3 46 17 14 11 2 1 29 10 13 7 4 2 17 7 29 60
2 Wydad Casablanca 27 16 9 2 39 19 13 9 3 1 20 7 14 7 6 1 19 12 20 57
3 FUS Rabat 27 14 8 5 33 14 13 7 4 2 21 8 14 7 4 3 12 6 19 50
4 Olympic Safi 27 10 11 6 29 25 14 4 8 2 14 11 13 6 3 4 15 14 4 41
5 Raja Casablanca 27 10 9 8 28 24 14 8 5 1 18 9 13 2 4 7 10 15 4 39
6 RSB Berkane 27 9 10 8 26 28 13 5 3 5 15 17 14 4 7 3 11 11 -2 37
7 Riadi Salmi 27 9 9 9 29 31 13 3 5 5 13 18 14 6 4 4 16 13 -2 36
8 Maghreb Fès 27 7 13 7 27 27 13 5 6 2 12 7 14 2 7 5 15 20 0 34
9 UTS Rabat 27 8 9 10 26 31 14 6 3 5 14 12 13 2 6 5 12 19 -5 33
10 Hassania Agadir 27 8 8 11 24 28 14 5 5 4 13 12 13 3 3 7 11 16 -4 32
11 Chabab Mohammédia 27 8 7 12 25 29 14 4 5 5 17 19 13 4 2 7 8 10 -4 31
12 Moghreb Tétouan 27 6 11 10 26 35 14 5 5 4 14 16 13 1 6 6 12 19 -9 29
13 Mouloudia Oujda 27 7 7 13 27 31 13 2 5 6 11 14 14 5 2 7 16 17 -4 28
14 Difaâ El Jadida 27 5 9 13 22 40 14 4 5 5 10 13 13 1 4 8 12 27 -18 24
15 Ittihad Tanger 27 6 5 16 18 35 13 5 2 6 12 12 14 1 3 10 6 23 -17 23
16 Khouribga 27 3 13 11 20 31 13 2 6 5 12 15 14 1 7 6 8 16 -11 22

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.