Ittihad Tanger vs FUS Rabat: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Fri 14.February
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Grand Stade de Tanger (45000 seats)

Ittihad Tanger hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 11 points and a 15th position in the Botola Pro table. Visiting FUS Rabat holds 6th place with 23 pts.

FUS Rabat could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Botola Pro game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Wydad Casablanca. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

FUS Rabat play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for FUS Rabat when playing on grass are 8 wins, 11 draws and 12 defeats from 31 matches. They have scored 33 goals and conceded 34 times in these games.

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Ittihad Tanger form and stats

When playing at home in the Botola Pro, Ittihad Tanger have managed 2 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games.

In their previous game, the manager J. Benali led his Ittihad Tanger to a defeat in the Botola Pro match away at Hassania Agadir. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Grand Stade de Tanger. In the match before that, Ittihad Tanger hosted Rapide Oued Zem and drew the game 0-0.

Ittihad Tanger aren't scoring a lot here at Grand Stade de Tanger in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. From these home matches, Ittihad Tanger have conceded only 7 goals.

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FUS Rabat form and stats

The visitors are W1-D6-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Botola Pro. Things are running smoothly for FUS Rabat who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against FAR Rabat. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Mouloudia Oujda game have they lost an away game, meaning FUS Rabat has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

FUS Rabat has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Wydad Casablanca for a Botola Pro game that ended a draw (1-1). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Difaa El Jadida.

FUS Rabat have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on FUS Rabat as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: FUS Rabat - Ittihad Tanger 1-0. Ittihad Tanger-FUS Rabat H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ittihad Tanger two wins, FUS Rabat six wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FUS RabatJ. Kombous
J. Kombous
4 goals
FUS RabatS. Ait Khorsa
S. Ait Khorsa
3 goals
Ittihad Tanger
N. Aarab
2 goals

Ittihad Tanger missing players

FUS Rabat missing players

Ittihad Tanger FUS Rabat
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 8 3 Played P 3 8 15
2 2 1 Won W 0 1 5
5 4 1 Drew D 3 6 8
8 2 1 Lost L 0 1 2
8 6 3 Scored S 3 8 17
21 7 2 Conceded C 3 7 14
73% 62% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 87%
53% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 67%
33% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 27%
20% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 12% 13%
13% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
33% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 60%
40% 62% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 40%
53% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 13%
 
4.6 5.6 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 1.6 2.7
3.5 2.4 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 5.6 4.4
1.8 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 2.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 6
 
75 37 25 Total Shots T S 26 51 95
30 16 10 Shots on Target S O 8 20 43
27% 38% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 40% 40%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • FUS Rabat has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
  • FUS Rabat have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • FUS Rabat have scored more than double the goals of Ittihad Tanger.
  • FUS Rabat have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ittihad Tanger has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • Ittihad Tanger have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ittihad Tanger have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Ittihad Tanger 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 Wydad Casablanca 15 10 3 2 27 12 8 5 2 1 15 7 7 5 1 1 12 5 15 33
2 RSB Berkane 15 8 6 1 18 13 8 4 4 0 13 7 7 4 2 1 5 6 5 30
3 Mouloudia Oujda 15 7 6 2 20 13 8 5 1 2 11 8 7 2 5 0 9 5 7 27
4 Raja Casablanca 14 7 4 3 19 13 7 5 1 1 9 5 7 2 3 2 10 8 6 25
5 FAR Rabat 15 8 1 6 19 14 8 4 1 3 9 6 7 4 0 3 10 8 5 25
6 FUS Rabat 15 5 8 2 17 14 7 4 2 1 9 7 8 1 6 1 8 7 3 23
7 Moghreb Tetouan 15 5 6 4 14 11 7 4 3 0 7 2 8 1 3 4 7 9 3 21
8 Difaa El Jadida 14 5 5 4 15 13 7 3 3 1 6 4 7 2 2 3 9 9 2 20
9 Olympic Safi 15 3 9 3 14 14 7 2 4 1 7 5 8 1 5 2 7 9 0 18
10 Youssoufia Berrechid 15 5 3 7 18 26 8 4 2 2 12 11 7 1 1 5 6 15 -8 18
11 CR Khemis Zemamra 15 4 5 6 20 17 7 3 1 3 12 7 8 1 4 3 8 10 3 17
12 Rapide Oued Zem 15 4 5 6 14 13 7 2 3 2 7 5 8 2 2 4 7 8 1 17
13 Hassania Agadir 15 4 3 8 16 21 7 3 2 2 8 7 8 1 1 6 8 14 -5 15
14 Khouribga 15 3 6 6 14 21 8 2 3 3 9 13 7 1 3 3 5 8 -7 15
15 Ittihad Tanger 15 2 5 8 8 21 8 2 4 2 6 7 7 0 1 6 2 14 -13 11
16 Raja Beni Mellal 15 0 3 12 8 25 7 0 3 4 7 13 8 0 0 8 1 12 -17 3

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.