Botola Pro game guide: Ittihad Tanger versus Khouribga

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Sun 20.February
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Grand Stade de Tanger (45000 seats)

Ittihad Tanger are ready to stop thinking about the league table before this fixture versus Khouribga. Here's everything you need to know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Khouribga have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Botola Pro

It's no vacation for neither Ittihad Tanger nor Khouribga 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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Ittihad Tanger form and stats

4-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Botola Pro numbers at home for Ittihad Tanger so far this season.

Ittihad Tanger haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 305 minutes ago. Méyé scored that one.

The Ittihad crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Khouribga here at Grand Stade de Tanger.

Heartbreak before that as Ittihad Tanger lost 0-3 at Chabab Mohammedia's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ittihad Tanger have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won seven times, drawn four and lost four.

The Ittihad fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Khouribga form and stats

Playing away, Khouribga have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Botola Pro this season.

Khouribga play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Ittihad Tanger (placed 11th).

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Raja Casablanca.

Khouribga are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Khouribga are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. Khouribga have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest head to head encounter ended Ittihad Tanger - Khouribga 0-2, played this season. Statistics for the last ten meetings featuring these two teams are: three wins for Ittihad, four draws and three wins for Khouribga. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.

Top Goalscorers

Ittihad TangerA. Méyé Me Ndong
A. Méyé Me Ndong
9 goals
KhouribgaK. Seakanyeng
K. Seakanyeng
8 goals
Ittihad TangerT. Ijrouten
T. Ijrouten
4 goals

Ittihad Tanger missing players

Khouribga missing players

Ittihad Tanger Khouribga
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 10 2 Played P 3 9 18
6 4 0 Won W 1 3 5
3 3 1 Drew D 0 1 7
9 3 1 Lost L 2 5 6
19 11 1 Scored S 5 14 25
24 10 3 Conceded C 6 15 27
94% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
72% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 78%
39% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 67%
17% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 28%
11% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 17%
39% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 67%
28% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 22%
39% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 22%
 
4.7 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.4 3.6
4.7 4.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 5.1 5.4
1.6 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1 1.6
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
7.8 7.1 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.2 7.1
3.8 3.9 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.4
28% 28% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 44% 41%
 
9 8.2 12 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.8 8.2
3.9 3.3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.7
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Khouribga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Khouribga have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Botola Pro
  • Khouribga have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Botola Pro
  • Khouribga 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 17 12 3 2 29 13 8 7 1 0 15 5 9 5 2 2 14 8 16 39
2 Raja Casablanca 17 8 7 2 23 13 9 4 4 1 12 7 8 4 3 1 11 6 10 31
3 Difaa El Jadida 18 7 7 4 23 23 9 5 3 1 11 7 9 2 4 3 12 16 0 28
4 RSB Berkane 17 5 10 2 19 13 9 4 4 1 14 7 8 1 6 1 5 6 6 25
5 Maghreb Fes 18 5 10 3 16 11 9 4 5 0 11 3 9 1 5 3 5 8 5 25
6 Riadi Salmi 17 7 4 6 25 21 9 4 2 3 13 11 8 3 2 3 12 10 4 25
7 FUS Rabat 18 6 7 5 21 19 9 3 4 2 12 10 9 3 3 3 9 9 2 25
8 FAR Rabat 17 6 7 4 18 16 9 2 4 3 7 12 8 4 3 1 11 4 2 25
9 Chabab Mohammedia 18 5 8 5 16 14 8 5 2 1 12 4 10 0 6 4 4 10 2 23
10 Khouribga 18 5 7 6 25 27 9 2 6 1 11 12 9 3 1 5 14 15 -2 22
11 Ittihad Tanger 18 6 3 9 19 24 10 4 3 3 11 10 8 2 0 6 8 14 -5 21
12 Mouloudia Oujda 18 5 5 8 23 26 9 3 2 4 14 17 9 2 3 4 9 9 -3 20
13 Youssoufia Berrechid 18 5 5 8 20 28 8 4 1 3 9 9 10 1 4 5 11 19 -8 20
14 Olympic Safi 18 3 8 7 10 15 9 2 5 2 5 5 9 1 3 5 5 10 -5 17
15 Hassania Agadir 17 4 4 9 10 15 8 2 2 4 5 7 9 2 2 5 5 8 -5 16
16 Rapide Oued Zem 18 2 5 11 5 24 9 1 2 6 1 13 9 1 3 5 4 11 -19 11

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.