Ittihad Tanger vs Rapide Oued Zem Botola Pro preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Botola Pro, with both Ittihad Tanger and Rapide Oued Zem experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 15th and the visitors in 11th place.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Rapide Oued Zem have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 6-8-15 (win-draw-loss) from 29 matches.

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Ittihad Tanger form and stats

The story so far in the Botola Pro for Ittihad Tanger at their home stadium is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. The Ittihad Tanger manager might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The Ittihad Tanger crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Olympic Safi here in a Botola Pro match. Ahead of that match, Ittihad Tanger lost 1-4 at home to Raja Casablanca.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ittihad Tanger here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). Ittihad Tanger have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Rapide Oued Zem form and stats

There's been little loot from Rapide Oued Zem's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Botola Pro. Rapide Oued Zem only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.

Rapide Oued Zem has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Difaa El Jadida for a Botola Pro game that ended a draw (1-1). A draw for Rapide Oued Zem before that, at their own venue hosting FUS Rabat (0-0).

Rapide Oued Zem have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Rapide Oued Zem have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Ittihad Tanger-Rapide Oued Zem H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Ittihad Tanger 2 wins, Rapide Oued Zem 1 win, 1 draw. 0 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Rapide Oued ZemB. El Bahraoui
B. El Bahraoui
3 goals
Rapide Oued ZemM. Mouhtadi
M. Mouhtadi
3 goals
Ittihad Tanger
N. Aarab
2 goals

Ittihad Tanger missing players

Rapide Oued Zem missing players

Ittihad Tanger Rapide Oued Zem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 7 3 Played P 1 7 13
2 2 1 Won W 1 2 4
4 3 1 Drew D 0 1 4
7 2 1 Lost L 0 4 5
7 6 3 Scored S 1 7 13
19 7 3 Conceded C 0 8 11
77% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 77%
54% 57% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 54%
31% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 31%
23% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 23%
15% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
31% 43% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 31%
38% 57% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 29% 38%
54% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 54%
 
4.8 6 4 Corners For (avg) C F 2 4.4 4.8
3.5 2.3 1.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 4.4 4.3
1.9 1.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 1.9
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
74 37 19 Total Shots T S 6 37 54
29 16 8 Shots on Target S O 2 16 26
24% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 44% 50%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • 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.
  • Rapide Oued Zem 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 13 9 2 2 24 10 7 5 1 1 14 6 6 4 1 1 10 4 14 29
2 RSB Berkane 13 8 4 1 17 12 7 4 3 0 12 6 6 4 1 1 5 6 5 28
3 Mouloudia Oujda 13 6 5 2 16 10 7 4 1 2 9 7 6 2 4 0 7 3 6 23
4 Raja Casablanca 12 6 4 2 17 11 6 4 1 1 7 4 6 2 3 1 10 7 6 22
5 FAR Rabat 14 7 1 6 18 14 7 3 1 3 8 6 7 4 0 3 10 8 4 22
6 Moghreb Tétouan 13 5 4 4 12 9 6 4 2 0 7 2 7 1 2 4 5 7 3 19
7 FUS Rabat 13 4 7 2 14 12 6 3 2 1 7 6 7 1 5 1 7 6 2 19
8 Youssoufia Berrechid 14 5 3 6 17 24 8 4 2 2 12 11 6 1 1 4 5 13 -7 18
9 Difaa El Jadida 12 4 5 3 12 10 6 2 3 1 4 3 6 2 2 2 8 7 2 17
10 CR Khemis Zemamra 14 4 4 6 18 15 7 3 1 3 12 7 7 1 3 3 6 8 3 16
11 Rapide Oued Zem 13 4 4 5 13 11 6 2 3 1 6 3 7 2 1 4 7 8 2 16
12 Olympic Safi 13 3 7 3 11 11 6 2 3 1 5 3 7 1 4 2 6 8 0 16
13 Khouribga 13 3 5 5 11 17 7 2 2 3 7 11 6 1 3 2 4 6 -6 14
14 Hassania Agadir 13 3 3 7 13 18 6 2 2 2 6 6 7 1 1 5 7 12 -5 12
15 Ittihad Tanger 13 2 4 7 7 19 7 2 3 2 6 7 6 0 1 5 1 12 -12 10
16 Raja Beni Mellal 14 0 2 12 6 23 6 0 2 4 5 11 8 0 0 8 1 12 -17 2

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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.