Botola Pro match preview and statistics: Ittihad Tanger fight Wydad Casablanca

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Thu 12.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Grand Stade de Tanger (45000 seats)

The visiting Wydad Casablanca side should be favourites in this visit to Ittihad Tanger, as the away team holds a 18 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Ittihad Tanger form and stats

When playing at home in the Botola Pro, Ittihad Tanger have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.

Ittihad Tanger haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 266 minutes ago. H. Y. Konate E. scored that one.

The fans are hoping that Ittihad Tanger will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Botola Pro game against Mouloudia Oujda (placed 1st). Heartbreak before that as Ittihad Tanger lost 0-3 at Youssoufia Berrechid's place.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Ittihad Tanger as they have a new game in only four days, a Botola Pro match thankfully also at home. RSB Berkane are visiting.

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 (8 from 9 games). Ittihad Tanger have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Wydad Casablanca form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (29) in Botola Pro, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Botola Pro. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Wydad Casablanca are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

There might be some fixture complaints from Wydad Casablanca as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the CAF Champions League match against Etoile du Sahel (0-1). That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Etoile du Sahel.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Mouloudia Oujda in just one day.

Wydad Casablanca has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Wydad Casablanca have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Ittihad Tanger and Wydad Casablanca have met before this season: Wydad Casablanca - Ittihad Tanger 4-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Ittihad Tanger victories, four draws and three Wydad Casablanca wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wydad CasablancaK. Kasengu
K. Kasengu
5 goals
Wydad CasablancaM. Babatunde
M. Babatunde
4 goals
Ittihad TangerS. El Moudane
S. El Moudane
3 goals

Ittihad Tanger missing players

Wydad Casablanca missing players

Ittihad Tanger Wydad Casablanca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 4 8 17
3 3 1 Won W 4 5 10
6 4 1 Drew D 0 1 3
10 2 0 Lost L 0 2 4
11 8 2 Scored S 10 14 29
27 8 1 Conceded C 3 8 16
79% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
58% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 71%
37% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 53%
16% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 29%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
37% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 62% 59%
32% 56% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 24%
53% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 18%
 
4.7 5.4 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.6 5
3.8 2.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4 3.8
1.9 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 1.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
83 39 3 Total Shots T S 18 43 115
35 18 3 Shots on Target S O 11 19 55
31% 44% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 91% 74% 53%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • 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.
  • Wydad Casablanca has the most points (16) away
  • Wydad Casablanca has the most scored goals (14) away
  • Wydad Casablanca has the most scored goals (29)
  • Wydad Casablanca has the most scored goals in the first half (13)
  • Wydad Casablanca has the the best goal difference (+13)
  • Wydad Casablanca has the the best goal difference (+6) away
  • Wydad Casablanca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wydad Casablanca have scored more than double the goals of Ittihad Tanger.
  • Wydad Casablanca haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mouloudia Oujda 19 9 7 3 24 16 11 7 2 2 14 9 8 2 5 1 10 7 8 34
2 Wydad Casablanca 17 10 3 4 29 16 9 5 2 2 15 8 8 5 1 2 14 8 13 33
3 FUS Rabat 19 8 8 3 23 18 9 6 2 1 12 8 10 2 6 2 11 10 5 32
4 RSB Berkane 17 8 8 1 19 14 9 4 5 0 14 8 8 4 3 1 5 6 5 32
5 FAR Rabat 19 9 3 7 25 20 10 5 1 4 12 9 9 4 2 3 13 11 5 30
6 Raja Casablanca 15 8 4 3 21 14 7 5 1 1 9 5 8 3 3 2 12 9 7 28
7 Moghreb Tetouan 19 7 7 5 19 14 9 5 4 0 9 2 10 2 3 5 10 12 5 28
8 Difaa El Jadida 18 6 7 5 18 16 8 3 4 1 7 5 10 3 3 4 11 11 2 25
9 Youssoufia Berrechid 19 7 3 9 26 33 10 6 2 2 18 13 9 1 1 7 8 20 -7 24
10 CR Khemis Zemamra 18 6 5 7 27 22 9 4 1 4 16 11 9 2 4 3 11 11 5 23
11 Khouribga 20 5 8 7 18 24 11 3 5 3 11 14 9 2 3 4 7 10 -6 23
12 Olympic Safi 19 3 12 4 17 19 9 2 5 2 9 9 10 1 7 2 8 10 -2 21
13 Rapide Oued Zem 20 4 8 8 16 17 9 2 5 2 9 7 11 2 3 6 7 10 -1 20
14 Hassania Agadir 17 4 4 9 18 24 8 3 2 3 9 9 9 1 2 6 9 15 -6 16
15 Ittihad Tanger 19 3 6 10 11 27 9 3 4 2 8 8 10 0 2 8 3 19 -16 15
16 Raja Beni Mellal 19 1 5 13 10 27 10 1 4 5 9 15 9 0 1 8 1 12 -17 8

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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.