Khouribga vs RSB Berkane betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Fri 07.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Phosphate (10000 seats)

Khouribga are putting faith in their home following to aid them when playing this game with RSB Berkane. Who triumphs at Stade du Phosphate?

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Khouribga and RSB Berkane.

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Khouribga form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Botola Pro this season. Khouribga have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Stade du Phosphate.

The Khouribga followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stade du Phosphate: A 0-1 defeat against RSB Berkane (placed 8th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated through three league rounds.

In the match before that, Khouribga hosted Maghreb Fès and drew the game 2-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Khouribga perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Khouribga as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Khouribga has won 3 of these, drawn 7 and lost 3.

Low on goals? In this team's last 17 league games, 13 have produced zero, one or two goals.

Khouribga aren't scoring a lot here at Stade du Phosphate in the league, with only {9 goals} from 10 games. On the other hand, Khouribga have conceded 12 goals.

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RSB Berkane form and stats

3 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of RSB Berkane playing as the away team in the Botola Pro this season. RSB Berkane are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.

RSB Berkane aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. Dayo was the last player to find the net.

RSB Berkane play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Khouribga (placed 15th). That victory felt nice as this club had gone five league matches without victory.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Riadi Salmi.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Berkane in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for RSB Berkane, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 11 of this side's most recent 13 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting RSB Berkane as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. RSB Berkane are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The latest recorded history involving both these participants is the RSB Berkane - Khouribga 1-0 played not long ago this season. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for Khouribga, four draws and five wins for RSB Berkane. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

RSB BerkaneI. Dayo
I. Dayo
7 goals
KhouribgaZ. Hachemi
Z. Hachemi
3 goals
KhouribgaA. Amimi
A. Amimi
3 goals

Khouribga missing players

RSB Berkane missing players

Khouribga RSB Berkane
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 2 11 22
2 2 1 Won W 1 4 8
10 3 1 Drew D 1 6 8
10 6 1 Lost L 0 1 6
16 9 3 Scored S 1 7 20
25 13 3 Conceded C 0 5 21
77% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 73% 86%
55% 55% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 36% 50%
27% 27% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 23%
18% 18% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
41% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 27% 36%
32% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 64% 45%
50% 45% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 32%
 
4.3 4.7 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 3.6 4.2
4.3 3.7 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.5 3.5
1.7 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.5 10.8 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 6.8 9
3.5 4.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 1.9 3.2
21% 19% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 33% 28%
 
10.9 8.5 4.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 7.3 8
4.1 3.4 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 2.2 2.9

  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 21 14 5 2 37 12 11 8 2 1 24 8 10 6 3 1 13 4 25 47
2 Wydad Casablanca 21 12 7 2 30 16 10 7 2 1 16 6 11 5 5 1 14 10 14 43
3 FUS Rabat 21 10 8 3 23 11 10 5 4 1 13 6 11 5 4 2 10 5 12 38
4 Raja Casablanca 21 9 7 5 25 17 11 7 4 0 16 7 10 2 3 5 9 10 8 34
5 Olympic Safi 21 8 9 4 23 19 10 3 6 1 10 7 11 5 3 3 13 12 4 33
6 UTS Rabat 21 8 6 7 19 21 11 6 2 3 11 7 10 2 4 4 8 14 -2 30
7 Maghreb Fès 21 6 11 4 23 19 10 4 5 1 10 5 11 2 6 3 13 14 4 29
8 RSB Berkane 21 7 8 6 19 21 11 4 2 5 13 16 10 3 6 1 6 5 -2 29
9 Riadi Salmi 21 7 7 7 21 22 10 2 4 4 8 12 11 5 3 3 13 10 -1 28
10 Chabab Mohammedia 21 6 6 9 17 22 11 3 5 3 12 14 10 3 1 6 5 8 -5 24
11 Moghreb Tetouan 21 4 11 6 21 27 11 3 5 3 10 13 10 1 6 3 11 14 -6 23
12 Difaâ El Jadida 21 5 7 9 18 28 11 4 4 3 8 9 10 1 3 6 10 19 -10 22
13 Mouloudia Oujda 21 5 5 11 22 26 10 1 4 5 8 11 11 4 1 6 14 15 -4 20
14 Hassania Agadir 21 5 5 11 16 23 11 3 4 4 10 11 10 2 1 7 6 12 -7 20
15 Khouribga 21 2 10 9 16 24 10 2 3 5 9 12 11 0 7 4 7 12 -8 16
16 Ittihad Tanger 21 3 2 16 10 32 10 3 1 6 7 11 11 0 1 10 3 21 -22 11

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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.