Botola Pro match preview and statistics: Maghreb Fès fight Difaâ El Jadida

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)

On paper it looks like advantage Maghreb Fès in this game against Difaâ El Jadida, but the visitors will fight to the end. Here's our full match preview!

Insights:
  • Maghreb Fès have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

1-9-4 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Difaâ El Jadida when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 14 matches are 9-15 (scored/conceded).

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Maghreb Fès form and stats

Overall Botola Pro stats at home this season for Maghreb Fès are 3-5-1 (wins-draw-losses). Two home wins in a row for Maghreb Fès bring valid hopes of a third.

The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Youssoufia Berrechid (placed 13th) on their last time out; the Botola Pro game ended 1-1.

Before that, Maghreb had a home game versus RSB Berkane which ended with a victory 2-0.

There will be little rest for Maghreb after this match as they are travelling to Wydad Casablanca for a Botola Pro game in only four days.

Maghreb Fès are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Maghreb have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Difaâ El Jadida form and stats

Difaâ El Jadida have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Botola Pro, after 2-2-4 (8 played).

Difaâ El Jadida's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Moghreb Tetouan that finished 2-2.

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

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting FUS Rabat in just four days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Jadida have scored 9 goals in 8 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Difaâ El Jadida have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Difaâ El Jadida - Maghreb Fès 1-2 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Maghreb wins - draws - Difaâ El Jadida wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MaghrebM. El Fakih
M. El Fakih
4 goals
Difaâ El JadidaE. Karnass
E. Karnass
4 goals
Difaâ El JadidaA. Hadraf
A. Hadraf
3 goals

Maghreb Fès missing players

Difaâ El Jadida missing players

Maghreb Fès Difaâ El Jadida
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 8 17
4 3 0 Won W 0 2 4
10 5 3 Drew D 0 2 6
4 1 0 Lost L 3 4 7
17 9 2 Scored S 3 9 14
18 6 2 Conceded C 10 14 20
83% 78% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 82%
72% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 47%
28% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 29%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 38% 24%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 6%
61% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 29%
22% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 41%
33% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 38% 47%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
6.6 6.3 4.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12 7.4 6.9
2.4 2.2 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.9 2.6
39% 45% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 39% 32%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Difaâ El Jadida have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Difaâ El Jadida haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Maghreb Fès have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Botola Pro

  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 16 10 4 2 29 13 8 6 2 0 19 5 8 4 2 2 10 8 16 34
2 Raja Casablanca 16 8 6 2 23 14 9 6 2 1 14 5 7 2 4 1 9 9 9 30
3 FAR Rabat 17 7 7 3 21 15 8 2 4 2 8 9 9 5 3 1 13 6 6 28
4 Hassania Agadir 18 7 7 4 15 11 9 5 2 2 11 6 9 2 5 2 4 5 4 28
5 Ittihad Tanger 17 7 4 6 19 20 8 3 2 3 10 9 9 4 2 3 9 11 -1 25
6 Mouloudia Oujda 17 7 3 7 22 17 9 3 1 5 13 10 8 4 2 2 9 7 5 24
7 RSB Berkane 18 6 5 7 18 20 9 2 4 3 9 8 9 4 1 4 9 12 -2 23
8 Maghreb Fès 18 4 10 4 17 18 9 3 5 1 9 6 9 1 5 3 8 12 -1 22
9 Olympic Safi 18 6 4 8 19 27 8 3 3 2 10 11 10 3 1 6 9 16 -8 22
10 Chabab Mohammédia 18 3 11 4 12 10 9 2 4 3 5 4 9 1 7 1 7 6 2 20
11 Moghreb Tetouan 18 3 11 4 22 23 9 1 5 3 11 13 9 2 6 1 11 10 -1 20
12 FUS Rabat 17 4 7 6 18 21 9 2 3 4 11 14 8 2 4 2 7 7 -3 19
13 Youssoufia Berrechid 17 3 9 5 10 14 8 1 5 2 4 5 9 2 4 3 6 9 -4 18
14 Difaâ El Jadida 17 4 6 7 14 20 9 2 4 3 5 6 8 2 2 4 9 14 -6 18
15 Rapide Oued Zem 17 3 8 6 14 20 8 2 3 3 7 10 9 1 5 3 7 10 -6 17
16 CR Khemis Zemamra 17 3 4 10 15 25 9 1 4 4 9 12 8 2 0 6 6 13 -10 13

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.