Botola Pro preview: Can Olympic Safi edge out victory against CR Khemis Zemamra?

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Thu 01.July
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)

Olympic Safi have taken 17 of their 30 in total here at their home ground. How will they do against CR Khemis Zemamra?

Insights:
  • CR Khemis Zemamra have the most conceded goals (33) in Botola Pro

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.

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Olympic Safi form and stats

4 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Olympic Safi have to build on here in the Botola Pro.

In their previous game, the manager N. Benomar led his Olympic to a defeat in the Botola Pro match away at FUS Rabat. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Moghreb Tetouan that ended 0-0.

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 Olympic have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Olympic as they are travelling to their away game against RSB Berkane in the Botola Pro. That match is three days after this one.

Olympic has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. On the other hand, Olympic have conceded 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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CR Khemis Zemamra form and stats

CR Khemis Zemamra, who have the most conceded goals (33) in Botola Pro, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Botola Pro, after 2-1-8 (11 played).

277 minutes! That's how long the Zemamra goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

The supporters enjoyed Zemamra's previous game versus Hassania Agadir (placed 9th), a Botola Pro 1-0 win played at home.

A 0-0 draw at Wydad Casablanca's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Zemamra have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were two victories, one draw and eight defeats.

After this away game Zemamra return home for a Botola Pro game against Moghreb Tetouan. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Zemamra as they have only managed to score 7 times from 11 away games in the league. As for defending, CR Khemis Zemamra rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the CR Khemis Zemamra - Olympic 1-2 earlier this season. Olympic Safi-CR Khemis Zemamra H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Olympic Safi one win, CR Khemis Zemamra one win, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Olympic SafiS. Benyachou
S. Benyachou
8 goals
CR Khemis ZemamraA. Atchabao
A. Atchabao
7 goals
Olympic SafiH. Khaba
H. Khaba
6 goals

Olympic Safi missing players

CR Khemis Zemamra missing players

Olympic Safi CR Khemis Zemamra
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 4 11 23
8 4 2 Won W 2 2 5
6 5 2 Drew D 0 1 5
9 2 0 Lost L 2 8 13
24 12 8 Scored S 4 7 21
31 12 6 Conceded C 5 17 33
87% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
70% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 70%
48% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 45% 39%
17% 9% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 13%
9% 9% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 13%
52% 55% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 48%
22% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 17%
39% 36% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 64% 43%
 
5 4.9 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 3.8
5.1 4.6 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.6 3.4
2.1 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.3 2.1
4 4 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
6.5 7.1 11 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6.7 5.7
2.4 2.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.3 2.2
43% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 28% 42%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • CR Khemis Zemamra have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • CR Khemis Zemamra have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CR Khemis Zemamra have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Botola Pro
  • CR Khemis Zemamra have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Botola Pro
  • CR Khemis Zemamra have the fewest points (7) away in Botola Pro
  • CR Khemis Zemamra have the most conceded goals (33) in Botola Pro
  • CR Khemis Zemamra have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Botola Pro
  • CR Khemis Zemamra have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Botola Pro
  • CR Khemis Zemamra have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Botola Pro
  • CR Khemis Zemamra have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 23 15 6 2 43 18 11 8 3 0 25 7 12 7 3 2 18 11 25 51
2 Raja Casablanca 23 14 6 3 37 18 12 8 2 2 19 8 11 6 4 1 18 10 19 48
3 FAR Rabat 23 10 8 5 30 22 11 4 5 2 12 11 12 6 3 3 18 11 8 38
4 Ittihad Tanger 23 9 5 9 24 27 11 4 2 5 13 14 12 5 3 4 11 13 -3 32
5 Moghreb Tetouan 23 6 13 4 28 24 12 3 6 3 14 14 11 3 7 1 14 10 4 31
6 Mouloudia Oujda 23 9 4 10 30 28 12 4 2 6 16 14 11 5 2 4 14 14 2 31
7 RSB Berkane 23 8 6 9 23 26 12 3 5 4 13 12 11 5 1 5 10 14 -3 30
8 Olympic Safi 23 8 6 9 24 31 11 4 5 2 12 12 12 4 1 7 12 19 -7 30
9 Hassania Agadir 23 7 8 8 20 21 11 5 3 3 15 12 12 2 5 5 5 9 -1 29
10 FUS Rabat 23 7 8 8 26 29 12 4 4 4 15 16 11 3 4 4 11 13 -3 29
11 Rapide Oued Zem 23 5 10 8 22 28 12 4 3 5 13 16 11 1 7 3 9 12 -6 25
12 Difaâ El Jadida 23 6 7 10 23 30 11 3 5 3 9 8 12 3 2 7 14 22 -7 25
13 Maghreb Fès 23 4 12 7 20 26 11 3 5 3 11 11 12 1 7 4 9 15 -6 24
14 Chabab Mohammédia 23 4 11 8 19 20 12 3 4 5 8 8 11 1 7 3 11 12 -1 23
15 Youssoufia Berrechid 23 4 11 8 14 23 11 2 5 4 6 10 12 2 6 4 8 13 -9 23
16 CR Khemis Zemamra 23 5 5 13 21 33 12 3 4 5 14 16 11 2 1 8 7 17 -12 20

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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.