Botola Pro: Olympic Safi - Riadi Salmi pre-match guide and facts

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Wed 25.January
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade El Massira (20000 seats)

Botola Pro: Olympic Safi receive Riadi Salmi in what promises to be an appealing football game. Here's a full preview!

Insights:
  • Riadi Salmi have the most scored goals (11) away 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

Olympic Safi have collected 9 points from their Botola Pro home games so far after 2-3-1. Three draws in a row here at Stade El Massira for Olympic, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.

Happy days for Olympic Safi in their previous game, a fixture away at Khouribga (placed 15th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.

Before that, Olympic Safi drew at home versus Wydad Casablanca.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Raja Casablanca are coming to town in three days.

Olympic aren't scoring a lot here at Stade El Massira in the league, with only {5 goals} from 6 games. From these home matches, Olympic Safi have conceded only 4 goals.

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Riadi Salmi form and stats

Riadi Salmi's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Riadi Salmi collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the Botola Pro. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

The manager Aboub was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium. Riadi suffered a 0-1 loss to Wydad Casablanca (placed 2nd). That loss was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points.

A 1-1 draw at Hassania Agadir's stadium before that.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ittihad Tanger in just three days.

Riadi Salmi has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. Riadi Salmi are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Last two meetings between these sides: Olympic won zero, Riadi Salmi were winners in one and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 2 red cards from the last two duels.

Top Goalscorers

Riadi SalmiM. Sahd
M. Sahd
5 goals
Riadi SalmiG. Sillah
G. Sillah
4 goals
Olympic SafiC. Samaké
C. Samaké
3 goals

Olympic Safi missing players

Riadi Salmi missing players

Olympic Safi Riadi Salmi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 2 Played P 0 7 14
6 2 1 Won W 0 4 5
5 3 1 Drew D 0 2 5
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 4
15 5 2 Scored S 0 11 16
13 4 1 Conceded C 0 6 15
86% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 86% 86%
64% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 57%
43% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 36%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
57% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 50%
36% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 57% 36%
21% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 29%
 
4.3 3.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.1 3.8
4.1 2.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.7 4.4
2.4 2.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.7 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.2 11.7 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.4 8.4
3.4 3.2 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.4 3.5
32% 26% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 46% 33%
 
5.9 5 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8 7.6
2.4 1.7 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3.1
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Riadi Salmi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Riadi Salmi have scored at least twice as many goals away as Olympic Safi have scored home.
  • Riadi Salmi have the most scored goals (11) away 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 FAR Rabat 14 8 4 2 21 9 7 4 2 1 13 6 7 4 2 1 8 3 12 28
2 Wydad Casablanca 14 8 4 2 17 9 6 4 1 1 9 4 8 4 3 1 8 5 8 28
3 Raja Casablanca 14 7 5 2 18 8 8 5 3 0 11 4 6 2 2 2 7 4 10 26
4 FUS Rabat 14 7 5 2 17 8 7 3 3 1 8 4 7 4 2 1 9 4 9 26
5 Olympic Safi 14 6 5 3 15 13 6 2 3 1 5 4 8 4 2 2 10 9 2 23
6 Maghreb Fès 14 5 6 3 15 12 7 3 3 1 6 3 7 2 3 2 9 9 3 21
7 UTS Rabat 14 6 3 5 13 13 7 4 0 3 7 5 7 2 3 2 6 8 0 21
8 Riadi Salmi 14 5 5 4 16 15 7 1 3 3 5 9 7 4 2 1 11 6 1 20
9 RSB Berkane 14 5 5 4 12 12 8 4 1 3 9 8 6 1 4 1 3 4 0 20
10 Difaa El Jadida 14 5 5 4 15 19 7 4 2 1 8 7 7 1 3 3 7 12 -4 20
11 Chabab Mohammedia 14 5 3 6 13 16 7 2 3 2 8 10 7 3 0 4 5 6 -3 18
12 Moghreb Tétouan 14 3 7 4 17 21 7 2 3 2 7 10 7 1 4 2 10 11 -4 16
13 Hassania Agadir 14 3 5 6 13 15 7 1 4 2 7 8 7 2 1 4 6 7 -2 14
14 Mouloudia Oujda 14 2 4 8 13 19 7 0 3 4 6 10 7 2 1 4 7 9 -6 10
15 Khouribga 14 0 6 8 7 17 7 0 2 5 4 10 7 0 4 3 3 7 -10 6
16 Ittihad Tanger 14 0 2 12 5 21 7 0 1 6 2 10 7 0 1 6 3 11 -16 2

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.