Botola Pro match preview: Olympic Safi versus Youssoufia Berrechid

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Sat 15.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade El Massira (20000 seats)

Olympic Safi hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 22 points and a 13th position in the Botola Pro table. Visiting Youssoufia Berrechid holds 9th place with 25 pts.

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

When playing at home in the Botola Pro, Olympic Safi have managed 2 wins, 6 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 10 games.

Olympic haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 241 minutes ago. A. Gaadaoui scored that one.

Olympic Safi drew their last game, also a home match. Moghreb Tétouan (placed 7th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Heartbreak before that as Olympic lost 0-2 at Raja Casablanca's place.

There will be little rest for Olympic after this match as they are travelling to Hassania Agadir for a Botola Pro game in only four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Olympic here at Stade El Massira in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). Olympic have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Youssoufia Berrechid form and stats

There's been little loot from Youssoufia Berrechid's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 10 away games in the Botola Pro. Youssoufia Berrechid, who have the most conceded goals (36) in Botola Pro, only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw. A depressing four defeats in a row for Youssoufia in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus FAR Rabat.

Youssoufia's last game was the home draw against Mouloudia Oujda (1-1). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Raja Casablanca's place.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting RSB Berkane in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Youssoufia as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. The Youssoufia manager O. Azmani has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Youssoufia Berrechid - Olympic Safi 1-0 entered in the official records. Last three meetings between the teams: Olympic won zero, Youssoufia Berrechid won three and zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olympic SafiW. Sabbar
W. Sabbar
6 goals
Youssoufia BerrechidZ. Fati
Z. Fati
6 goals
Youssoufia BerrechidA. Niani
A. Niani
5 goals

Olympic Safi missing players

Youssoufia Berrechid missing players

Olympic Safi Youssoufia Berrechid
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 2 10 21
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 7
13 6 2 Drew D 0 1 4
5 2 1 Lost L 2 8 10
17 9 2 Scored S 1 8 27
21 9 4 Conceded C 6 22 36
76% 70% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 90%
24% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 52%
14% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 19%
57% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 62%
33% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 19%
33% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 19%
 
3.1 3.5 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 2.8 3.5
4.4 4.1 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.1 5.4
1.9 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.2 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
107 49 21 Total Shots T S 20 57 120
46 22 9 Shots on Target S O 4 21 50
37% 41% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 38% 54%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Olympic Safi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Youssoufia Berrechid has the most conceded goals (22) away
  • Youssoufia Berrechid has the most conceded goals (36)
  • Youssoufia Berrechid has the most conceded goals in the second half (22)
  • Youssoufia Berrechid has the most matches over the total-line (15)
  • Youssoufia Berrechid have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Youssoufia Berrechid have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Youssoufia Berrechid have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Youssoufia Berrechid 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 Raja Casablanca 21 12 6 3 30 15 10 8 1 1 16 6 11 4 5 2 14 9 15 42
2 Wydad Casablanca 21 12 4 5 36 21 11 6 3 2 19 11 10 6 1 3 17 10 15 40
3 Mouloudia Oujda 21 9 9 3 26 18 11 7 2 2 14 9 10 2 7 1 12 9 8 36
4 RSB Berkane 20 9 9 2 21 16 11 5 5 1 16 10 9 4 4 1 5 6 5 36
5 FUS Rabat 20 9 8 3 24 18 9 6 2 1 12 8 11 3 6 2 12 10 6 35
6 FAR Rabat 21 9 5 7 27 22 11 5 2 4 13 10 10 4 3 3 14 12 5 32
7 Moghreb Tétouan 21 7 9 5 19 14 10 5 5 0 9 2 11 2 4 5 10 12 5 30
8 Difaâ El Jadida 21 6 10 5 19 17 11 3 7 1 8 6 10 3 3 4 11 11 2 28
9 Youssoufia Berrechid 21 7 4 10 27 36 11 6 3 2 19 14 10 1 1 8 8 22 -9 25
10 CR Khemis Zemamra 21 6 6 9 31 29 10 4 2 4 18 13 11 2 4 5 13 16 2 24
11 Rapide Oued Zem 21 5 8 8 18 18 10 3 5 2 11 8 11 2 3 6 7 10 0 23
12 Khouribga 21 5 8 8 20 27 11 3 5 3 11 14 10 2 3 5 9 13 -7 23
13 Olympic Safi 21 3 13 5 17 21 10 2 6 2 9 9 11 1 7 3 8 12 -4 22
14 Hassania Agadir 21 5 6 10 22 29 10 4 2 4 10 11 11 1 4 6 12 18 -7 21
15 Ittihad Tanger 20 3 6 11 11 29 10 3 4 3 8 10 10 0 2 8 3 19 -18 15
16 Raja Beni Mellal 20 1 5 14 10 28 10 1 4 5 9 15 10 0 1 9 1 13 -18 8

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.