Rapide Oued Zem vs Ittihad Tanger: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Sat 18.June
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Phosphate (10000 seats)

Rapide Oued Zem are keen to improve their points total at home in the upcoming fixture vs Ittihad Tanger.

Insights:
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals (12) in Botola Pro
  • Ittihad Tanger have scored more than double the goals of Rapide Oued Zem.

Ittihad Tanger play their home fixtures on grass, while this match is played on artifical turf. Up to date stats for Ittihad Tanger when featuring on artifical turf are 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats from nine matches. They have managed to score 12 goals and conceded 17 times in these games.

It's no vacation for neither Rapide Oued Zem nor Ittihad Tanger as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Rapide Oued Zem form and stats

With 3 Botola Pro wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Rapide Oued Zem are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Rapide Oued Zem hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Youssoufia Berrechid, Mouloudia Oujda, Rapide Oued Zem, Olympic Safi and Hassania Agadir), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

The home team returns to Stade du Phosphate after drawing with Riadi Salmi (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.

Before that, Rapide Oued Zem had a home game versus Raja Casablanca which ended with a victory 1-0.

Rapide has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 4 goals from 12 games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Rapide Oued Zem have conceded 15 goals. Rapide Oued Zem has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.

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Ittihad Tanger form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ittihad Tanger so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-8 (win-draw-lose). When Ittihad Tanger is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Youssoufia Berrechid, Mouloudia Oujda, Olympic Safi, Hassania Agadir and Ittihad Tanger is teams we like to compare Rapide Oued Zem with. With three draws in a row for Ittihad the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.

Ittihad Tanger delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against FUS Rabat (placed 6th) in their previous game.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against RSB Berkane.

The visiting Ittihad have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 12 games. In the opposite end, Ittihad Tanger have conceded 23 goals in their away games. When Ittihad Tanger is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Youssoufia Berrechid, Mouloudia Oujda, Olympic Safi, Hassania Agadir and Ittihad Tanger.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H meeting ended Ittihad Tanger - Rapide 3-1, earlier this season. Head-to-head data (for the last nine meetings): Rapide Oued Zem won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Ittihad Tanger got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / six

Top Goalscorers

Ittihad TangerA. Méyé Me Ndong
A. Méyé Me Ndong
11 goals
Ittihad TangerA. Hammoudan
A. Hammoudan
4 goals
Ittihad TangerT. Ijrouten
T. Ijrouten
4 goals

Rapide Oued Zem missing players

Ittihad Tanger missing players

Rapide Oued Zem Ittihad Tanger
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 2 12 25
4 3 2 Won W 2 3 8
7 2 1 Drew D 0 1 6
14 7 1 Lost L 0 8 11
12 4 2 Scored S 6 14 28
35 15 2 Conceded C 2 23 35
84% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
64% 58% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 72%
24% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 44%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 24%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 16%
32% 8% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 48%
32% 42% 75% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 24%
52% 67% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 36%
 
4 4.4 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 4.4 4.4
5.7 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.8 4.3
2.3 1.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.6
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.1 7.2 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.8 8.2
2.7 2.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.9 4
18% 12% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 30% 28%
 
9.7 7.8 7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 10 8.6
3.6 3.2 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.8 3.7
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Ittihad Tanger have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ittihad Tanger have scored more than double the goals of Rapide Oued Zem.
  • Ittihad Tanger haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest points (11) at home in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals (12) in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the the worst goal difference (-23) 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 25 16 5 4 37 19 12 10 1 1 21 8 13 6 4 3 16 11 18 53
2 Raja Casablanca 25 15 7 3 34 15 13 8 4 1 19 7 12 7 3 2 15 8 19 52
3 FAR Rabat 24 10 7 7 31 26 12 5 4 3 17 15 12 5 3 4 14 11 5 37
4 Maghreb Fes 25 7 15 3 23 15 13 5 8 0 15 6 12 2 7 3 8 9 8 36
5 Chabab Mohammedia 25 8 9 8 25 21 12 7 2 3 19 9 13 1 7 5 6 12 4 33
6 FUS Rabat 25 8 9 8 28 27 12 5 4 3 15 12 13 3 5 5 13 15 1 33
7 RSB Berkane 24 7 11 6 27 24 12 6 4 2 21 13 12 1 7 4 6 11 3 32
8 Khouribga 25 7 11 7 29 30 13 3 9 1 13 13 12 4 2 6 16 17 -1 32
9 Riadi Salmi 25 8 7 10 32 30 13 5 4 4 16 13 12 3 3 6 16 17 2 31
10 Difaa El Jadida 24 7 10 7 26 32 12 5 6 1 13 9 12 2 4 6 13 23 -6 31
11 Hassania Agadir 24 8 6 10 19 19 12 4 3 5 11 11 12 4 3 5 8 8 0 30
12 Ittihad Tanger 25 8 6 11 28 35 13 5 5 3 14 12 12 3 1 8 14 23 -7 30
13 Olympic Safi 25 6 10 9 19 23 12 4 5 3 10 9 13 2 5 6 9 14 -4 28
14 Mouloudia Oujda 25 6 8 11 28 34 13 4 4 5 19 22 12 2 4 6 9 12 -6 26
15 Youssoufia Berrechid 25 5 8 12 23 36 12 4 3 5 9 11 13 1 5 7 14 25 -13 23
16 Rapide Oued Zem 25 4 7 14 12 35 12 3 2 7 4 15 13 1 5 7 8 20 -23 19

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.