Riadi Salmi vs Difaâ El Jadida betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Sun 17.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal de Berrechid (5000 seats)

Moving nearer to the top teams is on the list when these two mid-table teams fight it out. Both are aiming to improve their league table position, Riadi Salmi in 9th and Difaâ El Jadida in 6th position.

Insights:
  • Riadi Salmi is in the worst form (0-3-2)
  • Difaâ El Jadida have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Riadi Salmi nor Difaâ El Jadida 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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Riadi Salmi form and stats

The story so far in the Botola Pro for Riadi Salmi at their home stadium (Stade Municipal de Berrechid) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Riadi's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Difaâ El Jadida (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Erik lost again The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Riadi Salmi have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won four, drawn zero and lost two.

Riadi Salmi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Difaâ El Jadida form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Difaâ El Jadida so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Jadida are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Difaâ El Jadida lost away at Riadi Salmi (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Difaâ El Jadida playing away and similar expectations, we found 24 relevant matches. Results were eight Jadida wins, five draws and eleven defeats.

Difaâ El Jadida have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. 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's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Difaâ El Jadida - Riadi 3-2 was the scoreline in these participants' last H2H fixture, played this season. Sahd likes to face Difaâ El Jadida and have scored 2 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

Riadi SalmiM. Sahd
M. Sahd
5 goals

Riadi Salmi missing players

Difaâ El Jadida missing players

Riadi Salmi Difaâ El Jadida
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 2 Played P 2 11 21
8 5 1 Won W 0 2 7
5 2 1 Drew D 2 4 8
8 4 0 Lost L 0 5 6
28 15 1 Scored S 2 13 24
24 12 0 Conceded C 2 21 28
81% 91% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 91% 81%
71% 73% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 82% 71%
52% 45% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 48%
14% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 45% 29%
14% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
43% 45% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 52%
43% 36% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 33%
33% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 33%
 
2.5 2.3 0.5 Corners for (avg) C F 9 6.8 5.3
4.5 3.7 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 3.7 4.7
2.5 2.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 6
 
6.3 7.4 1.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.8 9.5
3.3 3.8 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.5 3.8
40% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 27% 30%
 
8.8 8.9 3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 8.2 9.6
4.1 4.1 0.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.4
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Difaâ El Jadida have created more than twice as many corners as Riadi Salmi.
  • Difaâ El Jadida have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Difaâ El Jadida have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Riadi Salmi is in the worst form (0-3-2)

  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 20 13 4 3 31 16 10 8 1 1 17 8 10 5 3 2 14 8 15 43
2 Raja Casablanca 20 11 7 2 27 14 10 5 4 1 13 7 10 6 3 1 14 7 13 40
3 FAR Rabat 21 8 7 6 27 22 11 4 4 3 14 14 10 4 3 3 13 8 5 31
4 Maghreb Fes 21 6 12 3 18 12 11 5 6 0 13 4 10 1 6 3 5 8 6 30
5 Chabab Mohammédia 21 7 8 6 23 17 10 7 2 1 18 5 11 0 6 5 5 12 6 29
6 Difaâ El Jadida 20 7 8 5 24 28 10 5 4 1 11 7 10 2 4 4 13 19 -4 29
7 RSB Berkane 20 6 10 4 22 18 11 5 4 2 17 10 9 1 6 2 5 8 4 28
8 FUS Rabat 21 7 7 7 25 24 10 4 4 2 14 11 11 3 3 5 11 13 1 28
9 Riadi Salmi 20 7 5 8 28 24 10 4 2 4 13 12 10 3 3 4 13 12 4 26
10 Hassania Agadir 21 7 5 9 16 16 10 4 2 4 9 8 11 3 3 5 7 8 0 26
11 Khouribga 20 5 9 6 25 27 10 2 7 1 11 12 10 3 2 5 14 15 -2 24
12 Ittihad Tanger 21 7 3 11 22 30 11 5 3 3 13 11 10 2 0 8 9 19 -8 24
13 Youssoufia Berrechid 21 5 7 9 20 30 10 4 3 3 9 9 11 1 4 6 11 21 -10 22
14 Mouloudia Oujda 20 5 6 9 23 27 10 3 3 4 14 17 10 2 3 5 9 10 -4 21
15 Olympic Safi 20 4 8 8 12 17 10 3 5 2 7 6 10 1 3 6 5 11 -5 20
16 Rapide Oued Zem 21 3 6 12 8 29 10 2 2 6 2 13 11 1 4 6 6 16 -21 15

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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.