Botola Pro preview and statistics: Wydad Casablanca - Ittihad Tanger at Stade du 4 Août

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Tue 14.March
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du 4 Août (35000 seats)

The Botola Pro match summary, better known as a league table, tells the truth about these participants so far, with Wydad Casablanca in front of Ittihad Tanger by 31 points. Tipsway previews the game:

Insights:
  • Wydad Casablanca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Ittihad Tanger have the fewest scored goals (9) in Botola Pro

The hosts Casablanca saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the CAF Champions League. That game was an away game at Petro de Luanda, so at least Wydad Casablanca are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Wydad Casablanca form and stats

Wydad Casablanca have performed here at Stade du 4 Août this season with 6 wins from 9 Botola Pro matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

Wydad Casablanca are returning here after guesting Petro de Luanda in a CAF Champions League game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.

Before that, Casablanca played out a Botola Pro draw 3-3 when visiting RSB Berkane.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Wydad Casablanca home games with this odds we find 18 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 14 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.

It should be added that a peek at the 13 latest league games shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

The manager Fernández will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vita Club in only four days.

Wydad Casablanca has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. From these home matches, Casablanca have conceded only 6 goals.

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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 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-9 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Ittihad Tanger have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Ittihad Tanger are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Olympic Safi (placed 5th).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Hassania Agadir wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

You'll want to know how Ittihad Tanger managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 4 similar matches resulting in 1 away win, 0 draws and 3 home wins.

Look out: 8 of the latest 10 league matches involving this team have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Ittihad's away games in the league this season with only {3 goals} from 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Ittihad Tanger struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides face each other this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Ittihad Tanger - Wydad Casablanca 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Casablanca wins - draws - Ittihad Tanger wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wydad CasablancaA. Hassouni
A. Hassouni
7 goals
Wydad CasablancaB. Junior Sambou
B. Junior Sambou
7 goals
Wydad CasablancaA. Zola Kiaku
A. Zola Kiaku
2 goals

Wydad Casablanca missing players

Ittihad Tanger missing players

Wydad Casablanca Ittihad Tanger
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 4 10 19
11 6 3 Won W 0 0 2
6 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 4 9 15
25 13 7 Scored S 0 3 9
14 6 3 Conceded C 9 18 29
79% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
53% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 58%
42% 44% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 32%
16% 22% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 10% 11%
11% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
37% 44% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 26%
58% 56% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
26% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 70% 68%
 
4.7 5.4 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.8 3.5
2.9 3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.5 3.5
2.8 2.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 2 5 6
 
10.3 12 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 4.2 6.4 7.2
4.2 4.7 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.2 2.4
31% 31% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 16%
 
7.4 6.8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 10.6 9.3
2.3 1.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.8 3.8
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Ittihad Tanger have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ittihad Tanger have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Ittihad Tanger have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ittihad Tanger have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Botola Pro
  • Ittihad Tanger have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Botola Pro
  • Ittihad Tanger have the fewest points (1) away in Botola Pro
  • Ittihad Tanger have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Botola Pro
  • Ittihad Tanger have the fewest scored goals (9) in Botola Pro
  • Ittihad Tanger have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Botola Pro
  • Ittihad Tanger have the most conceded goals (29) in Botola Pro
  • Ittihad Tanger have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Botola Pro
  • Ittihad Tanger have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Botola Pro
  • Ittihad Tanger have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ittihad Tanger have yet to win a game away.
  • Ittihad Tanger haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Wydad Casablanca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wydad Casablanca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Wydad Casablanca have scored more than double the goals of Ittihad Tanger.

  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 20 13 5 2 36 12 10 7 2 1 23 8 10 6 3 1 13 4 24 44
2 Wydad Casablanca 19 11 6 2 25 14 9 6 2 1 13 6 10 5 4 1 12 8 11 39
3 FUS Rabat 20 10 8 2 23 10 10 5 4 1 13 6 10 5 4 1 10 4 13 38
4 Raja Casablanca 20 9 6 5 23 15 10 7 3 0 14 5 10 2 3 5 9 10 8 33
5 Olympic Safi 20 7 9 4 22 19 10 3 6 1 10 7 10 4 3 3 12 12 3 30
6 RSB Berkane 20 7 8 5 19 20 10 4 2 4 13 15 10 3 6 1 6 5 -1 29
7 Maghreb Fes 20 6 10 4 21 17 10 4 5 1 10 5 10 2 5 3 11 12 4 28
8 UTS Rabat 20 7 6 7 18 21 10 5 2 3 10 7 10 2 4 4 8 14 -3 27
9 Riadi Salmi 20 6 7 7 20 22 10 2 4 4 8 12 10 4 3 3 12 10 -2 25
10 Chabab Mohammedia 20 6 6 8 17 21 11 3 5 3 12 14 9 3 1 5 5 7 -4 24
11 Moghreb Tetouan 20 4 10 6 21 27 11 3 5 3 10 13 9 1 5 3 11 14 -6 22
12 Difaa El Jadida 20 5 6 9 18 28 10 4 3 3 8 9 10 1 3 6 10 19 -10 21
13 Mouloudia Oujda 20 5 5 10 22 25 9 1 4 4 8 10 11 4 1 6 14 15 -3 20
14 Hassania Agadir 20 5 5 10 16 22 11 3 4 4 10 11 9 2 1 6 6 11 -6 20
15 Khouribga 20 2 9 9 14 22 9 2 2 5 7 10 11 0 7 4 7 12 -8 15
16 Ittihad Tanger 19 2 2 15 9 29 9 2 1 6 6 11 10 0 1 9 3 18 -20 8

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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.