Botola Pro: Wydad Casablanca thought to subdue Olympic Safi

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Sat 17.June
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Mohamed V (55000 seats)

A lot of action is likely at Stade Mohamed V when Wydad Casablanca challenge Olympic Safi in what promises to be a wonderful game. Here's the preview!

Insights:
  • Wydad Casablanca is in the best form (4-2-0) in Botola Pro
  • Olympic Safi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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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Wydad Casablanca form and stats

Wydad Casablanca have performed here at Stade Mohamed V this season with 9 wins from 13 Botola Pro matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. Wydad Casablanca has a nice streak going on as they have played 17 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).

Nothing to worry about in defence for Casablanca, as their goalkeeper Youssef El Motie has completely shut out the opponents for 211 minutes in the Botola Pro.

Wydad Casablanca travelled for their previous game, a trip to Hassania Agadir that ended 0-0.

A 1-1 scoreline against Al Ahly before that, played at their own home stadium in the CAF Champions League. 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 Casablanca home games with this odds we find 16 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 13 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.

A decent goal production from Wydad Casablanca in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. Wydad Casablanca are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Mohamed V in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 13 matches.

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Olympic Safi form and stats

The visitors are W6-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Botola Pro.

Home advantage was not enough for Olympic Safi in their previous game as they lost hosting FUS Rabat, 0-1.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Hassania Agadir.

Olympic have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. Olympic Safi have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Wydad Casablanca have won or drawn the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) facing Olympic Safi.

These sides played each other before this match year: Olympic Safi - Casablanca 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

Wydad CasablancaB. Junior Sambou
B. Junior Sambou
12 goals
Wydad CasablancaA. Hassouni
A. Hassouni
8 goals
Olympic SafiC. Samaké
C. Samaké
4 goals

Wydad Casablanca missing players

Olympic Safi missing players

Wydad Casablanca Olympic Safi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
16 9 1 Won W 0 6 10
9 3 2 Drew D 2 3 11
2 1 0 Lost L 1 4 6
39 20 3 Scored S 4 15 29
19 7 2 Conceded C 5 14 25
81% 85% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 85%
59% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 63%
44% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 46% 37%
19% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 8% 11%
7% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
41% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 59%
56% 62% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 33%
22% 15% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 22%
 
4.4 4.8 1.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.8 4.1
3.6 3.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.2 4.1
2.7 2.2 4.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2 2.2
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 7
 
10.2 11.2 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 10.4 10.1
4.3 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 3.5
34% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 31% 31%
 
7.9 7.8 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 6.7 6.6 6
2.6 2.2 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 2.7 2.4
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Olympic Safi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olympic Safi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Wydad Casablanca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Wydad Casablanca have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Botola Pro
  • Wydad Casablanca is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 27 18 6 3 46 17 14 11 2 1 29 10 13 7 4 2 17 7 29 60
2 Wydad Casablanca 27 16 9 2 39 19 13 9 3 1 20 7 14 7 6 1 19 12 20 57
3 FUS Rabat 27 14 8 5 33 14 13 7 4 2 21 8 14 7 4 3 12 6 19 50
4 Olympic Safi 27 10 11 6 29 25 14 4 8 2 14 11 13 6 3 4 15 14 4 41
5 Raja Casablanca 27 10 9 8 28 24 14 8 5 1 18 9 13 2 4 7 10 15 4 39
6 RSB Berkane 27 9 10 8 26 28 13 5 3 5 15 17 14 4 7 3 11 11 -2 37
7 Riadi Salmi 27 9 9 9 29 31 13 3 5 5 13 18 14 6 4 4 16 13 -2 36
8 Maghreb Fès 27 7 13 7 27 27 13 5 6 2 12 7 14 2 7 5 15 20 0 34
9 UTS Rabat 27 8 9 10 26 31 14 6 3 5 14 12 13 2 6 5 12 19 -5 33
10 Hassania Agadir 27 8 8 11 24 28 14 5 5 4 13 12 13 3 3 7 11 16 -4 32
11 Chabab Mohammédia 27 8 7 12 25 29 14 4 5 5 17 19 13 4 2 7 8 10 -4 31
12 Moghreb Tétouan 27 6 11 10 26 35 14 5 5 4 14 16 13 1 6 6 12 19 -9 29
13 Mouloudia Oujda 27 7 7 13 27 31 13 2 5 6 11 14 14 5 2 7 16 17 -4 28
14 Difaâ El Jadida 27 5 9 13 22 40 14 4 5 5 10 13 13 1 4 8 12 27 -18 24
15 Ittihad Tanger 27 6 5 16 18 35 13 5 2 6 12 12 14 1 3 10 6 23 -17 23
16 Khouribga 27 3 13 11 20 31 13 2 6 5 12 15 14 1 7 6 8 16 -11 22

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.