Youssoufia Berrechid v Wydad Casablanca preview: Visitors can prove cut above

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Thu 03.June
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal de Berrechid (5000 seats)

A quick look at the Botola Pro table suggests advantage Wydad Casablanca when they travel to Youssoufia Berrechid. But; let's play before the points are handed out!

Insights:
  • Youssoufia Berrechid have the fewest scored goals (11) in Botola Pro
  • Wydad Casablanca have the most scored goals (31) in Botola Pro

Wydad Casablanca could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Botola Pro game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at FUS Rabat. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

L D D L L

Youssoufia Berrechid form and stats

Youssoufia Berrechid's struggle is real here at Stade Municipal de Berrechid with only 8 points collected from 9 Botola Pro games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-5-3.

Youssoufia Berrechid's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Moghreb Tetouan (placed 6th).

1-1 away at Olympic Safi before that.

Youssoufia have scored 4 goals here in 9 league matches, a depressing statistic. Youssoufia have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

D W W W D

Wydad Casablanca form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Wydad Casablanca, who have the most scored goals (31) in Botola Pro, playing as the away team in the Botola Pro this season. Wydad Casablanca has drawn their two previous away games.

The Casablanca goalkeeper Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 242 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to FUS Rabat (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The Botola Pro match ended in a draw 0-0.

Before that, Casablanca secured a home win against Maghreb Fes with the score 2-0.

Wydad Casablanca have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Wydad Casablanca as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Wydad Casablanca - Youssoufia 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last five meetings between the teams: Youssoufia Berrechid won one, Wydad Casablanca won four and zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wydad CasablancaA. El Kaabi
A. El Kaabi
7 goals
Wydad CasablancaS. Msuva
S. Msuva
5 goals
Wydad CasablancaA. El Amloud
A. El Amloud
4 goals

Youssoufia Berrechid missing players

Wydad Casablanca missing players

Youssoufia Berrechid Wydad Casablanca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 3 9 18
3 1 0 Won W 3 4 11
10 5 1 Drew D 0 3 5
6 3 1 Lost L 0 2 2
11 4 1 Scored S 4 10 31
18 8 2 Conceded C 1 8 13
79% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 89%
58% 44% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 44% 72%
16% 11% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 44%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 28%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
42% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 44%
32% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 56% 56%
47% 56% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 11%
 
3.9 4.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.1 4.9
5.2 4.9 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4 4.2
2 2.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.5
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.6 8.7 9 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 6.4 8.8
2.7 2.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.1 4.3
21% 15% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 36% 40%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Wydad Casablanca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Wydad Casablanca have scored more than double the goals of Youssoufia Berrechid.
  • Wydad Casablanca have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Botola Pro
  • Wydad Casablanca have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Botola Pro
  • Wydad Casablanca have the most scored goals (31) in Botola Pro
  • Wydad Casablanca have the the best goal difference (+18) in Botola Pro
  • Youssoufia Berrechid have the fewest points (8) at home in Botola Pro
  • Youssoufia Berrechid have the fewest scored goals (11) in Botola Pro
  • Youssoufia Berrechid have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Botola Pro
  • Youssoufia Berrechid have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Botola Pro
  • Youssoufia Berrechid have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Botola Pro
  • Youssoufia Berrechid is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 19 11 6 2 30 17 10 7 2 1 17 7 9 4 4 1 13 10 13 39
2 Wydad Casablanca 18 11 5 2 31 13 9 7 2 0 21 5 9 4 3 2 10 8 18 38
3 FAR Rabat 21 8 8 5 27 22 10 3 5 2 11 11 11 5 3 3 16 11 5 32
4 Ittihad Tanger 21 9 4 8 24 24 10 4 2 4 13 11 11 5 2 4 11 13 0 31
5 Mouloudia Oujda 20 9 3 8 29 24 11 4 1 6 16 14 9 5 2 2 13 10 5 30
6 Moghreb Tetouan 21 6 11 4 28 24 11 3 5 3 14 14 10 3 6 1 14 10 4 29
7 Olympic Safi 21 8 5 8 23 29 10 4 4 2 12 12 11 4 1 6 11 17 -6 29
8 Hassania Agadir 20 7 7 6 16 14 9 5 2 2 11 6 11 2 5 4 5 8 2 28
9 FUS Rabat 21 6 8 7 23 26 11 3 4 4 13 15 10 3 4 3 10 11 -3 26
10 Difaa El Jadida 20 6 6 8 20 23 10 3 4 3 8 7 10 3 2 5 12 16 -3 24
11 RSB Berkane 18 6 5 7 18 20 9 2 4 3 9 8 9 4 1 4 9 12 -2 23
12 Maghreb Fes 21 4 10 7 19 25 11 3 5 3 11 11 10 1 5 4 8 14 -6 22
13 Rapide Oued Zem 20 4 9 7 19 25 10 3 3 4 11 14 10 1 6 3 8 11 -6 21
14 Chabab Mohammedia 21 3 11 7 17 18 10 2 4 4 6 6 11 1 7 3 11 12 -1 20
15 Youssoufia Berrechid 19 3 10 6 11 18 9 1 5 3 4 8 10 2 5 3 7 10 -7 19
16 CR Khemis Zemamra 21 4 4 13 20 33 11 2 4 5 13 16 10 2 0 8 7 17 -13 16

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.