The Botola meeting at Stade El Massira on Saturday will see home side Olympic Safi go up against Ittihad Riadi Tanger.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Olympic Safi v Ittihad Riadi Tanger, scroll down (including the best match odds).
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Form Guide
Olympic Safi
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Olympic Safi, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-1 Botola success over Youssoufia Berrechid.
Olympic Safi have hit the back of the net 7 times over their last six outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in that time is 5.
Ittihad Riadi Tanger
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Ittihad Riadi Tanger head into the match after a 2-1 Botola win to beat Fath Union Sport in their last match.
The stats don’t lie, and Ittihad Riadi Tanger have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 7 goals overall. In defence, Ittihad Riadi Tanger can certainly do much better. That sort of trend won’t necessarily follow through into this game, though.
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Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings dating back to 15/05/2021, there has been little to separate the clubs with Olympic Safi winning 2 of those games, Ittihad Riadi Tanger 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.
An aggregate of 11 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 6 from Safi and 5 created by IR Tanger. The average goals per game has been 1.83.
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Team News: Olympic Safi
The Olympic Safi manager doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of before this clash thanks to a fully injury-free squad available for selection.
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Team News: Ittihad Riadi Tanger
Thanks to a mainly full-strength group, there’s just the lone fitness worry for the Ittihad Riadi Tanger manager to be concerned with. 11 (Ittihad Tanger) won’t be playing here.
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Prediction
We’ve got the feeling that Ittihad Riadi Tanger are dangerous enough to break down this Olympic Safi lineup, however it isn’t expected to be enough to avoid defeat.
We’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Olympic Safi when all is said and done. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
10:45 26/04/2024
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Olympic Safi
Stadium: Stade El Massira (7,000)
Competitions: Botola position 6