Ittihad Tanger defeats Olympic Safi 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

TANGER. Ittihad Tanger bested Olympic Safi to win 2-1.

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David Brown
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Ittihad Tanger defeats Olympic Safi 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

TANGER. Ittihad Tanger bested Olympic Safi to win 2-1. It was Ittihad Tanger to strike first with a goal of M. Rabja at the 41′. Then it was a goal in the 62′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, S. El Moudane gave the win to Ittihad Tanger in the 82′ minute with a goal.

A. Diarra received a red card (45′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Olympic Safi lost the match.

The match was played at the Grand Stade de Tanger stadium in Tanger on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.6 degrees Celsius or 61.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Ittihad Tanger

2 - 1

Team 1

Olympic Safi

  • 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
  • 7 Total 7
  • 2 On Target 2
  • 5 Off Target 5
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 126 Attack 98
  • 69 Dangerous attack 43
  • 144 Ball safe 162
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 0
Fouls
  • 3 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

Ittihad Tanger was in firm control of the ball 55% while Olympic Safi was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ittihad Tanger was more pushing with 70 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ittihad Tanger won the match​.

Ittihad Tanger shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Olympic Safi shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Ittihad Tanger received 3 yellow cards (S. El Moudane, A. Qassaq and Zakaria Belmaachi). On the other side, Olympic Safi received 1 yellow card (W. Rhailouf).

Also, Olympic Safi didn’t finish the match with 11 players after A. Diarra (Olympic Safi) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (45′).

Match Timeline

32'
W. Rhailouf- Yellow
41'
45'
A. Diarra- Red
46'
58'
A. Kassak- sub ->W. Rhailouf
58'
Y. Michte- sub ->A. El Forsy
62'
Y. Michte(goal)
65'
M. Assahabi- sub ->Axel Méyé
69'
72'
A. Chentouf- sub ->F. Abdelmouttalib
72'
77'
A. Kassak- Yellow
82'
84'
S. Kahlaoui- sub ->M. Naji
85'
C. Samaké- sub ->Y. Leknizi
88'
Z. Belmaachi- Yellow
Sabir Achefay- sub ->Alí El Harrak El Harrak
88'
O. Al Aiz- sub ->Z. Belmaachi
88'
Rachid Abdellah El Moudène- sub ->M. Moutouali
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
FAR Rabat
67
30
Wydad Casablanca
66
30
FUS Rabat
55
30
Olympic Safi
47
30
Raja Casablanca
44
30
RSB Berkane
44
30
Hassania Agadir
39
30
UTS Rabat
36
30
Riadi Salmi
36
30
Maghreb Fès
34
30
Mouloudia Oujda
32
30
Chabab Mohammédia
31
30
Moghreb Tétouan
30
30
Ittihad Tanger
29
30
Khouribga
28
30
Difaâ El Jadida
25
30

After playing this encounter, Ittihad Tanger will have 8 points to sit in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Olympic Safi will stay with 29 points to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Botola Pro, Ittihad Tanger will play away against Wydad Casablanca on the 14th of March with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Ittihad Tanger (8 draws).

Olympic Safi will host FAR Rabat on the 12th of March with a 8-8 head to head stats.

Ittihad Tanger – Formation

The manager Hilal Et-Tair decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Ittihad Tanger made only 1 change substituting F. Abdelmouttalib for Ahmed Chentouf (72′)​.

Olympic Safi – Formation

Tarek Mostafa Mohamed Labib played with: .

Substitutions

Olympic Safi made only 1 change substituting Axel Méyé for Mehdi Assahabi (64′)​.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Botola Pro.​