Raja Casablanca prevails over Wydad Casablanca 2-0 on Wednesday

CASABLANCA. Raja Casablanca prevails over Wydad Casablanca with a 2-0 win with an own goal from H. Ait (51') and a goal from M. Zrida (64').

Raja Casablanca prevails over Wydad Casablanca 2-0 on Wednesday

CASABLANCA. Raja Casablanca overcomes Wydad Casablanca with a 2-0 win with an own goal from H. Ait (51′) and a goal from M. Zrida (64′).

The match was played at the Stade Mohamed V stadium in Casablanca on Wednesday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 21.31 degrees Celsius or 70.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 37%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
  • 3 Total 6
  • 0 On Target 3
  • 3 Off Target 3
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 102 Attack 98
  • 55 Dangerous attack 51
  • 88 Ball safe 80
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 8 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 2 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Wydad Casablanca was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Raja Casablanca that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Wydad Casablanca had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 3 shots of which 0 were on target. Nevertheless, Raja Casablanca was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Wydad Casablanca shot 3 times, 0 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Raja Casablanca shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Wydad Casablanca received 2 yellow cards (Amine Aboulfath and Hicham Ait Brayem). Talking about the opposition, Raja Casablanca received 1 yellow card (Mohamed Zrida).

Match Timeline

H. Ait Brayem- Yellow
23'
H. Ait Brayem(own-goal)
51'
46'
M. Zrida- sub ->Adam Ennafati
64'
M. Zrida(goal)Yousri Bouzok
66'
M. Zrida- Yellow
67'
Z. El Wardi- sub ->Sabir Bougrine
M. Ounajem- sub ->Hicham Boussefiane
70'
A. Aboulfath- Yellow
79'
C. El Bahri- sub ->Nayden Kehayov
80'
Hamdou El Houni- sub ->Abdellah Haimoud
80'
M. Lahtimi- sub ->Hicham Ait Brayem
80'
83'
E. Maouhoub- sub ->Yousri Bouzok
A. Serrhat- sub ->Arsène Zola
87'
89'
M.Zila- sub ->Naoufel Zerhouni

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Botola Pro, Wydad Casablanca will play away with Moghreb Tétouan on the 7th of January with a 17-5 head to head stats in favor of Wydad Casablanca (11 draws).

Raja Casablanca will host Mouloudia Oujda on the 6th of January with a 11-0 head to head record in favor of Raja Casablanca (9 draws).

Wydad Casablanca – Formation

Wydad Casablanca
G
Youssef El Motie 32.Morocco
D
A. Aboulfath 4.Morocco
79'
D
J. Harkass 16.Morocco
D
H. Ait Brayem 26.Morocco
80' 23'
D
Arsène Zola 35.DR Congo
87'
M
Yahya Jabrane 5.Morocco
M
A. Haimoud 13.Morocco
80'
M
Zakaria Draoui 17.Algeria
M
Hicham Boussefiane 23.Morocco
70'
M
S. Bouhra 30.Morocco
F
Bouly Junior Sambou 27.Senegal
Substitutes
G
M. Maftah 1.Morocco
M
Hamdou El Houni 10.Libya
80'
M
O. Mahrous 2.Morocco
M
A. Serrhat 3.Morocco
87'
M
M. Ounajem 11.Morocco
70'
M
H. Regragui 15.Morocco
M
M. Lahtimi 19.Morocco
80'
F
F
C. El Bahri 21.Morocco
80'
F
I. Khannouss 29.Morocco

Wydad Casablanca started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Faouzi Benzarti decided to play with the following team: Youssef El Motie, Hicham Ait Brayem, Jamal Harkass, Amine Aboulfath, Arsène Zola, Yahya Jabrane, Zakaria Draoui, Hicham Boussefiane, Abdellah Haimoud, Saifeddine Bouhra and Bouly Junior Sambou.

The home team had on the bench: Mehdi Maftah, Oussama Mahrous, Anas Serrhat, Zouhair El Moutaraji, Mohamed Ounajem, Hamza Regragui, Mountassir Lahtimi, Charki El Bahri, Imad Khannouss and Hamdou Elhouni.

Substitutions

Wydad Casablanca made 5 changes: Hicham Ait Brayem for Mountassir Lahtimi (80′), Abdellah Haimoud for Hamdou Elhouni (80′), Nayden Kehayov for Charki El Bahri (80′), Hicham Boussefiane for Mohamed Ounajem (70′) and Arsène Zola for Anas Serrhat (87′).

Raja Casablanca – Formation

Raja Casablanca
G
A. Zniti 1.Morocco
D
I. Mokadem 4.Morocco
D
A. Khafifi 5.Morocco
D
Y. Belammari 17.Morocco
D
M. Boulacsout 27.Morocco
M
A. Ennaffati 2.Morocco
46'
M
E. El Moubarik 6.Morocco
M
N. Zerhouni 11.Morocco
89'
M
M. Al Makahasi 23.Morocco
M
Y. Bouzok 26.Algeria
83'
M
S. Bougrine 11.Belgium
67'
Substitutes
D
B. Arrassi 28.Morocco
M
Z. El Wardi 10.Morocco
67'
M
H. Domingo 14.South Africa
M
M. Zrida 19.Morocco
46' 66' Goals64'
M
A. Camara 30.Guinea
F
E. Maouhoub 49.Morocco
83'
F
M.Zila 97.Morocco
89'

Raja Casablanca started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Joe Zinnbauer played with: Anas Zniti, Mohamed Boulacsout, Abdellah Khafifi, Ismail Mokadem, Youssef Belammari, El Mehdi Moubarik, Yousri Bouzok, Sabir Bougrine, Mohamed Al Makahasi, Adam Ennafati and Naoufel Zerhouni.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Zakaria El Wardi, Domingo, Mohamed Zrida, Bouchaib Arrassi, Ahmadou Ama Camara, El Mehdi Maouhoub and Marouane Zila.

Substitutions

Raja Casablanca made 4 changes: Yousri Bouzok for El Mehdi Maouhoub (83′), Adam Ennafati for Mohamed Zrida (46′), Sabir Bougrine for Zakaria El Wardi (67′) and Naoufel Zerhouni for Marouane Zila (89′).

Results of the day

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