Riadi Salmi conquers Wydad Casablanca 3-1

BERRECHID. Riadi Salmi defeats Wydad Casablanca 3-1.

By
Mark Hall
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Riadi Salmi conquers Wydad Casablanca 3-1

BERRECHID. Riadi Salmi prevails over Wydad Casablanca 3-1. Wydad Casablanca was surely superior in terms of ball possession (71%).​

The match was played at the Terrain Errazi stadium in Berrechid on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.69 degrees Celsius or 89.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Riadi Salmi

3 - 1

Team 1

Wydad Casablanca

  • ! 29 Ball Possession 71
Shots
  • 6 Total 15
  • 4 On Target 4
  • 2 Off Target 11
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 82 Attack 147
  • 22 Dangerous attack 108
  • 96 Ball safe 88
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 1 Corners 12
Fouls
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 6 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Wydad Casablanca was in firm control of the ball 71% while Riadi Salmi was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Wydad Casablanca was more pushing with 108 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Riadi Salmi found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Riadi Salmi shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Wydad Casablanca shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Riadi Salmi received 3 yellow cards (Adnane Bentagana, Achraf Hmaidou and Mohamed El Khaloui). On the other side, Wydad Casablanca received 2 yellow cards (Mountassir Lahtimi and Hamdou Elhouni).

Match Timeline

14'
M. Lahtimi- Yellow
M. El Khaloui(goal)
21'
M. El Khaloui- Yellow
21'
31'
Zakaria Draoui(goal)Ayoub El Amloud
A. Bentagana- Yellow
41'
A. Hmaidou- Yellow
41'
A. Bentagana- sub ->Ennaama El Bellali
21'
61'
Youssef El Motie(own-goal)
S. Icharane- sub ->Haytham El Bahja
46'
Y. Sakhi(goal)Mohamed El Khaloui
68'
M. Tamayazou- sub ->Younes Sakhi
64'
M. Erbibi- sub ->Younes Sakhi
69'
K. El Keraa- sub ->Achraf Hmaidou
69'
71'
I. El Haddad- sub ->Ade Oguns
71'
A. Serrhat- sub ->Abdallah Haimoud
84'
Hamdou El Houni- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
FAR Rabat
64
27
Raja Casablanca
60
26
RSB Berkane
43
25
Wydad Casablanca
41
27
FUS Rabat
39
27
Olympic Safi
38
27
UTS Rabat
37
27
Moghreb Tétouan
34
26
CR Khemis Zemamra
34
27
Maghreb Fès
30
27
Hassania Agadir
30
27
Ittihad Tanger
29
27
Riadi Salmi
27
27
Chabab Mohammédia
24
27
Mouloudia Oujda
24
27
Youssoufia Berrechid
20
27

After playing this contest, Riadi Salmi has 18 points to hold in the 14th place. On the other side, Wydad Casablanca will stays with 28 points like FUS Rabat to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Botola Pro, Riadi Salmi will play away with Olympic Safi on the 17th of February with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Olympic Safi (2 draws).

Wydad Casablanca will host RSB Berkane on the 17th of February with a 11-7 head to head in favor of Wydad Casablanca (6 draws).

Riadi Salmi – Formation

Riadi Salmi
G
H. El Allouch 1.Morocco
D
Y. Limouri 4.Morocco
D
M. Bahsain 6.Morocco
D
J. Assouab 15.Morocco
D
I. Fiddi 33.Morocco
M
M. El Khaloui 7.Morocco
21' Goals21'
M
A. Hasti 10.Morocco
M
E. El Bellali 19.Morocco
21'
M
A. Hmaidou 26.Morocco
69' 41'
F
H. El Bahja 44.Morocco
46'
Substitutes
G
H. Doughmi 64.Morocco
D
M. Erbibi 2.Morocco
69'
D
O. Boutayeb 29.Morocco
M
S. Icharane 9.Morocco
46'
M
M. Sohna 30.Gambia
M
A. Bentagana 66.Morocco
21' 41'
F
M. Tamayazou 21.Morocco
64'
F
K. El Keraa 34.Morocco
69'

Riadi Salmi started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Mohammed Benchrifa decided to play with the following team: Hicham El Allouch, Imran Fiddi, Jad Assouab, Youssef Limouri, Mouad Bahsain, Achraf Hmaidou, Ennaama El Bellali, Haytham El Bahja, Mohamed El Khaloui, Abdelouahed Hasty and Youssef Sakhi.

The home team had on the bench: Mouhcine Erbibi, Salaheddine Icharane, Maati Tamaiazou, Omar Boutayeb, Modou Sohna, Kamal EL Keraa, Hassan Doughmi and Adnane Bentagana.

Substitutions

Riadi Salmi made 5 changes: Ennaama El Bellali for Adnane Bentagana (21′), Younes Sakhi for Maati Tamaiazou (64′), Younes Sakhi for Mouhcine Erbibi (69′), Haytham El Bahja for Salaheddine Icharane (46′) and Achraf Hmaidou for Kamal EL Keraa (69′).

Wydad Casablanca – Formation

Wydad Casablanca
G
Youssef El Motie 32.Morocco
D
A. El Amloud 22.Morocco
D
B. Gaddarine 8.Morocco
D
J. Harkass 16.Morocco
M
A. Oguns 18.Nigeria
71'
M
M. Lahtimi 19.Morocco
46' 14'
M
Yahya Jabrane 5.Morocco
M
Sidi Bouna Amar 9.Mauritania
M
Hamdou El Houni 10.Libya
84'
M
A. Haimoud 13.Morocco
71'
M
Zakaria Draoui 17.Algeria
Goals31'
Substitutes
G
M. Maftah 1.Morocco
D
A. Boucheta 24.Morocco
D
A. Farhane 25.Morocco
M
O. Zemraoui 27.Morocco
M
S. Bouhra 30.Morocco
M
A. Serrhat 3.Morocco
71'
M
I. El Haddad 11.Morocco
71'
F
I. Moumen 31.Morocco

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

Faouzi Benzarti played with: Youssef El Motie, Ayoub El Amloud, Yahya Jabrane, Jamal Harkass, Badr Gaddarine, Zakaria Draoui, Mountassir Lahtimi, Sidi Bouna Amar, Abdallah Haimoud, Hamdou Elhouni and Ade Oguns.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mehdi Maftah, Anas Serrhat, Ismail El Haddad, Ayoub Boucheta, Amine Farhane, Oussama Zemraoui, Saifeddine Bouhra and Ismail Moumen.

Substitutions

Wydad Casablanca made 2 changes: Ade Oguns for Ismail El Haddad (71′) and Abdallah Haimoud for Anas Serrhat (71′).

Results of the day

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