Match Report
Ittihad Tanger, 7th with 39 points, sat 17 points above Olympic Safi (16th, 22). Scoring rates set the scale: Olympic Safi 0.8 scored and 1.4 conceded per game, Ittihad Tanger 0.9 and 1.03, with the league averaging 1.08.
Olympic Safi had gone 10 games without a win. Ittihad Tanger had not won in 7 games.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Olympic Safi 2, draws 3, Ittihad Tanger 1, at 2.5 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 17% of the wins in this matchup. 83% of these meetings featured a goal for each side.
The match was played at Stade El Massira (capacity 20,000). Olympic Safi led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Olympic Safi: Y. Najjari (45') · Ittihad Tanger: Karim Lagrouch (90'), Papa Magueye Gaye (90')
Key stats
Possession: Olympic Safi 57% · Ittihad Tanger 43% · Total shots: 10-12 · On target: 5-7 · Corners: 1-4