Mouloudia Oujda vs Olympique Khouribga Prediction: A close contest ahead

After a short pause due to the World Cup, the Morocco Botola League will resume with Mouloudia Oujda taking on Olympique Khouribga at Honneur Stadium. Before the break, Mouloudia lost to Maghreb Fez, and Olympique Khouribga played to a tie against IR Tanger.

Mouloudia Oujda - hoping to avoid another defeat

In their prior matches, Mouloudia Oujda had one victory against Olympic Safi, three defeats against Riadi Salmi, Wydad Casablanca, and Maghreb Fès, and one tie against Hassania Agadir. Olympic Safi was the only team to defeat Mouloudia Oujda. Mouloudia Oujda was able to score nine goals while allowing seven. During the current season of the league, Mouloudia Oujda has contributed an average of 0.88 goals per game. In terms of disciplinary action, the away team was given one red card and 24 yellow cards during their match at home. This season, Mouloudia Oujda has shown an inability to maintain possession of the ball, as evidenced by his average of 44.13% throughout the season.

Olympique Khouribga - visitors hopeful of getting a difficult away victory

Khouribga comes into this match having not won any of their previous five matches, losing three of them to FUS Rabat, Maghreb Fès, and RSB Berkane, and drawing two of their most recent matches against Riadi Salmi and Ittihad Tangier. The club was only able to score four goals while giving up six. Khouribga scored an average of 0.5 goals per match while playing on the road, but they allowed an average of 1.25 goals against them. There were 17 yellow cards handed out to the team and only 2 red cards. Khouribga is not very strong at keeping possession of the ball, as evidenced by their overall average of 48.88% during this season.

Expert Betting Tips

Sixteen games have been played between Mouloudia Oujda and Khouribga during the past few seasons, with Mouloudia Oujda coming out on top seven times and Khouribga winning six. Three games had a tie score. In those contests, Mouloudia Oujda scored 22 goals and Khouribga scored 18. The majority of their past matches have ended with two or three goals scored, so we should expect the same this time around.