Kawkab Marrakech v Ittihad Tanger — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Botola Pro · Saturday, 10 October 2026. Final score 2–1 (half-time 1–0). Before kick-off we rated it 62% under 2.5 goals — the match finished with 3, so that call missed. That rating was frozen into a version-controlled ledger before the game and has not been touched since.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals38%62%Under
Over 3.5 goals14%86%no pick
Both teams to score50%50%No

The result model puts Kawkab Marrakech at 40%, the draw at 29% and Ittihad Tanger at 31%, from expected goals of 1.26 and 1.08.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Botola Pro has produced over 2.5 goals in 38% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Kawkab Marrakech have 1 in 2 this season (1 of 1 at home), Ittihad Tanger 1 in 2 (1 of 1 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 24 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 39% and 39%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 2 and 2 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 40 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. A single season is part luck, so each club's record is first pulled toward the league average by 34 games' weight. That moves the two figures to 34% and 33%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 34%.

Head to head. These sides have met 2 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 0%. That nudges the number 5% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 33%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 42%, from expected goals of 1.26 for Kawkab Marrakech and 1.08 for Ittihad Tanger. Folding in 30% of that view gives 35%.

Calibration. Tested against 97,729 past matches, our ratings below 55% have run consistently too pessimistic — a figure in the high 30s, for instance, has come in about four points higher. So ratings in that range are lifted part-way back, giving 38%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
Kawkab Marrakech250%50%50%
Ittihad Tanger250%50%100%

Head to head

17 Jun 26Kawkab Marrakech 0–2 Ittihad TangerU2.5
1 Feb 26Ittihad Tanger 0–0 Kawkab MarrakechU2.5

More: Kawkab Marrakech season stats · Ittihad Tanger season stats · Botola Pro table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.