Ittihad Tanger v Maghreb Fès — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Botola Pro · Wednesday, 14 October 2026 · 21:00. Final score 2–1 (half-time 0–1). Before kick-off we rated it 65% 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 goals35%65%Under
Over 3.5 goals13%87%no pick
Both teams to score49%51%No

The result model puts Ittihad Tanger at 22%, the draw at 33% and Maghreb Fès at 45%, from expected goals of 0.66 and 1.1.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals2.6036%35%-1%
Under 2.5 goals1.4864%65%+1%
Both teams to score2.1044%49%+4%

Implied percentages have the bookmaker's margin removed, so they add to 100 and can be compared with our rating directly. Edge is simply the gap between the two. A positive edge means our model thinks the outcome is likelier than the price suggests — it is not a tip, and a high probability with a negative edge is a poor bet however safe it looks. Prices are a pre-match snapshot from a single bookmaker and move constantly.

Match odds: Ittihad Tanger 2.90, draw 2.80, Maghreb Fès 2.40.

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. Ittihad Tanger have 2 in 3 this season (0 of 1 at home), Maghreb Fès 2 in 3 (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 41% and 41%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 3 and 3 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 33% and 35%.

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 35%.

Head to head. These sides have met 6 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 33%. 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 35%.

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 26%, from expected goals of 0.66 for Ittihad Tanger and 1.1 for Maghreb Fès. Folding in 30% of that view gives 32%.

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 35%.

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
Ittihad Tanger367%33%100%
Maghreb Fès367%0%67%

Head to head

22 May 26Maghreb Fès 0–1 Ittihad TangerU2.5
25 Oct 25Ittihad Tanger 1–1 Maghreb FèsU2.5
8 Mar 25Maghreb Fès 1–1 Ittihad TangerU2.5
3 Nov 24Ittihad Tanger 1–1 Maghreb FèsU2.5
9 Mar 24Maghreb Fès 2–1 Ittihad TangerO2.5
5 Nov 23Ittihad Tanger 2–2 Maghreb FèsO2.5

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