FAR Rabat beat Ittihad Tanger 2-0 in Botola Pro

FAR Rabat secured an important win over visitors Ittihad Tanger by a score of 2-0 in the match that brought them together as part of matchday five of the Moroccan Botola Pro, which was held on 28 October and kicked off at 23:00 Saudi time.

The goals of the match came in the second half, as Youssef El Fahli opened the scoring from a penalty kick in the 80th minute, before Abdelfattah Hadraf added the second goal in the 90+5th minute to seal the result in favour of FAR Rabat.

The match saw player Gape Mohutsiwa sent off from Ittihad Tanger's ranks in the 52nd minute, leaving his team to complete the rest of the match with ten players.

FAR Rabat dominated the course of the match with a possession rate of 64 percent compared to 36 percent for Ittihad Tanger, and also had the upper hand in the number of shots with 19 shots compared to just two for their visitors, including 10 shots on target for FAR Rabat compared to two for Ittihad Tanger. FAR Rabat also won 8 corner kicks compared to two for Ittihad Tanger, as well as 4 yellow cards compared to one yellow card and one red card for Ittihad Tanger.

With this result, FAR Rabat raised their tally to 4 points from a win and a draw without any defeat in two matches, placing them 12th in the standings with 3 goals scored and two goals conceded. In contrast, Ittihad Tanger's tally remained at 7 points from two wins, a draw and a defeat in 4 matches, placing them fifth with 7 goals scored and 5 goals conceded.