“Walid Sabbar's unfortunate own goal puts FAR Rabat ahead against his own team”
Pivotal“Hakim Ziyech finds the net to level the score for Wydad Casablanca”
Pivotal“Youssef El Fahli scores the decisive goal to restore FAR Rabat's advantage”
Pivotal“Wydad bring on Wissam Ben Yedder in desperate search for an equalizer”
Wydad Casablanca
FAR Rabat
FAR Rabat secured a crucial 2-1 victory over Wydad Casablanca in a fiery encounter that saw 10 yellow cards distributed across both sides. The match opened with an unfortunate own goal from Wydad's Walid Sabbar, before Hakim Ziyech restored parity with a well-taken equalizer nine minutes later. Youssef El Fahli proved to be the match-winner for FAR Rabat, capitalizing in the 62nd minute to secure all three points. Despite Wydad's introduction of experienced forwards Wissam Ben Yedder and other attacking reinforcements, they couldn't find a second equalizer as FAR Rabat held firm to claim a valuable away victory in this heated Moroccan derby.
How entertaining was this match?
Second-placed Wydad Casablanca welcome fifth-placed FAR Rabat to Stade Mohamed V in a pivotal Botola Pro encounter. With Wydad trailing the leaders by just one point and boasting a perfect ten-game unbeaten streak, they'll look to overcome FAR's impressive dominance in recent head-to-head meetings.
