AS FAR continues to rule the "Botola Pro D1 ". The soldiers, who defeated Mouloudia d'Oujda on Saturday (3-2), have 34 points at the end of the 16th day. They owe their victory to a double by Hamza Igamane (12' and 63') and a goal on penalty from the Cape Verdean international defender Diney Borges (53'). Mouloudia reduced the score thanks to the Senegalese Paul Valère Bassène (22') and Farhi Benhalima (83').
The day before, Raja had dropped points at Olympique Club de Safi (3-1). After taking the lead on an own goal by Yassine Kordani, the Casablancans were punished three times by Abdelghafour Mehri (40'), Mohamed Mourabit (72') and on a penalty converted by Moncef El Amri (100'). With 27 points, the Safiotes are 5th with the same number of points as their victims. On Sunday, Wydad, runner-up to AS FAR, was held in check at home by FUS of Rabat (0-0). The Red and White (32 points), however, remain two units ahead of their opponents of the day.
In other games, RS Berkane went to dominate Hassania of Agadir in bad shape. A single goal decided the game, scored by the Congolese Chadrack Mzungu (66'). Newly promoted Union Touarga beat Difaâ Hassani of El Jadida. After the opening score of Difaâ on a penalty converted by Abdellah Farah (78'), Union Tuarga scored two goals in quick succession through Taoufik Bentayg (88' and 93'). Note that the other promoted, JS Salmi, also won its duel against Ittihad of Tangier (2-0) thanks to Mehdi Maouhoub (62') and Gambian Gibril Sillah (90').
Day 16:Results
Moghreb Tetouan 1-1 Moghreb of Fez
Olympique Club Safi 3-1 Raja
AS FAR 3-2 Mouloudia of Oujda
Hassania of Agadir 0-1 RS Berkane
JS Salmi 2-0 Ittihad Riyadi de Tanger
Chabab Mohammedia 1-1 Olympique Khouribga
Wydad Casablanca 0-0 FUS Rabat
Union Touarga 2-1 Difaâ Hassani d'El Jadida
