Botola 2 match preview and statistics: Raja Beni Mellal fight Riadi Salmi

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal de Beni Mellal (8000 seats)

Raja Beni Mellal will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Riadi Salmi.

Insights:
  • Raja Beni Mellal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Riadi Salmi have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Botola 2

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Raja Beni Mellal form and stats

6-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Botola 2 numbers at home for Raja Beni Mellal so far this season.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Hassania Agadir.

Raja Beni Mellal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. From these home matches, Mellal have conceded only 8 goals.

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Riadi Salmi form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Riadi Salmi, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Botola 2, playing as the away team in the Botola 2 this season.

Riadi Salmi have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 314 minutes since they last conceded in Botola 2.

The visiting Riadi have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Riadi have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Raja Beni Mellal and Riadi Salmi have met before this season: Riadi Salmi - Mellal 1-0. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Raja Beni Mellal victory, one draw and one Riadi Salmi win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

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Raja Beni Mellal Riadi Salmi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
8 6 1 Won W 0 3 10
3 1 0 Drew D 2 4 7
10 3 2 Lost L 1 3 4
15 10 3 Scored S 2 12 23
18 8 5 Conceded C 3 10 14
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 86%
29% 30% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 52%
19% 20% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 29%
5% 10% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 5%
5% 10% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
29% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 43%
38% 60% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 48%
38% 10% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4.5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3 3
1.5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.5 1.3
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 133% 125%
Key stats in Botola 2 this season:
  • Raja Beni Mellal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Raja Beni Mellal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Riadi Salmi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Riadi Salmi have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Botola 2
  • Riadi Salmi have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Botola 2
  • Riadi Salmi have the the best goal difference (+9) in Botola 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Riadi Salmi 21 10 7 4 23 14 11 7 3 1 11 4 10 3 4 3 12 10 9 37
2 Khouribga 21 10 7 4 30 22 11 7 3 1 15 7 10 3 4 3 15 15 8 37
3 Olympique Dcheïra 21 10 5 6 29 21 11 5 3 3 13 10 10 5 2 3 16 11 8 35
4 Stade Marocain 21 9 7 5 26 22 11 5 3 3 16 13 10 4 4 2 10 9 4 34
5 UTS Rabat 21 9 6 6 24 21 10 4 2 4 14 13 11 5 4 2 10 8 3 33
6 Wydad Fès 21 9 5 7 27 19 10 7 2 1 15 5 11 2 3 6 12 14 8 32
7 Ittihad Khemisset 21 9 4 8 26 21 11 4 2 5 14 12 10 5 2 3 12 9 5 31
8 Raja Beni Mellal 21 8 3 10 15 18 10 6 1 3 10 8 11 2 2 7 5 10 -3 27
9 AS Salé 21 6 8 7 17 23 10 3 5 2 8 10 11 3 3 5 9 13 -6 26
10 Chabab Atlas Khénifra 21 6 7 8 22 26 11 5 4 2 12 8 10 1 3 6 10 18 -4 25
11 KAC Kénitra 21 5 10 6 19 24 10 3 4 3 8 8 11 2 6 3 11 16 -5 25
12 Racing de Casablanca 21 6 6 9 25 26 11 4 2 5 18 18 10 2 4 4 7 8 -1 24
13 Chabab Ben Guerir 21 6 6 9 22 27 11 4 2 5 13 14 10 2 4 4 9 13 -5 24
14 Kawkab Marrakech 21 4 9 8 16 18 10 2 6 2 12 10 11 2 3 6 4 8 -2 21
15 Tihad Casablanca 21 3 11 7 23 30 10 1 7 2 12 16 11 2 4 5 11 14 -7 20
16 Widad Témara 21 2 11 8 13 25 10 2 7 1 5 5 11 0 4 7 8 20 -12 17

Read more about Botola 2

Botola 2 is the second highest football league in Morocco. It has 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures to set a final league table, with the season running from August to April/May. The two top teams in the league table are promoted while the bottom two are relegated to the third level, Division Nationale.