Can Difaâ El Jadida defeat Rapide Oued Zem in Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi clash?

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Wed 29.December
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi (15000 seats)

The home team stadium regulars expect a victory in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a stumbling visitor. Difaâ El Jadida are in 7th spot while the guesting Rapide Oued Zem panic at 16th.

Insights:
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most conceded goals (23) in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals (5) in Botola Pro

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Rapide Oued Zem have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 5-17-18 (win-draw-loss) from 40 matches.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Difaâ El Jadida form and stats

Difaâ El Jadida have collected 11 points from their Botola Pro home games so far after 3-2-1.

Difaâ El Jadida faced defeat in their previous match, away at Youssoufia Berrechid (2-3).

Before that, Jadida had a home game versus Wydad Casablanca which ended with a victory 2-1.

The Jadida fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Difaâ El Jadida have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Rapide Oued Zem form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rapide Oued Zem so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).

Home advantage was not enough for Rapide Oued Zem in their previous game, as they lost their Botola Pro-match, hosting FUS Rabat, 0-2.

Prior to that result Rapide Oued Zem won their away game at RSB Berkane. The scoreline was 1-0.

The attacking power of Rapide when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. 7 goals have been conceded by Rapide in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the prior eight meetings): Jadida won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Rapide Oued Zem managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / seven

Top Goalscorers

JadidaA. Hadraf
A. Hadraf
4 goals
Difaâ El JadidaZ. Hadraf
Z. Hadraf
4 goals
Difaâ El JadidaA. Al Gaadaoui
A. Al Gaadaoui
4 goals

Difaâ El Jadida missing players

Rapide Oued Zem missing players

Difaâ El Jadida Rapide Oued Zem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 3 7 14
5 3 1 Won W 1 1 2
5 2 0 Drew D 0 3 4
4 1 0 Lost L 2 3 8
20 8 2 Scored S 3 4 5
23 7 1 Conceded C 5 7 18
93% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 79%
86% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 43% 57%
64% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 29% 21%
36% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 7%
21% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
71% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 43% 21%
14% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 43% 36%
21% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 64%
 
5.9 4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.7 3.9
4.2 5.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 5
1.9 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.3 1.9
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.6 8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 7.9 7.6
4.1 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.9 2.6
34% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 20% 14%
 
9.4 11.7 12 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 10.6 9
3.6 4.2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4 3.9
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Difaâ El Jadida have scored more than double the goals of Rapide Oued Zem.
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most conceded goals (23) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most points from losing position (6) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals (5) in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wydad Casablanca 14 11 2 1 25 10 7 6 1 0 13 5 7 5 1 1 12 5 15 35
2 Raja Casablanca 13 8 3 2 18 8 7 4 2 1 10 5 6 4 1 1 8 3 10 27
3 FAR Rabat 13 6 5 2 15 9 7 2 3 2 6 8 6 4 2 0 9 1 6 23
4 Maghreb Fes 14 5 6 3 14 9 8 4 4 0 11 3 6 1 2 3 3 6 5 21
5 Riadi Salmi 14 6 2 6 22 19 7 3 1 3 10 9 7 3 1 3 12 10 3 20
6 RSB Berkane 14 4 8 2 15 12 7 3 3 1 10 6 7 1 5 1 5 6 3 20
7 Difaâ El Jadida 14 5 5 4 20 23 6 3 2 1 8 7 8 2 3 3 12 16 -3 20
8 Chabab Mohammedia 14 4 6 4 12 11 7 4 2 1 9 4 7 0 4 3 3 7 1 18
9 Youssoufia Berrechid 14 5 3 6 17 21 7 4 1 2 8 7 7 1 2 4 9 14 -4 18
10 Ittihad Tanger 14 5 2 7 18 19 7 3 2 2 10 8 7 2 0 5 8 11 -1 17
11 Olympic Safi 14 3 7 4 8 9 8 2 4 2 5 5 6 1 3 2 3 4 -1 16
12 FUS Rabat 14 3 6 5 13 15 6 1 3 2 6 7 8 2 3 3 7 8 -2 15
13 Khouribga 14 3 6 5 17 21 7 1 5 1 7 9 7 2 1 4 10 12 -4 15
14 Hassania Agadir 14 3 3 8 8 14 7 2 1 4 5 7 7 1 2 4 3 7 -6 12
15 Mouloudia Oujda 14 2 4 8 13 22 6 1 1 4 7 13 8 1 3 4 6 9 -9 10
16 Rapide Oued Zem 14 2 4 8 5 18 7 1 1 5 1 11 7 1 3 3 4 7 -13 10

Read more about Botola Pro

The Botola Pro (or Botola Premier League) is the top level football league in Morocco. Botola literally means “the Moroccan Championship”. It’s season runs from August to May and has 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures to decide the final league table. The Botola Pro is the most watched football league in Africa according to Wikipedia, and football the most popular sport in Morocco.