The head coach Benhachem aiming to whip up FUS Rabat victory against Difaâ El Jadida

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Wed 19.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du FUS (52000 seats)

FUS Rabat welcome Difaâ El Jadida with belief in landing all three points. Can they? Check our match preview!

Insights:
  • FUS Rabat have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida is in the worst form (0-1-4)

This field has artifical turf, which is not Difaâ El Jadida's regular surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Difaâ El Jadida have performed like this: Played nine matches with the outcome 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats with the goal data 9-17 (scored/conceded).

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for FUS Rabat and Difaâ El Jadida.

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FUS Rabat form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade du FUS as FUS Rabat have scored 16 goals to get 22 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Botola Pro are 6-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for FUS Rabat in their previous match, an away game at RSB Berkane that ended in defeat 0-1.

Before that, Rabat had a home game versus Raja Casablanca which ended with a victory 3-0.

FUS Rabat are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. Rabat are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade du FUS in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 11 matches.

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Difaâ El Jadida form and stats

Difaâ El Jadida have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Botola Pro, after 1-3-7 (11 played). A depressing six defeats in a row for Difaâ El Jadida in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Mouloudia Oujda.

Difaâ El Jadida are travelling again after losing away to FUS Rabat in their previous match (0-3). Jadida lost heavily in their last match (against FUS Rabat as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Olympic Safi.

As for defending, Difaâ El Jadida rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches. Difaâ El Jadida has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: Difaâ El Jadida - Rabat 0-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - four - one (FUS Rabat wins - draws - Difaâ El Jadida wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FUS RabatH. Hannouri
H. Hannouri
9 goals
Difaâ El JadidaA. Farah
A. Farah
5 goals
RabatH. Kameni
H. Kameni
3 goals

FUS Rabat missing players

Difaâ El Jadida missing players

FUS Rabat Difaâ El Jadida
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 12 24
11 6 2 Won W 0 1 5
8 4 1 Drew D 1 3 7
4 1 1 Lost L 2 8 12
26 16 5 Scored S 2 11 19
12 6 4 Conceded C 7 24 34
78% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 83%
48% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 58%
30% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 75% 54%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 21%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 4%
30% 45% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 75% 50%
57% 55% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 8% 25%
35% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 42%
 
5.1 5.3 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.7 4.2
4.3 4.3 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 5.4 4.6
2.1 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.3 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10.3 10.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.6 7.4
3.6 3.6 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.8 2.6
31% 40% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 33% 31%
 
7.4 7.6 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10.5 10
2.7 2.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.7 3.9
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Difaâ El Jadida have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Difaâ El Jadida have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the fewest points from losing position (-1) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida is in the worst form (0-1-4)
  • FUS Rabat have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FUS Rabat have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FUS Rabat have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Botola Pro
  • FUS Rabat have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Botola Pro

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FAR Rabat 23 15 5 3 40 15 12 9 2 1 26 9 11 6 3 2 14 6 25 50
2 Wydad Casablanca 23 14 7 2 33 17 11 8 2 1 17 6 12 6 5 1 16 11 16 49
3 FUS Rabat 23 11 8 4 26 12 11 6 4 1 16 6 12 5 4 3 10 6 14 41
4 Olympic Safi 23 10 9 4 27 21 11 4 6 1 13 9 12 6 3 3 14 12 6 39
5 Raja Casablanca 23 9 8 6 25 20 12 7 5 0 16 7 11 2 3 6 9 13 5 35
6 RSB Berkane 23 8 9 6 21 22 12 5 2 5 14 16 11 3 7 1 7 6 -1 33
7 Riadi Salmi 23 8 8 7 23 23 11 3 4 4 10 13 12 5 4 3 13 10 0 32
8 UTS Rabat 23 8 6 9 22 26 12 6 2 4 12 9 11 2 4 5 10 17 -4 30
9 Maghreb Fes 23 6 11 6 24 22 11 4 5 2 10 6 12 2 6 4 14 16 2 29
10 Hassania Agadir 23 7 5 11 20 25 12 4 4 4 12 12 11 3 1 7 8 13 -5 26
11 Moghreb Tetouan 23 5 11 7 23 29 12 4 5 3 11 13 11 1 6 4 12 16 -6 26
12 Chabab Mohammedia 23 6 6 11 18 25 12 3 5 4 13 16 11 3 1 7 5 9 -7 24
13 Mouloudia Oujda 23 6 5 12 24 28 11 2 4 5 10 12 12 4 1 7 14 16 -4 23
14 Difaâ El Jadida 23 5 7 11 19 31 12 4 4 4 8 10 11 1 3 7 11 21 -12 22
15 Khouribga 23 2 11 10 17 28 11 2 4 5 10 13 12 0 7 5 7 15 -11 17
16 Ittihad Tanger 23 5 2 16 14 32 11 4 1 6 10 11 12 1 1 10 4 21 -18 17

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.