National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's FAR Rabat or Stade Marocain that keep their silverware dream alive.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
FAR Rabat and Stade Marocain should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
FAR Rabat form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 10 Botola Pro games here at Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah for FAR Rabat. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Rabat, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 297 minutes in the Botola Pro.
FAR Rabat's previous match was a CAF Confederations Cup game also played at their home, ending 1-0 vs Pyramids FC. The home team are looking to build on that result.
Preceding that game, a home win hosting Al-Ittihad in the Arab Club Championship.
The match schedule is unforgiving for FAR Rabat as they have a new game in only two days, a Botola Pro match thankfully also at home. Chabab Mohammedia are visiting.
The FAR Rabat manager Cruz has got the team scoring with 23 from 10 home games in the league. FAR Rabat are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
Stade Marocain form and stats
They also participated in Coupe Du Trone last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stade Marocain so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-3 (win-draw-lose).
Marocain are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Ittihad Khemisset.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Widad Temara in the Botola 2.A new game in only two days for Stade Marocain, the Botola 2 home match versus Raja Beni Mellal. Busy days.
Goals are few and far between in Stade Marocain's away league games. Only {5 goals} from 10 travels. Marocain are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous two meetings involving these two squads are: one win for FAR Rabat, one draw and zero wins for Stade Marocain. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Monteiro Sanches Borges 7 goals | I. Hamza 5 goals | R. Slim 5 goals |
FAR Rabat missing players
Stade Marocain missing players
| FAR Rabat | Stade Marocain | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 5 | ||
| 49 | 34 | Scored | S | 7 | 31 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.9 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.8 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 45% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 40% | ||
| 7.4 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 6.9 | ||
| 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FAR Rabat | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 44 |
| 2 | Wydad Casablanca | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 42 |
| 3 | FUS Rabat | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 38 |
| 4 | Raja Casablanca | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 33 |
| 5 | Olympic Safi | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 30 |
| 6 | RSB Berkane | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | Maghreb Fes | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | UTS Rabat | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 27 |
| 9 | Riadi Salmi | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | Chabab Mohammedia | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Moghreb Tetouan | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 22 |
| 12 | Difaa El Jadida | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 21 |
| 13 | Mouloudia Oujda | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | -3 | 20 |
| 14 | Hassania Agadir | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | Khouribga | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 16 | Ittihad Tanger | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 21 | -23 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CR Khemis Zemamra | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 34 |
| 2 | Rapide Oued Zem | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 33 |
| 3 | Stade Marocain | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Youssoufia Berrechid | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 32 |
| 5 | USM Oujda | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| 6 | JSM Laayoune | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Olympique Dcheira | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Chabab Atlas Khenifra | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | Raja Beni Mellal | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 25 |
| 10 | Chabab Ben Guerir | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| 11 | Racing de Casablanca | 20 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| 12 | Ittifaq Marrakech | 20 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Wydad Fes | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 14 | AS Sale | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Widad Temara | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Ittihad Khemisset | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
