Botola 2 match prediction and news & stats for the Raja Beni Mellal vs El Massira battle

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal de Beni Mellal (8000 seats)

Raja Beni Mellal have played great football this season, being 3rd position in the table. El Massira have an outlook both up and down from the 8th place.

Insights:
  • Raja Beni Mellal have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Botola 2
  • El Massira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

2-12-5 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for El Massira when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 19 matches are 13-17 (scored/conceded).

Raja Beni Mellal and El Massira 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.

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Raja Beni Mellal form and stats

Raja Beni Mellal have collected 19 points from their Botola 2 home games so far after 5-4-1.

The Raja Beni Mellal goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 190 minutes without conceding a goal in the Botola 2.

Raja Beni Mellal are returning here after visiting AS Salé and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Kawkab Marrakech that ended 0-0.

From these home matches, Mellal have conceded only 6 goals.

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El Massira form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for El Massira so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means El Massira are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Massira won their last game, 1-0 versus Wydad Fes played at home.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against UTS Rabat wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting El Massira as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by El Massira in these games.

Head 2 Head

These sides met each other earlier this campaign: El Massira - Mellal 1-1. Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Raja Beni Mellal won six games, three matches ended in a draw and El Massira got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nine

Raja Beni Mellal missing players

El Massira missing players

Raja Beni Mellal El Massira
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 1 9 19
7 5 1 Won W 0 2 7
10 4 1 Drew D 0 2 6
2 1 1 Lost L 1 5 6
19 10 2 Scored S 2 6 15
15 6 2 Conceded C 3 13 18
79% 70% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
47% 30% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 56% 42%
26% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 22% 16%
21% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 22% 16%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 11% 5%
47% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 32%
53% 70% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 42%
21% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 32%
 
5 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
4 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
3.5 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
57% 75% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
8 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
2.5 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in Botola 2 this season:
  • El Massira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • El Massira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • El Massira haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Raja Beni Mellal have created more than twice as many corners as El Massira.
  • Raja Beni Mellal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Raja Beni Mellal have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Botola 2
  • Raja Beni Mellal have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Moghreb Tetouan 19 12 5 2 28 11 10 8 1 1 17 4 9 4 4 1 11 7 17 41
2 UTS Rabat 19 9 7 3 23 18 9 4 4 1 10 8 10 5 3 2 13 10 5 34
3 Raja Beni Mellal 19 7 10 2 19 15 10 5 4 1 10 6 9 2 6 1 9 9 4 31
4 Stade Marocain 19 7 8 4 21 17 10 4 4 2 12 9 9 3 4 2 9 8 4 29
5 Olympique Dcheira 19 6 10 3 21 16 9 4 4 1 14 8 10 2 6 2 7 8 5 28
6 CR Khemis Zemamra 19 7 6 6 23 18 9 3 3 3 12 8 10 4 3 3 11 10 5 27
7 Ittihad Khemisset 19 8 3 8 16 17 9 5 1 3 7 5 10 3 2 5 9 12 -1 27
8 El Massira 19 7 6 6 15 18 10 5 4 1 9 5 9 2 2 5 6 13 -3 27
9 AS Salé 19 7 4 8 20 22 10 3 2 5 8 11 9 4 2 3 12 11 -2 25
10 Chabab Ben Guerir 19 6 6 7 15 14 9 1 5 3 6 9 10 5 1 4 9 5 1 24
11 Racing de Casablanca 19 6 6 7 19 21 9 4 2 3 7 7 10 2 4 4 12 14 -2 24
12 Tihad Casablanca 19 5 6 8 14 17 10 3 2 5 11 11 9 2 4 3 3 6 -3 21
13 Chabab Atlas Khenifra 19 4 8 7 13 16 10 2 5 3 10 11 9 2 3 4 3 5 -3 20
14 USM Oujda 19 4 7 8 16 20 9 2 5 2 10 9 10 2 2 6 6 11 -4 19
15 Wydad Fes 19 4 7 8 16 21 9 4 4 1 9 5 10 0 3 7 7 16 -5 19
16 Kawkab Marrakech 19 0 7 12 13 31 10 0 3 7 7 17 9 0 4 5 6 14 -18 7

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.