Raja Beni Mellal and Kawkab Marrakech regulars eagerly anticipate Botola 2 event at Stade Municipal de Beni Mellal

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal de Beni Mellal (8000 seats)

Neutral parties would believe there's a significant gap in quality between these teams based on results so far, with Raja Beni Mellal leading Kawkab Marrakech by 22 points.

Insights:
  • Raja Beni Mellal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kawkab Marrakech have the most conceded goals (31) in Botola 2

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Raja Beni Mellal form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Municipal de Beni Mellal as Raja Beni Mellal have scored 10 goals to get 18 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Botola 2 are 5-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Mellal bring valid hopes of a third.

The home team returns to Stade Municipal de Beni Mellal after drawing with Chabab Atlas Khenifra (placed 12th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.

Before that, Raja Beni Mellal had a home game versus Racing de Casablanca which ended with a victory 1-0.

The Raja Beni Mellal fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. Mellal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Municipal de Beni Mellal in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.

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Kawkab Marrakech form and stats

Kawkab Marrakech have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Botola 2, after 0-3-5 (8 played). Kawkab Marrakech are desperate to end a 17-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the CR Khemis Zemamra fixture.

Kawkab Marrakech has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Stade Marocain for a 0-0 draw.

A 1-3 loss hosting CR Khemis Zemamra before that.

The attacking power of Kawkab Marrakech when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Marrakech's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Kawkab Marrakech - Raja Beni Mellal 1-1 was the output when these sides last did battle, earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Raja Beni Mellal victories, two draws and zero Kawkab Marrakech wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Raja Beni Mellal missing players

Kawkab Marrakech missing players

Raja Beni Mellal Kawkab Marrakech
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 2 8 17
6 5 3 Won W 0 0 0
9 3 0 Drew D 0 3 5
2 1 0 Lost L 2 5 12
18 10 3 Scored S 1 6 13
15 6 0 Conceded C 5 14 31
82% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
53% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 71%
29% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 47%
24% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 35%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
53% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 59%
47% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 6%
18% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 41%
 
2 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 3
1 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 6
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 15 15 15
4 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 7 7
75% 75% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
9 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12 12
4 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 9 9
Key stats in Botola 2 this season:
  • Kawkab Marrakech have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kawkab Marrakech have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kawkab Marrakech have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Botola 2
  • Kawkab Marrakech have the most conceded goals (31) in Botola 2
  • Kawkab Marrakech have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Botola 2
  • Kawkab Marrakech have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Botola 2
  • Kawkab Marrakech have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Botola 2
  • Kawkab Marrakech have yet to win a game.
  • Raja Beni Mellal have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Tétouan 17 10 5 2 22 9 9 7 1 1 13 3 8 3 4 1 9 6 13 35
2 UTS Rabat 17 7 7 3 19 16 8 3 4 1 7 6 9 4 3 2 12 10 3 28
3 Olympique Dcheïra 17 6 9 2 19 11 8 4 3 1 13 7 9 2 6 1 6 4 8 27
4 Raja Beni Mellal 17 6 9 2 18 15 9 5 3 1 10 6 8 1 6 1 8 9 3 27
5 CR Khemis Zemamra 17 7 5 5 22 16 8 3 3 2 12 7 9 4 2 3 10 9 6 26
6 Stade Marocain 17 6 8 3 18 14 9 3 4 2 10 9 8 3 4 1 8 5 4 26
7 Ittihad Khemisset 18 8 2 8 15 16 9 5 1 3 7 5 9 3 1 5 8 11 -1 26
8 AS Sale 18 7 4 7 20 21 9 3 2 4 8 10 9 4 2 3 12 11 -1 25
9 JSM Laayoune 17 6 6 5 12 15 9 4 4 1 8 5 8 2 2 4 4 10 -3 24
10 Chabab Ben Guerir 17 6 5 6 14 12 8 1 4 3 5 8 9 5 1 3 9 4 2 23
11 Racing de Casablanca 18 5 6 7 18 21 8 3 2 3 6 7 10 2 4 4 12 14 -3 21
12 Chabab Atlas Khenifra 18 4 8 6 12 14 9 2 5 2 9 9 9 2 3 4 3 5 -2 20
13 USM Oujda 18 4 7 7 16 18 9 2 5 2 10 9 9 2 2 5 6 9 -2 19
14 Wydad Fes 18 4 7 7 16 20 9 4 4 1 9 5 9 0 3 6 7 15 -4 19
15 Tihad Casablanca 17 4 5 8 11 16 9 2 2 5 8 10 8 2 3 3 3 6 -5 17
16 Kawkab Marrakech 17 0 5 12 13 31 9 0 2 7 7 17 8 0 3 5 6 14 -18 5

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.