Football match preview: Raja Beni Mellal vs UTS Rabat

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Sun 02.January
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal de Beni Mellal (8000 seats)

UTS Rabat should not look for any freebies from hosting team Raja Beni Mellal in this Botola 2 fixture. Here's our full match guide!

Insights:
  • UTS Rabat have the most points (15) away in Botola 2

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Raja Beni Mellal form and stats

3 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Raja Beni Mellal have to build on here at Stade Municipal de Beni Mellal in the Botola 2.

The fans are hoping that Raja Beni Mellal will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Botola 2 game against Olympique Dcheïra (placed 6th).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Chabab Ben Guerir that ended 0-0.

Raja Beni Mellal aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Municipal de Beni Mellal in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. Mellal have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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UTS Rabat form and stats

UTS Rabat's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed UTS Rabat collect 15 points from their 7 away matches in the Botola 2. 4 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). In general it has been a productive period now for Rabat as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.

There were no winners in Rabat's previous match, a Botola 2 home game that ended 1-1 vs Wydad Fes (placed 14th).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Ittihad Khemisset at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Rabat have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Raja Beni Mellal victories, zero draws and two UTS Rabat wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Raja Beni Mellal missing players

UTS Rabat missing players

Raja Beni Mellal UTS Rabat
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 2 7 14
4 3 0 Won W 2 4 7
8 3 2 Drew D 0 3 6
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 1
13 6 3 Scored S 2 10 17
12 4 4 Conceded C 0 6 12
79% 71% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
50% 29% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 71%
29% 29% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 36%
21% 14% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
50% 29% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 71% 64%
50% 71% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 29% 29%
21% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 6
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 9
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 75% 75%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 12
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 5
Key stats in Botola 2 this season:
  • UTS Rabat have created more than twice as many corners as Raja Beni Mellal.
  • UTS Rabat have not yet lost a game away.
  • UTS Rabat have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • UTS Rabat have the most points (15) away in Botola 2
  • UTS Rabat haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 UTS Rabat 14 7 6 1 17 12 7 3 3 1 7 6 7 4 3 0 10 6 5 27
2 Moghreb Tetouan 14 7 5 2 16 8 7 5 1 1 9 2 7 2 4 1 7 6 8 26
3 Stade Marocain 14 6 6 2 16 11 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 3 4 0 7 3 5 24
4 AS Sale 14 7 3 4 18 15 8 3 2 3 8 8 6 4 1 1 10 7 3 24
5 El Massira 14 6 5 3 12 12 8 4 3 1 8 5 6 2 2 2 4 7 0 23
6 Olympique Dcheïra 14 4 8 2 15 10 7 3 3 1 10 6 7 1 5 1 5 4 5 20
7 CR Khemis Zemamra 14 5 5 4 16 12 7 2 3 2 10 6 7 3 2 2 6 6 4 20
8 Raja Beni Mellal 14 4 8 2 13 12 7 3 3 1 6 4 7 1 5 1 7 8 1 20
9 Ittihad Khemisset 14 6 2 6 13 14 6 3 1 2 5 4 8 3 1 4 8 10 -1 20
10 Racing de Casablanca 14 4 6 4 17 17 7 2 2 3 5 7 7 2 4 1 12 10 0 18
11 Tihad Casablanca 14 4 3 7 10 14 7 2 1 4 7 8 7 2 2 3 3 6 -4 15
12 Chabab Ben Guerir 14 3 5 6 11 12 7 0 4 3 4 8 7 3 1 3 7 4 -1 14
13 Chabab Atlas Khénifra 14 3 5 6 9 12 8 2 4 2 8 8 6 1 1 4 1 4 -3 14
14 Wydad Fes 14 2 7 5 12 16 6 2 4 0 6 3 8 0 3 5 6 13 -4 13
15 USM Oujda 14 2 6 6 11 14 6 0 4 2 6 8 8 2 2 4 5 6 -3 12
16 Kawkab Marrakech 14 0 4 10 12 27 7 0 2 5 6 13 7 0 2 5 6 14 -15 4

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.