Raja Beni Mellal vs UTS Rabat match preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Raja Beni Mellal in 7th and UTS Rabat in 6th place.

Insights:
  • Raja Beni Mellal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • UTS Rabat have the most points (16) away 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

Raja Beni Mellal are steadily winning Botola 2 games and points here. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.

Mellal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. Raja Beni Mellal have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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UTS Rabat form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most points (16) away in Botola 2, on their Botola 2 travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Rabat are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. UTS Rabat goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 192 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

UTS Rabat are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: UTS Rabat - Mellal 1-0.

Raja Beni Mellal missing players

UTS Rabat missing players

Raja Beni Mellal UTS Rabat
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 3 9 17
7 5 2 Won W 2 4 6
3 1 0 Drew D 0 4 6
7 2 1 Lost L 1 1 5
14 9 3 Scored S 2 9 19
15 7 2 Conceded C 1 6 19
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 82%
35% 38% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 44% 53%
24% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 41%
6% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 29%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
35% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 53%
41% 62% 67% Clean Sheets C S 67% 44% 41%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4.5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6.5 7.2
1.5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 3.2
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 46%
Key stats in Botola 2 this season:
  • Raja Beni Mellal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Raja Beni Mellal have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Raja Beni Mellal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • UTS Rabat have the most points (16) away in Botola 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 Olympique Dcheira 17 9 4 4 25 16 8 5 2 1 11 6 9 4 2 3 14 10 9 31
2 Khouribga 17 8 6 3 24 18 9 5 3 1 11 6 8 3 3 2 13 12 6 30
3 Stade Marocain 17 7 8 2 18 12 9 4 3 2 11 9 8 3 5 0 7 3 6 29
4 Wydad Fes 17 8 4 5 24 14 8 6 2 0 14 3 9 2 2 5 10 11 10 28
5 Riadi Salmi 17 7 6 4 19 13 9 5 3 1 9 4 8 2 3 3 10 9 6 27
6 UTS Rabat 17 6 6 5 19 19 8 2 2 4 10 13 9 4 4 1 9 6 0 24
7 Raja Beni Mellal 17 7 3 7 14 15 8 5 1 2 9 7 9 2 2 5 5 8 -1 24
8 AS Sale 17 6 6 5 15 18 8 3 3 2 6 8 9 3 3 3 9 10 -3 24
9 Racing de Casablanca 17 5 6 6 22 21 9 4 2 3 17 14 8 1 4 3 5 7 1 21
10 Ittihad Khemisset 17 5 5 7 16 18 9 2 3 4 8 10 8 3 2 3 8 8 -2 20
11 Chabab Ben Guerir 17 4 7 6 17 20 9 2 3 4 9 11 8 2 4 2 8 9 -3 19
12 KAC Kenitra 17 3 9 5 15 19 9 2 4 3 7 8 8 1 5 2 8 11 -4 18
13 Kawkab Marrakech 17 3 8 6 11 13 8 2 4 2 10 8 9 1 4 4 1 5 -2 17
14 Chabab Atlas Khenifra 17 3 7 7 13 21 9 2 5 2 7 8 8 1 2 5 6 13 -8 16
15 Tihad Casablanca 17 1 10 6 17 24 8 0 6 2 7 12 9 1 4 4 10 12 -7 13
16 Widad Temara 17 0 13 4 10 18 8 0 8 0 3 3 9 0 5 4 7 15 -8 13

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.