Raja Beni Mellal vs Widad Témara preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Sat 26.November
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal de Beni Mellal (8000 seats)

Having a 3 point edge in the league table, Raja Beni Mellal club members aim to see their adored players collect full points from this match versus Widad Témara.

Insights:
  • Raja Beni Mellal have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Botola 2
  • Widad Témara have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

It's no vacation for neither Raja Beni Mellal nor Widad Témara as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Raja Beni Mellal form and stats

The story so far in the Botola 2 for Raja Beni Mellal at their home stadium (Stade Municipal de Beni Mellal) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 258 minutes.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Raja Beni Mellal, who played 0-0 against Widad Témara. That match was also played at this venue (Stade Municipal de Beni Mellal).

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Chabab Ben Guerir.

Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 12 league matches, 11 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).

Mellal aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Municipal de Beni Mellal in the league, with only {4 goals} from 6 games. Raja Beni Mellal have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Widad Témara form and stats

There's been little loot from Widad Témara's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Botola 2. Widad Témara only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

Témara are looking to quickly end their 220 minutes long goal drought in the Botola 2.

Widad Témara has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Raja Beni Mellal for a 0-0 draw.

Prior to that match, the Témara manager faced defeat when travelling to USM Oujda and losing 0-1.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's most recent 12 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Widad Témara's away games in the league this season with only {3 goals} from 7 matches. It's not easy to score on Témara as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled earlier this season: Raja Beni Mellal - Widad Témara 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Raja Beni Mellal wins - draws - Widad Témara wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Raja Beni Mellal missing players

Widad Témara missing players

Raja Beni Mellal Widad Témara
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 4 7 12
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 3
5 3 2 Drew D 0 2 2
4 1 0 Lost L 4 4 7
7 4 1 Scored S 0 3 8
8 3 1 Conceded C 4 6 11
83% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 92%
33% 33% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 29% 42%
8% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 33%
33% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 17%
50% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 71% 58%
 
2.7 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2.4
1 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 4.2
1.7 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 8 3.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3 6.2
1.7 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 1.6
40% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 88%
 
5.3 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 10.2
1.7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 2.2
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 the fewest points from losing position (0) in Botola 2
  • Raja Beni Mellal have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Botola 2
  • Raja Beni Mellal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Raja Beni Mellal have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Widad Témara have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Widad Témara have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 12 7 4 1 12 4 6 3 2 1 7 3 6 4 2 0 5 1 8 25
2 Stade Marocain 12 5 5 2 14 10 7 4 3 0 11 6 5 1 2 2 3 4 4 20
3 Youssoufia Berrechid 12 6 1 5 12 8 6 5 0 1 10 3 6 1 1 4 2 5 4 19
4 Rapide Oued Zem 12 4 6 2 15 13 6 4 2 0 9 4 6 0 4 2 6 9 2 18
5 Ittifaq Marrakech 12 4 6 2 13 11 6 3 3 0 8 3 6 1 3 2 5 8 2 18
6 Chabab Atlas Khenifra 12 4 5 3 16 17 6 2 2 2 6 8 6 2 3 1 10 9 -1 17
7 Chabab Ben Guerir 12 4 4 4 10 8 6 4 1 1 8 2 6 0 3 3 2 6 2 16
8 Olympique Dcheira 12 4 4 4 9 10 6 2 3 1 6 5 6 2 1 3 3 5 -1 16
9 USM Oujda 12 4 3 5 8 13 6 4 2 0 5 1 6 0 1 5 3 12 -5 15
10 Raja Beni Mellal 12 3 5 4 7 8 6 2 3 1 4 3 6 1 2 3 3 5 -1 14
11 JSM Laayoune 12 3 5 4 16 18 6 2 2 2 8 9 6 1 3 2 8 9 -2 14
12 AS Sale 12 3 4 5 16 14 6 2 2 2 8 5 6 1 2 3 8 9 2 13
13 Racing de Casablanca 12 2 7 3 9 10 6 2 4 0 7 5 6 0 3 3 2 5 -1 13
14 Wydad Fès 12 3 4 5 13 17 6 2 3 1 7 6 6 1 1 4 6 11 -4 13
15 Widad Témara 12 3 2 7 8 11 5 2 0 3 5 5 7 1 2 4 3 6 -3 11
16 Ittihad Khemisset 12 2 5 5 7 13 6 1 3 2 3 5 6 1 2 3 4 8 -6 11

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.