Botola 2 game sneak peek: Rapide Oued Zem versus Racing de Casablanca

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Sun 08.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal (8000 seats)

The team playing at home, Rapide Oued Zem, should be favourites in this match, but Racing de Casablanca have proven both ability and intrepidity. Read more about the match!

Insights:
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the most scored goals (21) in Botola 2
  • Racing de Casablanca have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Botola 2

This ground uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Racing de Casablanca's home arena. The last 13 games by the guests on artifical turf have produced 0 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Rapide Oued Zem form and stats

Rapide Oued Zem are steadily winning Botola 2 games and points here at Stade Municipal. 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games.

A strong away win for Rapide Oued Zem against Ittifaq Marrakech the last match. As mentioned above, Rapide Oued Zem "killed" Ittifaq Marrakech in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Ittihad Khemisset.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 13 latest league matches shows that 10 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Rapide has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Rapide Oued Zem have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Racing de Casablanca form and stats

Racing de Casablanca have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Botola 2, after 1-3-3 (7 played).

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. Casablanca goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 194 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

There were no winners in Racing de Casablanca's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Chabab Ben Guerir (placed 8th).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Widad Temara with the score of 1-0.

Lacking goals? 10 of this club's latest 11 league rounds have had two goals or less.

Racing de Casablanca are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 7 away games. Casablanca are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Rapide Oued Zem two wins, one draw and Racing de Casablanca one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Rapide Oued Zem missing players

Racing de Casablanca missing players

Rapide Oued Zem Racing de Casablanca
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 3 7 14
6 5 1 Won W 0 1 3
6 2 1 Drew D 1 3 8
2 0 0 Lost L 2 3 3
21 10 4 Scored S 2 3 10
14 4 2 Conceded C 4 5 10
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 64%
79% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 29% 43%
43% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 14% 21%
21% 14% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
71% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 29% 43%
21% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 43%
14% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 57% 50%
 
4.7 6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.2 3.6
4 7.5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.2 3.1
1.3 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.2 5.5 3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.5 6.6
2.2 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 1.8 1.9
85% 75% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 33%
 
4.2 4.5 2 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.5 7.9
1.3 1 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.5 1.9
Key stats in Botola 2 this season:
  • Racing de Casablanca have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Botola 2
  • Rapide Oued Zem have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have scored more than double the goals of Racing de Casablanca.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the most scored goals (21) in Botola 2
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Botola 2
  • Rapide Oued Zem have won significantly more 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 CR Khemis Zemamra 14 7 6 1 13 5 7 3 3 1 7 3 7 4 3 0 6 2 8 27
2 Rapide Oued Zem 14 6 6 2 21 14 7 5 2 0 10 4 7 1 4 2 11 10 7 24
3 Stade Marocain 14 6 6 2 18 13 8 5 3 0 14 8 6 1 3 2 4 5 5 24
4 Youssoufia Berrechid 14 7 1 6 14 10 7 5 0 2 10 4 7 2 1 4 4 6 4 22
5 Olympique Dcheira 14 5 5 4 12 12 7 2 4 1 8 7 7 3 1 3 4 5 0 20
6 Ittifaq Marrakech 14 4 7 3 16 18 7 3 3 1 9 8 7 1 4 2 7 10 -2 19
7 USM Oujda 14 5 4 5 9 13 7 5 2 0 6 1 7 0 2 5 3 12 -4 19
8 Chabab Ben Guerir 14 4 6 4 12 10 7 4 2 1 10 4 7 0 4 3 2 6 2 18
9 Chabab Atlas Khenifra 14 4 6 4 18 20 8 2 3 3 8 11 6 2 3 1 10 9 -2 18
10 Racing de Casablanca 14 3 8 3 10 10 7 2 5 0 7 5 7 1 3 3 3 5 0 17
11 JSM Laayoune 14 3 7 4 18 20 7 2 3 2 8 9 7 1 4 2 10 11 -2 16
12 Raja Beni Mellal 14 3 6 5 7 9 6 2 3 1 4 3 8 1 3 4 3 6 -2 15
13 Wydad Fes 14 3 6 5 16 20 7 2 4 1 8 7 7 1 2 4 8 13 -4 15
14 AS Sale 14 3 5 6 20 19 7 2 3 2 10 7 7 1 2 4 10 12 1 14
15 Widad Temara 14 3 3 8 8 12 6 2 0 4 5 6 8 1 3 4 3 6 -4 12
16 Ittihad Khemisset 14 2 6 6 7 14 7 1 4 2 3 5 7 1 2 4 4 9 -7 12

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.