UTS Rabat vs Raja Beni Mellal pre-match guide

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Competition: Morocco Botola 2
Competition: Thu 26.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah (52000 seats)

Botola 2: UTS Rabat receive Raja Beni Mellal in what could be an intriguing football fixture. Tipsway gives you a thorough preview!

Insights:
  • UTS Rabat have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Botola 2
  • Raja Beni Mellal is in the worst form (0-1-5)

UTS Rabat are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 2nd place whatever happens now. Mellal is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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UTS Rabat form and stats

UTS Rabat have collected 25 points from their Botola 2 home games so far after 6-7-1. The UTS Rabat fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah and will expect new points from this game. UTS Rabat has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.

No payout for UTS Rabat in their previous match, an away game at Wydad Fes that ended in defeat 0-3.

Ahead of that match, UTS Rabat won a home game hosting Ittihad Khemisset (2-1).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rabat as they are travelling to their away game against FUS Rabat in the Coupe Du Trone. That match is three days after this one.

UTS Rabat are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games.

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Raja Beni Mellal form and stats

Raja Beni Mellal have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Botola 2, after 2-7-5 (14 played). Bitter travels for Raja Beni Mellal as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Stade Marocain match.

Raja Beni Mellal are looking to quickly end their 395 minutes long goal drought in the Botola 2.

Mellal's last game was the home draw against Olympique Dcheira (0-0).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Chabab Ben Guerir's place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Raja Beni Mellal as they have only managed to score 10 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Mellal have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Raja Beni Mellal - UTS Rabat 3-2. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (UTS Rabat wins - draws - Raja Beni Mellal wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

UTS Rabat missing players

Raja Beni Mellal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
UTS Rabat Raja Beni Mellal
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
14 6 2 Won W 0 2 8
10 7 1 Drew D 2 7 13
5 1 1 Lost L 2 5 8
37 18 5 Scored S 5 10 23
30 14 5 Conceded C 8 16 27
90% 79% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 79%
72% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 52%
41% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 21% 24%
17% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 14% 14%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
59% 71% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 41%
28% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 45%
24% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 34%
 
4 5.5 11 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.3 4.5
3.8 1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 1 3.7 3
1.3 1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.3 3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.8 26 26 Shots (avg) S ( 3 5.7 6.2
5 9 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.3 2.8
40% 11% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 29% 45%
 
14.2 15 15 Shots against (avg) S A 10 8.7 8.8
3.8 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4 4
Key stats in Botola 2 this season:
  • Raja Beni Mellal is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • UTS Rabat have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • UTS Rabat have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Botola 2
  • UTS Rabat have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • UTS Rabat 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 Moghreb Tetouan 29 19 6 4 45 18 15 13 1 1 27 6 14 6 5 3 18 12 27 63
2 UTS Rabat 29 14 10 5 37 30 14 6 7 1 18 14 15 8 3 4 19 16 7 52
3 CR Khemis Zemamra 29 12 7 10 37 30 14 7 4 3 21 13 15 5 3 7 16 17 7 43
4 Olympique Dcheira 29 10 13 6 28 22 14 7 5 2 18 10 15 3 8 4 10 12 6 43
5 JSM Laayoune 29 11 8 10 25 31 14 8 4 2 14 9 15 3 4 8 11 22 -6 41
6 Stade Marocain 29 9 13 7 34 31 15 6 7 2 22 16 14 3 6 5 12 15 3 40
7 AS Sale 29 9 10 10 29 31 14 4 4 6 13 16 15 5 6 4 16 15 -2 37
8 Raja Beni Mellal 29 8 13 8 23 27 15 6 6 3 13 11 14 2 7 5 10 16 -4 37
9 Chabab Ben Guerir 29 9 9 11 23 24 14 4 6 4 9 10 15 5 3 7 14 14 -1 36
10 Racing de Casablanca 29 9 9 11 32 37 14 7 3 4 13 11 15 2 6 7 19 26 -5 36
11 Ittihad Khemisset 29 10 6 13 25 32 15 7 4 4 14 11 14 3 2 9 11 21 -7 36
12 Wydad Fes 29 8 10 11 30 33 15 7 6 2 19 11 14 1 4 9 11 22 -3 34
13 USM Oujda 29 8 9 12 32 34 15 6 6 3 21 14 14 2 3 9 11 20 -2 33
14 Tihad Casablanca 29 8 9 12 27 31 15 5 4 6 19 18 14 3 5 6 8 13 -4 33
15 Chabab Atlas Khenifra 29 6 13 10 25 28 14 3 7 4 15 15 15 3 6 6 10 13 -3 31
16 Kawkab Marrakech 29 5 9 15 26 39 15 3 3 9 15 22 14 2 6 6 11 17 -13 24

Table
  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 Tetouan 29 19 6 4 45 18 15 13 1 1 27 6 14 6 5 3 18 12 27 63
2 UTS Rabat 29 14 10 5 37 30 14 6 7 1 18 14 15 8 3 4 19 16 7 52
3 CR Khemis Zemamra 29 12 7 10 37 30 14 7 4 3 21 13 15 5 3 7 16 17 7 43
4 Olympique Dcheira 29 10 13 6 28 22 14 7 5 2 18 10 15 3 8 4 10 12 6 43
5 JSM Laayoune 29 11 8 10 25 31 14 8 4 2 14 9 15 3 4 8 11 22 -6 41
6 Stade Marocain 29 9 13 7 34 31 15 6 7 2 22 16 14 3 6 5 12 15 3 40
7 AS Sale 29 9 10 10 29 31 14 4 4 6 13 16 15 5 6 4 16 15 -2 37
8 Raja Beni Mellal 29 8 13 8 23 27 15 6 6 3 13 11 14 2 7 5 10 16 -4 37
9 Chabab Ben Guerir 29 9 9 11 23 24 14 4 6 4 9 10 15 5 3 7 14 14 -1 36
10 Racing de Casablanca 29 9 9 11 32 37 14 7 3 4 13 11 15 2 6 7 19 26 -5 36
11 Ittihad Khemisset 29 10 6 13 25 32 15 7 4 4 14 11 14 3 2 9 11 21 -7 36
12 Wydad Fes 29 8 10 11 30 33 15 7 6 2 19 11 14 1 4 9 11 22 -3 34
13 USM Oujda 29 8 9 12 32 34 15 6 6 3 21 14 14 2 3 9 11 20 -2 33
14 Tihad Casablanca 29 8 9 12 27 31 15 5 4 6 19 18 14 3 5 6 8 13 -4 33
15 Chabab Atlas Khenifra 29 6 13 10 25 28 14 3 7 4 15 15 15 3 6 6 10 13 -3 31
16 Kawkab Marrakech 29 5 9 15 26 39 15 3 3 9 15 22 14 2 6 6 11 17 -13 24

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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.