Open game expected at Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi: Difaâ El Jadida vs FUS Rabat preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Wed 22.June
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi (15000 seats)

This could be an engrossing game as Difaâ El Jadida have their presumed home advantage, while FUS Rabat lead them by 4 points in the Botola Pro standings.

Insights:
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Botola Pro
  • FUS Rabat haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

This field has grass, which is not FUS Rabat's familiar surface at their own stadium. When appearing on grass FUS Rabat have performed like this: Played 23 matches with the results 5 wins, 8 draws and 10 defeats with the goal numbers 24-30 (scored/conceded).

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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Difaâ El Jadida form and stats

The story so far in the Botola Pro for Difaâ El Jadida at their home stadium (Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi) is 5 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat. The home fans are hungry for more even though Difaâ El Jadida have been steadily collecting points here at Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi through three straight draws.

Difaâ El Jadida drew their last game, also a home match. Mouloudia Oujda (placed 14th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.

Prior to that, an away loss at RSB Berkane.

Jadida has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. From these home matches, Difaâ El Jadida have conceded only 10 goals.

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FUS Rabat form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Botola Pro travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

FUS Rabat had fun at their own home (Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi) last time out, beating RSB Berkane 2-0.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Ittihad Tanger that ended 1-1.

As opposed to that, Rabat have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The latest past meeting involving both these squads is the FUS Rabat - Difaâ El Jadida 2-2 played previously this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Jadida victories, four draws and four FUS Rabat wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FUS RabatR. Hajhouj
R. Hajhouj
8 goals
Difaâ El JadidaZ. Hadraf
Z. Hadraf
6 goals
Difaâ El JadidaA. Al Gaadaoui
A. Al Gaadaoui
6 goals

Difaâ El Jadida missing players

FUS Rabat missing players

Difaâ El Jadida FUS Rabat
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
7 5 1 Won W 0 3 9
11 7 2 Drew D 1 5 9
8 1 1 Lost L 3 5 8
29 14 2 Scored S 1 13 30
36 10 3 Conceded C 5 15 27
81% 69% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
73% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 85% 77%
46% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 31% 35%
31% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
15% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
54% 46% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 69% 62%
31% 46% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 19%
35% 38% 75% Failed to Score F T 75% 23% 23%
 
5.4 4.8 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.1 3.9
4.4 5 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 1.2 2.7 3
2.3 2.5 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.2
6 5 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
10 9.4 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 7.9 8.6
3.9 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.2
28% 30% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 32% 36%
 
9.6 10.5 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5.2 6.8 6.9
3.5 3.5 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 3
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Botola Pro
  • FUS 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 Wydad Casablanca 26 17 5 4 40 19 13 11 1 1 24 8 13 6 4 3 16 11 21 56
2 Raja Casablanca 26 15 8 3 34 15 13 8 4 1 19 7 13 7 4 2 15 8 19 53
3 FAR Rabat 26 11 8 7 33 27 13 6 4 3 19 16 13 5 4 4 14 11 6 41
4 Maghreb Fes 26 8 15 3 25 16 13 5 8 0 15 6 13 3 7 3 10 10 9 39
5 FUS Rabat 26 9 9 8 30 27 13 6 4 3 17 12 13 3 5 5 13 15 3 36
6 RSB Berkane 26 8 11 7 30 28 13 7 4 2 24 15 13 1 7 5 6 13 2 35
7 Chabab Mohammédia 26 8 10 8 25 21 13 7 3 3 19 9 13 1 7 5 6 12 4 34
8 Khouribga 26 7 12 7 29 30 13 3 9 1 13 13 13 4 3 6 16 17 -1 33
9 Difaâ El Jadida 26 7 11 8 29 36 13 5 7 1 14 10 13 2 4 7 15 26 -7 32
10 Riadi Salmi 26 8 7 11 32 33 13 5 4 4 16 13 13 3 3 7 16 20 -1 31
11 Hassania Agadir 26 8 6 12 21 23 13 4 3 6 12 13 13 4 3 6 9 10 -2 30
12 Ittihad Tanger 26 8 6 12 28 36 13 5 5 3 14 12 13 3 1 9 14 24 -8 30
13 Olympic Safi 26 6 11 9 19 23 13 4 6 3 10 9 13 2 5 6 9 14 -4 29
14 Mouloudia Oujda 26 6 9 11 29 35 13 4 4 5 19 22 13 2 5 6 10 13 -6 27
15 Youssoufia Berrechid 26 5 9 12 23 36 13 4 4 5 9 11 13 1 5 7 14 25 -13 24
16 Rapide Oued Zem 26 5 7 14 13 35 13 4 2 7 5 15 13 1 5 7 8 20 -22 22

Read more about Botola Pro

The Botola Pro (or Botola Premier League) is the top level football league in Morocco. Botola literally means “the Moroccan Championship”. It’s season runs from August to May and has 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures to decide the final league table. The Botola Pro is the most watched football league in Africa according to Wikipedia, and football the most popular sport in Morocco.