Botola Pro match preview: Difaâ El Jadida versus Raja Casablanca

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Date: Tue 07.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)

Difaâ El Jadida will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Raja Casablanca.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Arab Club Championship. That game, against MC Alger, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Raja Casablanca.

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Difaâ El Jadida form and stats

2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Difaâ El Jadida have to build on here in the Botola Pro.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Olympic Safi in the Botola Pro last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Moghreb Tetouan (1-2).

The manager A. Amrani will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hassania Agadir in only three days.

Difaâ El Jadida have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Defensively Difaâ El Jadida have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Raja Casablanca form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Raja Casablanca playing as the away team in the Botola Pro this season.

It's the second away game in a row for Raja Casablanca, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus MC Alger in the Arab Club Championship last time out. A loss against FUS Rabat was the result prior to that, in a Botola Pro home game.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Raja Casablanca manager J. Sellami as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against JS Kabylie.

Raja Casablanca find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 4 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Raja Casablanca have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Difaâ El Jadida victories, 2 draws and 4 Raja Casablanca wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Raja Casablanca
H. Ahadad
3 goals
Raja Casablanca
S. Rahimi
3 goals
Raja CasablancaB. Malango
B. Malango
3 goals

Difaâ El Jadida missing players

Raja Casablanca missing players

Difaâ El Jadida Raja Casablanca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 4 9
4 2 0 Won W 0 1 5
4 2 1 Drew D 2 2 2
2 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
10 3 0 Scored S 0 4 10
7 2 1 Conceded C 0 4 7
80% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 78%
50% 20% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 56%
30% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 33%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 11%
50% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 33%
40% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 56%
30% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 33%
 
3.1 3.6 5 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 3.5 4.9
5.2 5 4.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.5 2.5 3.4
2 2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
48 17 7 Total Shots T S 3 14 38
20 7 2 Shots on Target S O 1 8 19
50% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 42%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Difaâ El Jadida has the fewest scored goals (3) at home
  • Raja Casablanca has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
  • Raja Casablanca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Raja Casablanca 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 RSB Berkane 10 7 3 0 14 5 5 3 2 0 9 4 5 4 1 0 5 1 9 24
2 Wydad Casablanca 10 7 1 2 18 6 5 4 0 1 10 3 5 3 1 1 8 3 12 22
3 Mouloudia Oujda 11 5 4 2 14 9 6 3 1 2 8 7 5 2 3 0 6 2 5 19
4 Moghreb Tetouan 11 5 3 3 12 8 5 4 1 0 7 2 6 1 2 3 5 6 4 18
5 Raja Casablanca 9 5 2 2 10 7 5 4 0 1 6 3 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 17
6 FAR Rabat 11 5 1 5 15 12 5 2 1 2 7 5 6 3 0 3 8 7 3 16
7 Difaâ El Jadida 10 4 4 2 10 7 5 2 2 1 3 2 5 2 2 1 7 5 3 16
8 Rapide Oued Zem 11 4 2 5 12 10 5 2 2 1 6 3 6 2 0 4 6 7 2 14
9 FUS Rabat 10 3 5 2 12 11 5 2 2 1 6 6 5 1 3 1 6 5 1 14
10 Olympic Safi 11 2 7 2 8 8 5 2 3 0 4 1 6 0 4 2 4 7 0 13
11 CR Khemis Zemamra 10 3 3 4 11 11 5 2 1 2 6 5 5 1 2 2 5 6 0 12
12 Khouribga 11 2 4 5 10 17 6 1 2 3 6 11 5 1 2 2 4 6 -7 10
13 Hassania Agadir 9 2 3 4 8 10 5 1 2 2 4 5 4 1 1 2 4 5 -2 9
14 Ittihad Tanger 10 2 3 5 5 13 5 2 3 0 4 1 5 0 0 5 1 12 -8 9
15 Youssoufia Berrechid 10 2 2 6 10 22 5 2 1 2 6 9 5 0 1 4 4 13 -12 8
16 Raja Beni Mellal 10 0 1 9 6 19 5 0 1 4 5 11 5 0 0 5 1 8 -13 1

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.