Difaâ El Jadida vs Rapide Oued Zem: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Sun 20.June
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)

Develop their own game plan or focus more on the opponent? Both Difaâ El Jadida and Rapide Oued Zem need to try something different than what they have done so far. Read more!

Insights:
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Botola Pro

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.

Rapide Oued Zem play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Rapide Oued Zem when playing on grass are 5 wins, 15 draws and 18 defeats from 38 matches. They have scored 30 goals and conceded 47 times in these games.

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Difaâ El Jadida form and stats

When playing at home in the Botola Pro, Difaâ El Jadida have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.

The fans are hoping that Jadida will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the Botola Pro game against Wydad Casablanca (placed 1st). A goal frenzy last time out for Jadida, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Wydad Casablanca. Fun stuff to watch!

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at CR Khemis Zemamra.

Difaâ El Jadida are traveling soon after this match as the Botola Pro match at Raja Casablanca awaits in four days.

Jadida have scored 8 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Difaâ El Jadida are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Rapide Oued Zem form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rapide Oued Zem so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-3 (win-draw-lose). The awayteam now has four consecutive draws when travelling away from home.

Rapide's previous game was their home loss versus Raja Casablanca (0-2).

A 1-2 loss hosting Ittihad Tanger before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rapide as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Rapide have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Rapide Oued Zem - Difaâ El Jadida 0-2. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - three - one (Difaâ El Jadida wins - draws - Rapide Oued Zem wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Difaâ El JadidaE. Karnass
E. Karnass
5 goals
JadidaY. Dahbi
Y. Dahbi
4 goals
Difaâ El JadidaM. Juma Choka
M. Juma Choka
4 goals

Difaâ El Jadida missing players

Rapide Oued Zem missing players

Difaâ El Jadida Rapide Oued Zem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 2 10 21
6 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
6 4 1 Drew D 2 6 9
9 3 1 Lost L 0 3 8
22 8 2 Scored S 1 8 19
27 7 2 Conceded C 1 11 27
86% 70% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 70% 76%
52% 30% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 67%
38% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 38%
33% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 24%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 14%
38% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 57%
33% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 29%
43% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 38%
 
4 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 1 1.5 2.1
4.8 4.7 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.9 6.3
1.9 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 2.6 2.6
6 2 2 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
6.9 6.5 8 Shots (avg) S ( 2 4.1 5.2
2.7 2.5 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2 2.4
39% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 40% 38%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Rapide Oued Zem have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem 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 Wydad Casablanca 21 14 5 2 41 18 10 8 2 0 25 7 11 6 3 2 16 11 23 47
2 Raja Casablanca 21 12 6 3 32 18 11 7 2 2 17 8 10 5 4 1 15 10 14 42
3 FAR Rabat 21 8 8 5 27 22 10 3 5 2 11 11 11 5 3 3 16 11 5 32
4 Ittihad Tanger 21 9 4 8 24 24 10 4 2 4 13 11 11 5 2 4 11 13 0 31
5 Mouloudia Oujda 21 9 3 9 30 27 11 4 1 6 16 14 10 5 2 3 14 13 3 30
6 RSB Berkane 21 8 6 7 23 22 11 3 5 3 13 10 10 5 1 4 10 12 1 30
7 Moghreb Tetouan 21 6 11 4 28 24 11 3 5 3 14 14 10 3 6 1 14 10 4 29
8 Olympic Safi 21 8 5 8 23 29 10 4 4 2 12 12 11 4 1 6 11 17 -6 29
9 Hassania Agadir 21 7 7 7 19 19 10 5 2 3 14 11 11 2 5 4 5 8 0 28
10 FUS Rabat 21 6 8 7 23 26 11 3 4 4 13 15 10 3 4 3 10 11 -3 26
11 Difaâ El Jadida 21 6 6 9 22 27 10 3 4 3 8 7 11 3 2 6 14 20 -5 24
12 Maghreb Fes 21 4 10 7 19 25 11 3 5 3 11 11 10 1 5 4 8 14 -6 22
13 Rapide Oued Zem 21 4 9 8 19 27 11 3 3 5 11 16 10 1 6 3 8 11 -8 21
14 Chabab Mohammedia 21 3 11 7 17 18 10 2 4 4 6 6 11 1 7 3 11 12 -1 20
15 Youssoufia Berrechid 21 3 11 7 12 20 10 1 5 4 4 9 11 2 6 3 8 11 -8 20
16 CR Khemis Zemamra 21 4 4 13 20 33 11 2 4 5 13 16 10 2 0 8 7 17 -13 16

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.