FAR Rabat vs Raja Casablanca: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Tue 20.June
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah (52000 seats)

The FAR Rabat & Raja Casablanca head coaches Ammouta and Kbaïer are both dreading and eagerly anticipating this crucial fixture in the upper area of the Botola Pro positions.

Insights:
  • FAR Rabat have the most scored goals (47) in Botola Pro
  • FAR Rabat have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Raja Casablanca have scored away.

The season is still full of potential for FAR Rabat as they can still win the whole Botola Pro. For Raja Casablanca most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Rabat and Raja Casablanca.

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FAR Rabat form and stats

11-2-1 is the performance here at Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah so far in the Botola Pro, giving FAR Rabat a total of 35 from their 14 games here. Outstanding results! The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

The FAR Rabat goalkeeper Ayoub Lakred is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 324 minutes without conceding a goal in the Botola Pro.

Rabat are returning here after visiting Maghreb Fès and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Slim scored the goal(s).

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

There will be little rest for FAR Rabat after this match as they are travelling to Ittihad Tanger for a Botola Pro game in only three days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (29 in 14 games), FAR Rabat's attacking play is working. From these home matches, FAR Rabat have conceded only 10 goals.

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Raja Casablanca form and stats

There's been little loot from Raja Casablanca's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games in the Botola Pro. Raja Casablanca only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws. Visiting Casablanca has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Raja Casablanca are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Mouloudia Oujda (placed 12th).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs RSB Berkane.

A quick return to home after this game, as Raja Casablanca are hosting Difaâ El Jadida in the Botola Pro only three days away.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Casablanca have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Raja Casablanca have managed a sequence of 7 consecutive matches without losing (4-3-0) when facing FAR Rabat.

The dueling parties have battled earlier this season: Raja Casablanca - Rabat 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

FAR RabatE. Monteiro Sanches Borges
E. Monteiro Sanches Borges
9 goals
FAR RabatR. Slim
R. Slim
9 goals
FAR RabatI. Hamza
I. Hamza
6 goals

FAR Rabat missing players

Raja Casablanca missing players

FAR Rabat Raja Casablanca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
19 11 1 Won W 0 2 10
6 2 1 Drew D 0 5 10
3 1 1 Lost L 3 7 8
47 29 4 Scored S 2 10 28
17 10 2 Conceded C 8 15 24
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 64% 75%
68% 79% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 50%
39% 64% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 43%
14% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 14%
11% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 4%
46% 57% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 36% 39%
46% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 46%
11% 7% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 57% 39%
 
5.2 4.9 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.2 6.8
4.2 5.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 1.7 2.6 3
1.8 1.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 3.1
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.8 10.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 10.4 10.5
4.3 4.4 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.6 3.9
39% 47% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 20% 26%
 
7.9 8.4 10 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 7.3 6.7
3 3.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.6 2.9
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • FAR Rabat have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FAR Rabat have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FAR Rabat have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Raja Casablanca have scored away.
  • FAR Rabat have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Botola Pro
  • FAR Rabat have the most points (35) at home in Botola Pro
  • FAR Rabat have the most scored goals (29) at home in Botola Pro
  • FAR Rabat have the most scored goals (47) in Botola Pro
  • FAR Rabat have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Botola Pro
  • FAR Rabat have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Botola Pro
  • FAR Rabat have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Botola Pro
  • FAR Rabat have the the best goal difference (+30) in Botola Pro
  • FAR Rabat haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • FAR Rabat is in the best form (5-1-0) in Botola Pro
  • Raja Casablanca have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FAR Rabat 28 19 6 3 47 17 14 11 2 1 29 10 14 8 4 2 18 7 30 63
2 Wydad Casablanca 28 17 9 2 42 20 14 10 3 1 23 8 14 7 6 1 19 12 22 60
3 FUS Rabat 28 15 8 5 35 15 14 8 4 2 23 9 14 7 4 3 12 6 20 53
4 Olympic Safi 28 10 11 7 30 28 14 4 8 2 14 11 14 6 3 5 16 17 2 41
5 Raja Casablanca 28 10 10 8 28 24 14 8 5 1 18 9 14 2 5 7 10 15 4 40
6 RSB Berkane 28 10 10 8 28 29 14 6 3 5 17 18 14 4 7 3 11 11 -1 40
7 Riadi Salmi 28 9 9 10 30 34 14 3 5 6 14 21 14 6 4 4 16 13 -4 36
8 Hassania Agadir 28 9 8 11 27 29 14 5 5 4 13 12 14 4 3 7 14 17 -2 35
9 Maghreb Fès 28 7 13 8 27 28 14 5 6 3 12 8 14 2 7 5 15 20 -1 34
10 UTS Rabat 28 8 9 11 27 33 14 6 3 5 14 12 14 2 6 6 13 21 -6 33
11 Chabab Mohammédia 28 8 7 13 26 31 14 4 5 5 17 19 14 4 2 8 9 12 -5 31
12 Mouloudia Oujda 28 7 8 13 27 31 14 2 6 6 11 14 14 5 2 7 16 17 -4 29
13 Moghreb Tétouan 28 6 11 11 26 38 14 5 5 4 14 16 14 1 6 7 12 22 -12 29
14 Ittihad Tanger 28 7 5 16 19 35 14 6 2 6 13 12 14 1 3 10 6 23 -16 26
15 Khouribga 28 4 13 11 23 31 14 3 6 5 15 15 14 1 7 6 8 16 -8 25
16 Difaâ El Jadida 28 5 9 14 22 41 14 4 5 5 10 13 14 1 4 9 12 28 -19 24

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.