Botola Pro duel: Close contest expected between FUS Rabat and Olympic Safi

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Sun 15.January
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du FUS (52000 seats)

We love the setup of this game, with FUS Rabat positioned 3rd and Olympic Safi at 4th. Read our preview!

Insights:
  • FUS Rabat have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Botola Pro
  • Olympic Safi have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Botola Pro

1-2-6 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Olympic Safi when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those nine matches are 8-15 (scored/conceded).

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.

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FUS Rabat form and stats

The Botola Pro statistics playing at home this season for FUS Rabat are 2-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mahdi Benabid not having conceded a league goal in 448 minutes.

Happy days for Rabat in their previous game, a fixture away at FAR Rabat (placed 2nd) that ended with a 1-0 victory.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against UTS Rabat.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how FUS Rabat have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 4 and lost 1.

It should be noted that a glance at the 10 most recent league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

There will be little rest for FUS Rabat after this match as they are travelling to Chabab Mohammédia for a Botola Pro game in only four days.

FUS Rabat have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

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Olympic Safi form and stats

Playing away, Olympic Safi have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Botola Pro this season. Momentum is building for Olympic in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Olympic Safi play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Hassania Agadir (placed 12th). Late drama in the previous game, when Samaké scored the winning goal twelve minutes into stoppage time to defeat Hassania Agadir.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Moghreb Tétouan.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Olympic Safi in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Olympic Safi, 3 draws and 9 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Olympic are hosting Wydad Casablanca in the Botola Pro only four days away.

Olympic Safi find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Olympic Safi have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Data for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two teams are: four wins for FUS Rabat, three draws and three wins for Olympic Safi. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

RabatH. Hannouri
H. Hannouri
7 goals
Olympic SafiC. Samaké
C. Samaké
3 goals
Olympic SafiA. Diarra
A. Diarra
3 goals

FUS Rabat missing players

Olympic Safi missing players

FUS Rabat Olympic Safi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 2 6 11
6 2 0 Won W 0 3 5
4 3 1 Drew D 2 2 4
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
13 5 1 Scored S 3 8 13
4 1 1 Conceded C 3 7 11
73% 60% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
36% 40% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 73%
27% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 45%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 9%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
18% 20% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 64%
73% 80% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 27%
36% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 18%
 
4.9 6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.3 3.9
5.4 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 5 3.7
1.5 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 9.6 7 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.8 11
3.5 3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.5
33% 33% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 33%
 
7.3 4.8 4 Shots against (avg) S A 6.5 6.2 5.7
2.7 1.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 2.7 2.4
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • FUS Rabat have not yet lost a game at home.
  • FUS Rabat have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FUS Rabat have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Botola Pro
  • FUS Rabat have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Botola Pro
  • FUS Rabat have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Botola Pro
  • FUS Rabat have the most clean sheets (8) in Botola Pro
  • FUS Rabat have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Olympic Safi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olympic Safi have the most points from losing position (7) in Botola Pro
  • Olympic Safi have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Botola Pro
  • Olympic Safi 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 12 7 3 2 16 9 6 4 1 1 9 4 6 3 2 1 7 5 7 24
2 FAR Rabat 11 6 4 1 17 7 6 3 2 1 11 5 5 3 2 0 6 2 10 22
3 FUS Rabat 11 6 4 1 13 4 5 2 3 0 5 1 6 4 1 1 8 3 9 22
4 Olympic Safi 11 5 4 2 13 11 5 2 2 1 5 4 6 3 2 1 8 7 2 19
5 Raja Casablanca 11 4 5 2 13 7 6 3 3 0 8 3 5 1 2 2 5 4 6 17
6 Maghreb Fès 11 4 5 2 12 9 5 2 2 1 4 2 6 2 3 1 8 7 3 17
7 UTS Rabat 11 5 2 4 10 10 6 4 0 2 7 4 5 1 2 2 3 6 0 17
8 Difaa El Jadida 12 4 5 3 13 17 6 3 2 1 6 6 6 1 3 2 7 11 -4 17
9 Riadi Salmi 11 4 4 3 13 12 5 0 3 2 3 7 6 4 1 1 10 5 1 16
10 RSB Berkane 11 3 5 3 10 10 6 3 1 2 8 6 5 0 4 1 2 4 0 14
11 Chabab Mohammédia 11 4 2 5 11 14 6 2 2 2 7 9 5 2 0 3 4 5 -3 14
12 Hassania Agadir 12 3 3 6 11 13 6 1 3 2 6 7 6 2 0 4 5 6 -2 12
13 Moghreb Tétouan 11 2 6 3 12 16 6 2 2 2 5 8 5 0 4 1 7 8 -4 12
14 Mouloudia Oujda 12 2 3 7 10 15 6 0 2 4 4 8 6 2 1 3 6 7 -5 9
15 Khouribga 11 0 5 6 5 12 5 0 2 3 4 7 6 0 3 3 1 5 -7 5
16 Ittihad Tanger 11 0 2 9 4 17 5 0 1 4 2 8 6 0 1 5 2 9 -13 2

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.