Botola Pro match preview and statistics: FUS Rabat fight Raja Beni Mellal

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Tue 11.August
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du FUS (52000 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with FUS Rabat leading Raja Beni Mellal by 27 points.

FUS Rabat and Raja Beni Mellal should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

FUS Rabat's stadium, Stade du FUS, has a artifical turf surface. Raja Beni Mellal have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Raja Beni Mellal when playing on artifical turf; 7 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses from 17 matches. They have scored 16 goals in these games and conceded 16.

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FUS Rabat form and stats

FUS Rabat are steadily winning Botola Pro games and points here at Stade du FUS. 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. Ever since the CR Khemis Zemamra game Rabat has been unbeatable here at Stade du FUS producing five straight wins. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Rabat has won four games in a row. The Ittihad Tanger match was the last time out without a victory.

A strong away win for Rabat against RSB Berkane the last match, as J. Kombous were on target. In the game before, an away victory match versus RSB Berkane with a 1-0 scoreline.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for FUS Rabat as they are travelling to their away game against CR Khemis Zemamra in the Botola Pro. That match is three days after this one.

Rabat has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. FUS Rabat have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Raja Beni Mellal form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Raja Beni Mellal so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-9 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Mellal have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the AS Sale game.

There might be some fixture complaints from Mellal as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Botola Pro match against Hassania Agadir (0-1). A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Rapide Oued Zem.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Difaa El Jadida in just three days.

Mellal are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 10 away games. 13 goals have been conceded by Mellal in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Raja Beni Mellal - Rabat 2-2. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: two wins for FUS Rabat, one draw and zero wins for Raja Beni Mellal. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

FUS RabatJ. Kombous
J. Kombous
7 goals
FUS RabatS. Ait Khorsa
S. Ait Khorsa
3 goals
FUS RabatA. Skouma
A. Skouma
3 goals

FUS Rabat missing players

Raja Beni Mellal missing players

FUS Rabat Raja Beni Mellal
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 3 Played P 2 10 20
9 6 3 Won W 0 0 1
8 2 0 Drew D 0 1 5
3 1 0 Lost L 2 9 14
24 12 3 Scored S 0 1 10
18 8 0 Conceded C 3 13 28
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 85%
65% 56% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 30% 50%
35% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 10% 35%
10% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 20%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 56% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 10% 35%
40% 44% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 20%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 90% 60%
 
3 3.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3.1 3.1
4.2 3 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.3 4.5
2.6 2.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.8 2
6 4 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
137 60 18 Total Shots T S 0 36 88
59 30 8 Shots on Target S O 0 10 31
41% 40% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 10% 32%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • FUS Rabat have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • FUS Rabat have scored more than double the goals of Raja Beni Mellal.
  • FUS Rabat have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • FUS Rabat haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Raja Beni Mellal has the fewest points (1) away
  • Raja Beni Mellal has the fewest scored goals (1) away
  • Raja Beni Mellal has the fewest scored goals (10)
  • Raja Beni Mellal has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4)
  • Raja Beni Mellal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Raja Beni Mellal have yet to win a 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 19 11 4 4 32 17 10 5 3 2 16 9 9 6 1 2 16 8 15 37
2 Raja Casablanca 18 10 5 3 26 15 9 7 1 1 14 6 9 3 4 2 12 9 11 35
3 Mouloudia Oujda 20 9 8 3 25 17 11 7 2 2 14 9 9 2 6 1 11 8 8 35
4 FUS Rabat 20 9 8 3 24 18 9 6 2 1 12 8 11 3 6 2 12 10 6 35
5 RSB Berkane 19 8 9 2 19 15 10 4 5 1 14 9 9 4 4 1 5 6 4 33
6 FAR Rabat 20 9 4 7 26 21 11 5 2 4 13 10 9 4 2 3 13 11 5 31
7 Moghreb Tétouan 19 7 7 5 19 14 9 5 4 0 9 2 10 2 3 5 10 12 5 28
8 Difaa El Jadida 20 6 9 5 18 16 10 3 6 1 7 5 10 3 3 4 11 11 2 27
9 Youssoufia Berrechid 20 7 3 10 26 35 10 6 2 2 18 13 10 1 1 8 8 22 -9 24
10 CR Khemis Zemamra 20 6 5 9 29 27 9 4 1 4 16 11 11 2 4 5 13 16 2 23
11 Rapide Oued Zem 21 5 8 8 18 18 10 3 5 2 11 8 11 2 3 6 7 10 0 23
12 Khouribga 20 5 8 7 18 24 11 3 5 3 11 14 9 2 3 4 7 10 -6 23
13 Olympic Safi 19 3 12 4 17 19 9 2 5 2 9 9 10 1 7 2 8 10 -2 21
14 Hassania Agadir 19 5 5 9 20 25 9 4 2 3 10 9 10 1 3 6 10 16 -5 20
15 Ittihad Tanger 20 3 6 11 11 29 10 3 4 3 8 10 10 0 2 8 3 19 -18 15
16 Raja Beni Mellal 20 1 5 14 10 28 10 1 4 5 9 15 10 0 1 9 1 13 -18 8

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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.