FUS Rabat vs Raja Casablanca: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Wed 19.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du FUS (52000 seats)

The FUS Rabat & Raja Casablanca managers M. El Khalfi and J. Sellami are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Botola Pro league table.

FUS Rabat and Raja Casablanca 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.

2-3-3 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Raja Casablanca 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 eight matches are 5-6 (scored/conceded).

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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 FUS Rabat has been unbeatable here at Stade du FUS producing five straight wins.

The home team returns to Stade du FUS after being equal after 90 minutes with CR Khemis Zemamra (placed 9th) on their last time out; the Botola Pro game ended 1-1. Before that match, a win away at FAR Rabat.

The manager M. El Khalfi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Moghreb Tétouan in only three days.

Rabat has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Rabat are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade du FUS in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.

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Raja Casablanca form and stats

4-5-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Raja Casablanca in their Botola Pro matches away.

The Casablanca goalkeeper Anas Zniti is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 374 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Two travels in a row for Raja Casablanca, whose manager J. Sellami could celebrate last time after the Botola Pro win against Hassania Agadir. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Olympic Safi.

After this away game Casablanca return home for a Botola Pro game against Difaa El Jadida. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Casablanca have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 14 goals have been scored. Casablanca are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Raja Casablanca - Rabat 0-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Rabat won four, Raja Casablanca won one and five draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Raja CasablancaH. Ahadad
H. Ahadad
8 goals
RabatJ. Kombous
J. Kombous
7 goals
Raja CasablancaS. Rahimi
S. Rahimi
7 goals

FUS Rabat missing players

Raja Casablanca missing players

FUS Rabat Raja Casablanca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 9 2 Played P 1 11 21
9 6 1 Won W 0 4 12
9 2 1 Drew D 1 5 6
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
25 12 3 Scored S 2 14 30
19 8 2 Conceded C 2 9 15
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 64% 81%
67% 56% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 55% 67%
33% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 45% 38%
10% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 27% 19%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 10%
62% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 45% 43%
38% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 45% 48%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 45% 29%
 
3 3.8 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 4.1
4.2 3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.3 3.9
2.6 2.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.5
6 4 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
146 60 13 Total Shots T S 7 42 83
63 30 6 Shots on Target S O 6 27 48
40% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 52% 58%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • FUS Rabat have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • FUS Rabat have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • FUS Rabat haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Raja Casablanca has the fewest conceded goals (15)
  • Raja Casablanca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Raja Casablanca is in the best form (4-2-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Raja Casablanca 21 12 6 3 30 15 10 8 1 1 16 6 11 4 5 2 14 9 15 42
2 Wydad Casablanca 21 12 4 5 36 21 11 6 3 2 19 11 10 6 1 3 17 10 15 40
3 RSB Berkane 21 10 9 2 22 16 12 6 5 1 17 10 9 4 4 1 5 6 6 39
4 Mouloudia Oujda 22 9 9 4 26 19 11 7 2 2 14 9 11 2 7 2 12 10 7 36
5 FUS Rabat 21 9 9 3 25 19 9 6 2 1 12 8 12 3 7 2 13 11 6 36
6 FAR Rabat 21 9 5 7 27 22 11 5 2 4 13 10 10 4 3 3 14 12 5 32
7 Moghreb Tétouan 22 7 9 6 20 16 11 5 5 1 10 4 11 2 4 5 10 12 4 30
8 Difaa El Jadida 21 6 10 5 19 17 11 3 7 1 8 6 10 3 3 4 11 11 2 28
9 CR Khemis Zemamra 22 6 7 9 32 30 11 4 3 4 19 14 11 2 4 5 13 16 2 25
10 Olympic Safi 22 4 13 5 18 21 11 3 6 2 10 9 11 1 7 3 8 12 -3 25
11 Youssoufia Berrechid 22 7 4 11 27 37 11 6 3 2 19 14 11 1 1 9 8 23 -10 25
12 Hassania Agadir 22 6 6 10 24 30 10 4 2 4 10 11 12 2 4 6 14 19 -6 24
13 Rapide Oued Zem 21 5 8 8 18 18 10 3 5 2 11 8 11 2 3 6 7 10 0 23
14 Khouribga 21 5 8 8 20 27 11 3 5 3 11 14 10 2 3 5 9 13 -7 23
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

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.