Botola Pro fixture preview and statistics: FUS Rabat meet Rapide Oued Zem

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Wed 29.June
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du FUS (52000 seats)

FUS Rabat - Rapide Oued Zem. 5th position hosts 16th position. The ball is round - get a broad match preview here!

Insights:
  • FUS Rabat have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals (17) in Botola Pro

Rabat are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Rapide Oued Zem are struggling to avoid relegation.

It's no vacation for neither FUS Rabat nor Rapide Oued Zem as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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FUS Rabat form and stats

FUS Rabat have collected 23 points from their Botola Pro home games so far after 6-5-3.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Rabat, as their goalkeeper Mahdi Benabid has completely shut out the opponents for 337 minutes in the Botola Pro.

The home followers saw a 0-0 draw versus Mouloudia Oujda last time out and are looking for a win here.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Difaâ El Jadida and winning 2-0.

FUS Rabat has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Rabat have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three 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 1-6-7 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Rapide Oued Zem, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Rapide Oued Zem are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the game against RSB Berkane (placed 8th). An amazing comeback from Rapide last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Megri scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute. Megri came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against RSB Berkane last time out, making the manager Arena feel like a tactical genius.

Before that, Rapide Oued Zem travelled to Mouloudia Oujda and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

The attacking power of Rapide Oued Zem when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Rapide struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

These sides encountered each other previously this campaign: Rapide Oued Zem - FUS Rabat 0-2. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four FUS Rabat victories, three draws and two Rapide Oued Zem wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FUS RabatR. Hajhouj
R. Hajhouj
8 goals
RabatH. Kameni
H. Kameni
5 goals
FUS RabatM. Lahtimi
M. Lahtimi
4 goals

FUS Rabat missing players

Rapide Oued Zem missing players

FUS Rabat Rapide Oued Zem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
10 6 1 Won W 0 1 6
10 5 4 Drew D 2 6 8
8 3 0 Lost L 2 7 14
32 17 5 Scored S 2 9 17
27 12 4 Conceded C 6 21 38
93% 86% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 86%
75% 64% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 64%
32% 36% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 29% 25%
7% 14% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 14%
4% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
57% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 36%
25% 36% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 32%
25% 29% 40% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 46%
 
4 4 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 4.1 4.4
3 3.1 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 11 6.6 5.4
2.1 1.9 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.6 2.2
3 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.1 10.1 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 7.2 7.8
3.5 3.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3 3
33% 33% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 21% 20%
 
6.9 6.9 7.6 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 11.7 9.9
2.9 2.8 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.9 3.7
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • FUS Rabat have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals (17) in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Botola Pro

  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 28 19 5 4 43 20 14 12 1 1 26 9 14 7 4 3 17 11 23 62
2 Raja Casablanca 28 16 8 4 39 20 14 8 4 2 21 10 14 8 4 2 18 10 19 56
3 FAR Rabat 28 12 9 7 36 27 14 6 5 3 19 16 14 6 4 4 17 11 9 45
4 Maghreb Fès 28 9 16 3 27 16 14 6 8 0 17 6 14 3 8 3 10 10 11 43
5 FUS Rabat 28 10 10 8 32 27 14 6 5 3 17 12 14 4 5 5 15 15 5 40
6 Khouribga 28 8 12 8 31 32 14 4 9 1 15 13 14 4 3 7 16 19 -1 36
7 Riadi Salmi 28 9 8 11 35 35 14 6 4 4 18 14 14 3 4 7 17 21 0 35
8 RSB Berkane 28 8 11 9 32 32 14 7 4 3 24 16 14 1 7 6 8 16 0 35
9 Olympic Safi 28 8 11 9 25 26 14 5 6 3 13 10 14 3 5 6 12 16 -1 35
10 Chabab Mohammédia 28 8 10 10 26 26 14 7 3 4 19 12 14 1 7 6 7 14 0 34
11 Difaâ El Jadida 28 7 11 10 30 40 14 5 7 2 14 12 14 2 4 8 16 28 -10 32
12 Ittihad Tanger 28 8 7 13 30 40 14 5 6 3 15 13 14 3 1 10 15 27 -10 31
13 Hassania Agadir 28 8 6 14 23 28 14 4 3 7 14 16 14 4 3 7 9 12 -5 30
14 Mouloudia Oujda 28 6 11 11 30 36 14 4 5 5 20 23 14 2 6 6 10 13 -6 29
15 Youssoufia Berrechid 28 5 11 12 25 38 14 4 5 5 10 12 14 1 6 7 15 26 -13 26
16 Rapide Oued Zem 28 6 8 14 17 38 14 5 2 7 8 17 14 1 6 7 9 21 -21 26

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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.