Can FUS Rabat outdo Riadi Salmi in Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah clash?

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Fri 13.May
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah (52000 seats)

FUS Rabat have performed better than Riadi Salmi this season, but every match opens at 0-0. Here's all the knowledge you need prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • FUS Rabat have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Riadi Salmi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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FUS Rabat form and stats

When playing at home in the Botola Pro, FUS Rabat have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games.

FUS Rabat's last game was hosting Riadi Salmi (placed 9th) and winning 1-0.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Khouribga the opponent.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how FUS Rabat have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Rabat are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 12 games.

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Riadi Salmi form and stats

Riadi Salmi have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Botola Pro, after 3-3-6 (12 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Riadi Salmi's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Riadi Salmi aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. Karoui was the last player to find the net.

Riadi are travelling again after losing away to FUS Rabat in their previous match (0-1).

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Mouloudia Oujda.

The visiting Riadi Salmi have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 12 games. 17 goals have been conceded by Riadi in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved encountered each other previously this season: FUS Rabat - Riadi Salmi 1-0. Sabyh (Riadi Salmi) was sent off when these teams previously met this season. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one FUS Rabat victory, zero draws and one Riadi Salmi win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being from the last two duels.

Top Goalscorers

FUS RabatR. Hajhouj
R. Hajhouj
8 goals
Riadi SalmiR. Karoui
R. Karoui
5 goals
Riadi SalmiM. Sahd
M. Sahd
5 goals

FUS Rabat missing players

Riadi Salmi missing players

FUS Rabat Riadi Salmi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 3 12 24
8 5 0 Won W 1 3 8
8 4 2 Drew D 0 3 6
8 3 1 Lost L 2 6 10
27 15 4 Scored S 4 16 31
26 12 5 Conceded C 5 17 29
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 79%
75% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 67%
38% 42% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 58% 50%
8% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 17%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 17%
62% 58% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 42% 42%
17% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 42% 42%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 42% 38%
 
3.9 3.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 2.8
3 3.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.3 4.5
2.1 2.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.5
3 3 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
8.8 9.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 5.5 6.4
3.2 3.1 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3 3.3
35% 41% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 44% 39%
 
6.9 7.1 8 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9 8.7
3.1 2.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.9 3.9
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • FUS Rabat have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Riadi Salmi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 22 15 4 3 35 16 11 9 1 1 20 8 11 6 3 2 15 8 19 49
2 Raja Casablanca 23 14 7 2 32 14 12 7 4 1 17 7 11 7 3 1 15 7 18 49
3 FAR Rabat 23 9 7 7 30 26 12 5 4 3 17 15 11 4 3 4 13 11 4 34
4 Chabab Mohammedia 23 8 8 7 24 18 11 7 2 2 18 6 12 1 6 5 6 12 6 32
5 FUS Rabat 24 8 8 8 27 26 12 5 4 3 15 12 12 3 4 5 12 14 1 32
6 Maghreb Fes 22 6 13 3 18 12 11 5 6 0 13 4 11 1 7 3 5 8 6 31
7 RSB Berkane 22 7 10 5 26 22 12 6 4 2 21 13 10 1 6 3 5 9 4 31
8 Khouribga 23 7 10 6 29 29 12 3 8 1 13 13 11 4 2 5 16 16 0 31
9 Riadi Salmi 24 8 6 10 31 29 12 5 3 4 15 12 12 3 3 6 16 17 2 30
10 Difaa El Jadida 23 7 9 7 24 30 11 5 5 1 11 7 12 2 4 6 13 23 -6 30
11 Hassania Agadir 23 8 5 10 17 17 11 4 2 5 9 9 12 4 3 5 8 8 0 29
12 Ittihad Tanger 22 8 3 11 25 32 11 5 3 3 13 11 11 3 0 8 12 21 -7 27
13 Olympic Safi 23 6 8 9 16 20 12 4 5 3 10 9 11 2 3 6 6 11 -4 26
14 Mouloudia Oujda 23 5 7 11 25 32 11 3 3 5 16 20 12 2 4 6 9 12 -7 22
15 Youssoufia Berrechid 23 5 7 11 22 34 11 4 3 4 9 10 12 1 4 7 13 24 -12 22
16 Rapide Oued Zem 23 3 6 14 10 34 11 2 2 7 3 15 12 1 4 7 7 19 -24 15

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.