Match preview for Botola Pro: Khouribga - Raja Casablanca at Stade du Phosphate

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Tue 03.January
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Phosphate (10000 seats)

Scrambling Khouribga hope to pull off a surprise when they greet top team Raja Casablanca in the next league fixture. It’s 15th vs 4th and the home fans will have modest expectations.

Insights:
  • Khouribga have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Botola Pro
  • Raja Casablanca have scored more than double the goals of Khouribga.

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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Khouribga form and stats

0-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Botola Pro numbers at home for Khouribga so far this season.

The home team returns to Stade du Phosphate after drawing with Mouloudia Oujda (placed 14th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Ittihad Tanger.

Khouribga have conceded 7 from these games. When Khouribga hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Moghreb Tetouan, Mouloudia Oujda, Difaa El Jadida, Ittihad Tanger and RSB Berkane), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Raja Casablanca form and stats

As the visiting team in Botola Pro matches, Raja Casablanca have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.

Raja Casablanca's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Maghreb Fes that finished 0-0.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Riadi Salmi with the score of 4-1.

Casablanca are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

Raja Casablanca have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Khouribga.

Top Goalscorers

KhouribgaY. Marsile
Y. Marsile
1 goals
KhouribgaZ. Hachemi
Z. Hachemi
1 goals

Khouribga missing players

Raja Casablanca missing players

Khouribga Raja Casablanca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 0 4 9
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
5 3 2 Lost L 0 2 2
4 4 3 Scored S 0 5 10
10 7 5 Conceded C 0 4 7
67% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 78%
44% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 44%
22% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 33%
11% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 22%
11% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 11%
33% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 44%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 44%
67% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
4.7 7.8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7.2 7
4.7 3.5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 2.7
2 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.2 13 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.5 9.9
2.6 4.8 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 3.3
17% 21% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 33%
 
12.2 9.2 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7.5 7.2
4.2 4 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.8 3.6
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Khouribga have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Khouribga have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Khouribga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Khouribga have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Botola Pro
  • Khouribga have the most conceded goals (7) at home in Botola Pro
  • Khouribga have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Khouribga have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Khouribga have yet to win a game.
  • Khouribga haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Raja Casablanca have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Raja Casablanca have scored more than double the goals of Khouribga.
  • Raja Casablanca have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FAR Rabat 8 5 3 0 13 5 4 2 2 0 8 4 4 3 1 0 5 1 8 18
2 Wydad Casablanca 8 5 3 0 11 4 4 3 1 0 7 2 4 2 2 0 4 2 7 18
3 UTS Rabat 9 5 2 2 9 5 5 4 0 1 6 2 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 17
4 Raja Casablanca 9 3 4 2 10 7 5 2 3 0 5 3 4 1 1 2 5 4 3 13
5 FUS Rabat 8 3 4 1 6 4 4 1 3 0 2 1 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 13
6 Maghreb Fes 9 3 4 2 10 8 4 2 1 1 4 2 5 1 3 1 6 6 2 13
7 Olympic Safi 8 3 3 2 9 9 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 1 2 1 5 6 0 12
8 Riadi Salmi 9 3 3 3 9 11 4 0 2 2 2 6 5 3 1 1 7 5 -2 12
9 Chabab Mohammedia 8 3 2 3 8 8 4 2 2 0 6 4 4 1 0 3 2 4 0 11
10 Hassania Agadir 9 3 2 4 9 9 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 2 0 3 5 5 0 11
11 Moghreb Tetouan 9 2 5 2 11 12 5 2 2 1 5 5 4 0 3 1 6 7 -1 11
12 RSB Berkane 9 2 4 3 8 10 5 2 1 2 6 6 4 0 3 1 2 4 -2 10
13 Difaa El Jadida 8 2 4 2 7 10 4 2 2 0 4 2 4 0 2 2 3 8 -3 10
14 Mouloudia Oujda 9 1 3 5 7 11 5 0 2 3 3 6 4 1 1 2 4 5 -4 6
15 Khouribga 9 0 4 5 4 10 4 0 1 3 4 7 5 0 3 2 0 3 -6 4
16 Ittihad Tanger 9 0 2 7 4 12 4 0 1 3 2 6 5 0 1 4 2 6 -8 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.