Botola Pro match guide and numbers: Maghreb Fès welcome Raja Casablanca

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Sat 02.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Complexe Sportif de Fès (45000 seats)

These two squads are relishing a sweet season so far and games like this one could be momentous. Read more about Maghreb Fès - Raja Casablanca!

Insights:
  • Maghreb Fès have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Botola Pro
  • Raja Casablanca have the most points (28) away in Botola Pro

Maghreb Fès can neither be promoted or relegated from Botola Pro. Casablanca have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 2nd place no matter what happens. Maghreb Fès's stadium, Complexe Sportif de Fès, has a artifical turf surface. Raja Casablanca 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 Casablanca when playing on artifical turf; 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss from nine matches. They have scored 18 goals in these games and conceded 10.

It's no vacation for neither Maghreb Fès nor Raja Casablanca 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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Maghreb Fès form and stats

6 victories, 8 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Maghreb Fès have to build on here at Complexe Sportif de Fès in the Botola Pro.

Maghreb Fès travelled for their previous game, a trip to Ittihad Tanger that ended 1-1. Dahbi was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Ittihad Tanger after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Khouribga.

Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 15 league games, 13 have produced two goals or less.

Maghreb are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. Maghreb Fès have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals.

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Raja Casablanca form and stats

Raja Casablanca have an excellent away record in the Botola Pro so far with 8-4-2 from 14 games.

Badibanga and Benjdida scored in Raja Casablanca's previous match, the home game against FAR Rabat that ended 2-1.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Hassania Agadir.

The visiting Casablanca have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 14 games. It's not easy to score on Raja Casablanca as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Maghreb Fès and Raja Casablanca have faced off previously this season: Raja Casablanca - Maghreb Fès 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Maghreb Fès victory, two draws and seven Raja Casablanca wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Raja CasablancaM. Moutouali
M. Moutouali
9 goals
Raja CasablancaS. Benjdida
S. Benjdida
8 goals
Raja CasablancaH. Ahadad
H. Ahadad
7 goals

Maghreb Fès missing players

Raja Casablanca missing players

Maghreb Fès Raja Casablanca
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 3 14 29
9 6 0 Won W 1 8 17
17 8 3 Drew D 2 4 8
3 0 0 Lost L 0 2 4
28 17 2 Scored S 3 18 41
17 6 2 Conceded C 2 10 21
69% 79% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
59% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 66%
24% 21% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 34%
3% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
41% 43% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 43% 48%
52% 57% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 43% 45%
38% 21% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 14%
 
4.6 5.6 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 5.3 5
4.2 3.8 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.6 3.2
1.7 1.8 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
8.8 9.7 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 9.3 10.1
3.8 4 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.2 4.4
26% 30% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 31% 32%
 
6.7 6.6 5.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8 7.5 7.8
2.9 2.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 2.9 2.9
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Maghreb Fès have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Maghreb Fès have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Maghreb Fès have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Botola Pro
  • Maghreb Fès have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Botola Pro
  • Maghreb Fès have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Botola Pro
  • Maghreb Fès have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Raja Casablanca have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Botola Pro
  • Raja Casablanca have the most points (28) away in Botola Pro
  • Raja Casablanca have the the best goal difference (+8) away 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 29 19 6 4 45 22 14 12 1 1 26 9 15 7 5 3 19 13 23 63
2 Raja Casablanca 29 17 8 4 41 21 15 9 4 2 23 11 14 8 4 2 18 10 20 59
3 FAR Rabat 29 12 9 8 37 29 14 6 5 3 19 16 15 6 4 5 18 13 8 45
4 Maghreb Fès 29 9 17 3 28 17 14 6 8 0 17 6 15 3 9 3 11 11 11 44
5 FUS Rabat 29 10 10 9 32 29 15 6 5 4 17 14 14 4 5 5 15 15 3 40
6 RSB Berkane 29 9 11 9 35 33 15 8 4 3 27 17 14 1 7 6 8 16 2 38
7 Olympic Safi 29 9 11 9 28 27 14 5 6 3 13 10 15 4 5 6 15 17 1 38
8 Khouribga 29 8 12 9 32 35 15 4 9 2 16 16 14 4 3 7 16 19 -3 36
9 Riadi Salmi 29 9 8 12 37 38 15 6 4 5 20 17 14 3 4 7 17 21 -1 35
10 Difaa El Jadida 29 8 11 10 31 40 15 6 7 2 15 12 14 2 4 8 16 28 -9 35
11 Chabab Mohammedia 29 8 10 11 27 29 14 7 3 4 19 12 15 1 7 7 8 17 -2 34
12 Hassania Agadir 29 9 6 14 26 30 14 4 3 7 14 16 15 5 3 7 12 14 -4 33
13 Ittihad Tanger 29 8 8 13 31 41 15 5 7 3 16 14 14 3 1 10 15 27 -10 32
14 Mouloudia Oujda 29 6 12 11 32 38 15 4 6 5 22 25 14 2 6 6 10 13 -6 30
15 Rapide Oued Zem 29 7 8 14 19 38 14 5 2 7 8 17 15 2 6 7 11 21 -19 29
16 Youssoufia Berrechid 29 5 11 13 25 39 14 4 5 5 10 12 15 1 6 8 15 27 -14 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.