Olympic Safi look to Stade El Massira supporters for inspiration before UTS Rabat match

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Fri 07.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade El Massira (20000 seats)

Olympic Safi have been superior to UTS Rabat so far this season, but every fixture opens at 0-0. Here's all the details you require ahead of kickoff:

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

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Olympic Safi and UTS Rabat.

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Olympic Safi form and stats

The story so far in the Botola Pro for Olympic Safi at their home stadium (Stade El Massira) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Olympic, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 188 minutes in the Botola Pro.

A nice win for Olympic Safi last time playing, versus UTS Rabat. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Mouloudia Oujda and winning 1-0.

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 Olympic Safi have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Trench warfare? In this team's last 10 league games, 8 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

Olympic are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade El Massira in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.

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UTS Rabat form and stats

UTS Rabat have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Botola Pro, after 2-4-4 (10 played).

UTS Rabat are travelling again after losing away to Olympic Safi in their previous match (0-1). That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Hassania Agadir.

We have checked recent matches where Rabat have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, UTS Rabat have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved played each other earlier on this campaign: UTS Rabat - Olympic Safi 2-0. Last three meetings with these contenders: Olympic won one, UTS Rabat triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. zero games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Olympic SafiC. Samaké
C. Samaké
4 goals
UTS RabatA. Zouhzouh
A. Zouhzouh
4 goals
UTS RabatH. Khaloua
H. Khaloua
4 goals

Olympic Safi missing players

UTS Rabat missing players

Olympic Safi UTS Rabat
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 4 11 22
9 4 1 Won W 0 2 8
9 6 2 Drew D 1 4 6
4 1 0 Lost L 3 5 8
24 11 4 Scored S 1 8 19
19 7 3 Conceded C 8 15 22
86% 73% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 91% 91%
64% 55% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 55%
36% 27% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 45% 36%
9% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 5%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
59% 55% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 45% 41%
36% 45% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 32%
18% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 45% 36%
 
3.6 3.2 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.5 4.1
4 2.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 12.5 6.7 6.8
2.2 2.4 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.2 3.5 3.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 8
 
9.8 9.6 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 8.5 8.9
3.2 2.9 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 3.6
34% 34% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 20% 24%
 
6.2 5.7 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 11.5 10.2
2.4 2.1 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.5 3.8
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • UTS Rabat 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 FAR Rabat 21 14 5 2 37 12 11 8 2 1 24 8 10 6 3 1 13 4 25 47
2 Wydad Casablanca 21 12 7 2 30 16 10 7 2 1 16 6 11 5 5 1 14 10 14 43
3 FUS Rabat 21 10 8 3 23 11 10 5 4 1 13 6 11 5 4 2 10 5 12 38
4 Raja Casablanca 21 9 7 5 25 17 11 7 4 0 16 7 10 2 3 5 9 10 8 34
5 Olympic Safi 21 8 9 4 23 19 10 3 6 1 10 7 11 5 3 3 13 12 4 33
6 UTS Rabat 21 8 6 7 19 21 11 6 2 3 11 7 10 2 4 4 8 14 -2 30
7 Maghreb Fès 21 6 11 4 23 19 10 4 5 1 10 5 11 2 6 3 13 14 4 29
8 RSB Berkane 21 7 8 6 19 21 11 4 2 5 13 16 10 3 6 1 6 5 -2 29
9 Riadi Salmi 21 7 7 7 21 22 10 2 4 4 8 12 11 5 3 3 13 10 -1 28
10 Chabab Mohammedia 21 6 6 9 17 22 11 3 5 3 12 14 10 3 1 6 5 8 -5 24
11 Moghreb Tetouan 21 4 11 6 21 27 11 3 5 3 10 13 10 1 6 3 11 14 -6 23
12 Difaâ El Jadida 21 5 7 9 18 28 11 4 4 3 8 9 10 1 3 6 10 19 -10 22
13 Mouloudia Oujda 21 5 5 11 22 26 10 1 4 5 8 11 11 4 1 6 14 15 -4 20
14 Hassania Agadir 21 5 5 11 16 23 11 3 4 4 10 11 10 2 1 7 6 12 -7 20
15 Khouribga 21 2 10 9 16 24 10 2 3 5 9 12 11 0 7 4 7 12 -8 16
16 Ittihad Tanger 21 3 2 16 10 32 10 3 1 6 7 11 11 0 1 10 3 21 -22 11

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.