Can Raja Beni Mellal beat Difaâ El Jadida in Stade Municipal clash?

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Fri 14.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal (8000 seats)

Raja Beni Mellal hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 8 points and a 16th position in the Botola Pro table. Visiting Difaâ El Jadida holds 8th place with 28 pts.

The visiting Difaâ El Jadida played their last game only four days ago, a Botola Pro match.

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Raja Beni Mellal form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Botola Pro this season. Raja Beni Mellal, who have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Botola Pro, have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Stade Municipal.

No payout for Mellal in their previous match, an away game at Hassania Agadir that ended in defeat 0-1. Ahead of that match, Mellal won a home game hosting Rapide Oued Zem (1-0).

Raja Beni Mellal are traveling soon after this match as the Botola Pro match at Wydad Casablanca awaits in four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mellal here at Stade Municipal in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mellal defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Difaâ El Jadida form and stats

Playing away, Difaâ El Jadida have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the Botola Pro this season. The last three matches for Jadida have all ended in a draw.

There were no winners in Jadida's previous match, a Botola Pro home game that ended 1-1 vs FAR Rabat (placed 6th). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting RSB Berkane.

A new game in only four days for Difaâ El Jadida, the Botola Pro home match versus CR Khemis Zemamra. Busy days.

Jadida find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Difaâ El Jadida have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Difaâ El Jadida - Mellal 1-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (Raja Beni Mellal wins - draws - Difaâ El Jadida wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Difaâ El JadidaS. Msuva
S. Msuva
4 goals
Difaâ El JadidaY. Dahbi
Y. Dahbi
4 goals
Raja Beni MellalA. Benjelloun
A. Benjelloun
2 goals

Raja Beni Mellal missing players

Difaâ El Jadida missing players

Raja Beni Mellal Difaâ El Jadida
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 10 21
1 1 0 Won W 0 3 6
5 4 1 Drew D 1 3 10
14 5 1 Lost L 2 4 5
10 9 2 Scored S 1 11 19
28 15 4 Conceded C 3 11 17
85% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 81%
50% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 70% 57%
35% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 29%
20% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 5%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
35% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 70% 57%
20% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 33%
60% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 20% 29%
 
3.1 3.1 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.1 2.9
4.5 3.6 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 4.5 4.7
2 2.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 2
4 3 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
88 52 27 Total Shots T S 11 42 96
31 21 5 Shots on Target S O 6 19 42
32% 43% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 58% 45%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Difaâ El Jadida have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Difaâ El Jadida have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Difaâ El Jadida have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Raja Beni Mellal has the fewest points (7) at home
  • Raja Beni Mellal has the fewest scored goals (10)
  • Raja Beni Mellal has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4)
  • Raja Beni Mellal has the most conceded goals (15) at home
  • Raja Beni Mellal has the the worst goal difference (-6) at home
  • Raja Beni Mellal have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Raja Beni Mellal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Raja Casablanca 21 12 6 3 30 15 10 8 1 1 16 6 11 4 5 2 14 9 15 42
2 Wydad Casablanca 21 12 4 5 36 21 11 6 3 2 19 11 10 6 1 3 17 10 15 40
3 Mouloudia Oujda 21 9 9 3 26 18 11 7 2 2 14 9 10 2 7 1 12 9 8 36
4 RSB Berkane 20 9 9 2 21 16 11 5 5 1 16 10 9 4 4 1 5 6 5 36
5 FUS Rabat 20 9 8 3 24 18 9 6 2 1 12 8 11 3 6 2 12 10 6 35
6 FAR Rabat 21 9 5 7 27 22 11 5 2 4 13 10 10 4 3 3 14 12 5 32
7 Moghreb Tetouan 21 7 9 5 19 14 10 5 5 0 9 2 11 2 4 5 10 12 5 30
8 Difaâ El Jadida 21 6 10 5 19 17 11 3 7 1 8 6 10 3 3 4 11 11 2 28
9 Youssoufia Berrechid 21 7 4 10 27 36 11 6 3 2 19 14 10 1 1 8 8 22 -9 25
10 CR Khemis Zemamra 21 6 6 9 31 29 10 4 2 4 18 13 11 2 4 5 13 16 2 24
11 Rapide Oued Zem 21 5 8 8 18 18 10 3 5 2 11 8 11 2 3 6 7 10 0 23
12 Khouribga 21 5 8 8 20 27 11 3 5 3 11 14 10 2 3 5 9 13 -7 23
13 Olympic Safi 21 3 13 5 17 21 10 2 6 2 9 9 11 1 7 3 8 12 -4 22
14 Hassania Agadir 21 5 6 10 22 29 10 4 2 4 10 11 11 1 4 6 12 18 -7 21
15 Ittihad Tanger 20 3 6 11 11 29 10 3 4 3 8 10 10 0 2 8 3 19 -18 15
16 Raja Beni Mellal 20 1 5 14 10 28 10 1 4 5 9 15 10 0 1 9 1 13 -18 8

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.