This match features two teams living in the basement of the Botola Pro, Raja Beni Mellal holding 16th place and Rapide Oued Zem lying 12th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It should be mentioned that Rapide Oued Zem play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Rapide Oued Zem on grass are 6 victories, 9 draws and 14 defeats from 29 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 26-35. You can compare this with overall results below.
Raja Beni Mellal form and stats
Raja Beni Mellal's struggle is real here with only 4 points collected from 9 Botola Pro games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-4-5. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 18 attempts. Raja Beni Mellal are slowly digging their own grave here with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Chabab Atlas Khenifra match.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 186 minutes without scoring a league goal. Y. Salhi was the last player to find the net. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 199 minutes.
Raja Beni Mellal drew their last game, also a home match. Olympic Safi (placed 10th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Preceding that game was the away draw at Moghreb Tétouan that finished 0-0.
Raja Beni Mellal are traveling soon after this match as the Botola Pro match at Hassania Agadir awaits in four days.
Raja Beni Mellal have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Raja Beni Mellal defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Rapide Oued Zem form and stats
Rapide Oued Zem have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Botola Pro, after 2-3-5 (10 played). With three draws in a row for Rapide Oued Zem the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Rapide Oued Zem's last game was the home draw against FAR Rabat (2-2). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Khouribga.
The match against FAR Rabat looked like a defeat for Rapide Oued Zem, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Nilmar Mondésir Blé equalized in the 90th minute.
The attacking power of Rapide Oued Zem when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Rapide Oued Zem - Raja Beni Mellal 3-1, played this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Raja Beni Mellal, one draw and two wins for Rapide Oued Zem. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
 B. El Bahraoui 4 goals | H. El Araoui 3 goals | M. Mouhtadi 3 goals |
Raja Beni Mellal missing players
Rapide Oued Zem missing players
| Raja Beni Mellal | Rapide Oued Zem | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 27 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 83% | 78% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 68% |
| 56% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 50% | 47% |
| 39% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 32% |
| 22% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 39% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 32% |
| 17% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 40% | 42% |
| 61% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 60% | 58% |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 87 | 51 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 44 | 68 |
| 30 | 20 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 18 | 33 |
| 30% | 40% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 39% | 48% |
- Raja Beni Mellal has the fewest points (4) at home
- Raja Beni Mellal has the fewest scored goals (9)
- 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 (-18)
- Raja Beni Mellal has the the worst goal difference (-7) 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.
- Raja Beni Mellal have yet to win a game.
- Raja Beni Mellal is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- Rapide Oued Zem has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Rapide Oued Zem has the most matches under the total-line (11)
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 33 |
| 2 | RSB Berkane | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 32 |
| 3 | Mouloudia Oujda | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | FAR Rabat | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | FUS Rabat | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 6 | Raja Casablanca | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 7 | Difaa El Jadida | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Moghreb Tétouan | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 25 |
| 9 | Youssoufia Berrechid | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -5 | 24 |
| 10 | Olympic Safi | 18 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | CR Khemis Zemamra | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| 12 | Rapide Oued Zem | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | Khouribga | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 20 |
| 14 | Hassania Agadir | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | Ittihad Tanger | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 18 | -15 | 15 |
| 16 | Raja Beni Mellal | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 12 | -18 | 5 |