Early sportsbook action indicate Raja Casablanca edge when hosting Difaâ El Jadida

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Fri 06.May
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Mohamed V (55000 seats)

There is optimism in Raja Casablanca at this point, with their 2nd place in the Botola Pro table and anticipating the visit of Difaâ El Jadida (who are placed 7th).

Insights:
  • Raja Casablanca is in the best form (5-0-0) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Raja Casablanca and Difaâ El Jadida should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Raja Casablanca form and stats

22 points is a decent return from 11 Botola Pro games here at Stade Mohamed V for Raja Casablanca. The data says 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. Raja Casablanca haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Olympic Safi, 164 days ago.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Anas Zniti not having conceded a league goal in 253 minutes.

Raja Casablanca are returning here after visiting FUS Rabat and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Ahadad scored the goal(s).

Before that, Casablanca had a home game versus Mouloudia Oujda which ended with a victory 2-0.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Raja Casablanca home games with this odds we find eleven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in ten wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.

Raja Casablanca has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Casablanca are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Mohamed V in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 11 matches.

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Difaâ El Jadida form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Difaâ El Jadida so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-5 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Difaâ El Jadida are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Difaâ El Jadida aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 315 league minutes without a goal. Hadraf was the last player to find the net.

Jadida's last game was the home draw against Maghreb Fes (0-0).

A 0-2 defeat away at Riadi Salmi before that.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Difaâ El Jadida have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Difaâ El Jadida have conceded 21 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have faced each other before in this season, with the result Difaâ El Jadida - Casablanca 0-2 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Raja Casablanca six wins, three draws and Difaâ El Jadida one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Raja CasablancaM. Moutouali
M. Moutouali
6 goals
Raja CasablancaH. Ahadad
H. Ahadad
6 goals
Difaâ El JadidaZ. Hadraf
Z. Hadraf
6 goals

Raja Casablanca missing players

Difaâ El Jadida missing players

Raja Casablanca Difaâ El Jadida
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 2 11 22
13 6 4 Won W 0 2 7
7 4 0 Drew D 0 4 9
2 1 0 Lost L 2 5 6
30 15 8 Scored S 1 13 24
14 7 2 Conceded C 6 21 28
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 77%
64% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 68%
32% 36% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 45%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 45% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
50% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 50%
45% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 36%
9% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 36%
 
5 5.2 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.8 5.6
3.2 2.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.7 4.5
2 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 6
 
9.9 10.6 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.8 9.5
4.6 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.5 3.8
29% 29% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 27% 29%
 
8.2 8.3 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 8.2 9.5
3 3.2 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.3 3.4
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Difaâ El Jadida have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Difaâ El Jadida have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Raja Casablanca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Raja Casablanca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Raja Casablanca have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Raja Casablanca is in the best form (5-0-0) 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 22 15 4 3 35 16 11 9 1 1 20 8 11 6 3 2 15 8 19 49
2 Raja Casablanca 22 13 7 2 30 14 11 6 4 1 15 7 11 7 3 1 15 7 16 46
3 Maghreb Fes 22 6 13 3 18 12 11 5 6 0 13 4 11 1 7 3 5 8 6 31
4 RSB Berkane 22 7 10 5 26 22 12 6 4 2 21 13 10 1 6 3 5 9 4 31
5 FAR Rabat 22 8 7 7 27 25 11 4 4 3 14 14 11 4 3 4 13 11 2 31
6 Khouribga 22 7 9 6 28 28 11 3 7 1 12 12 11 4 2 5 16 16 0 30
7 Difaâ El Jadida 22 7 9 6 24 28 11 5 5 1 11 7 11 2 4 5 13 21 -4 30
8 Chabab Mohammedia 22 7 8 7 23 18 11 7 2 2 18 6 11 0 6 5 5 12 5 29
9 Riadi Salmi 22 8 5 9 31 28 11 5 2 4 15 12 11 3 3 5 16 16 3 29
10 Hassania Agadir 22 8 5 9 17 16 10 4 2 4 9 8 12 4 3 5 8 8 1 29
11 FUS Rabat 22 7 7 8 25 25 11 4 4 3 14 12 11 3 3 5 11 13 0 28
12 Ittihad Tanger 22 8 3 11 25 32 11 5 3 3 13 11 11 3 0 8 12 21 -7 27
13 Olympic Safi 22 5 8 9 13 18 11 3 5 3 7 7 11 2 3 6 6 11 -5 23
14 Youssoufia Berrechid 22 5 7 10 20 31 11 4 3 4 9 10 11 1 4 6 11 21 -11 22
15 Mouloudia Oujda 22 5 6 11 25 32 11 3 3 5 16 20 11 2 3 6 9 12 -7 21
16 Rapide Oued Zem 22 3 6 13 9 31 11 2 2 7 3 15 11 1 4 6 6 16 -22 15

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.