Raja Casablanca manager Taoussi looking for three points in FAR Rabat showdown

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Wed 29.June
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Mohamed V (55000 seats)

Raja Casablanca and FAR Rabat are both doing (very) nicely in the Botola Pro with their 2nd and 3rd places respectively. Let's hope for a top fixture!

Insights:
  • Raja Casablanca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • FAR Rabat is in the best form (4-2-0) in Botola Pro

FAR Rabat is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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 Casablanca and FAR Rabat.

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Raja Casablanca form and stats

28 points is a decent return from 14 Botola Pro games here at Stade Mohamed V for Raja Casablanca. The data says 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.

Happy days for Raja Casablanca in their previous game, a fixture away at Hassania Agadir (placed 13th) that ended with a 3-2 victory.

Ahead of that match, Raja Casablanca lost 2-3 at home to Olympic Safi.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Casablanca handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 22 league matches, 17 have seen two goals or less.

A decent goal production from Raja Casablanca in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. Raja Casablanca have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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FAR Rabat form and stats

6 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of FAR Rabat playing as the away team in the Botola Pro this season.

Rabat have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Ayoub Lakred. It's been 303 minutes since they last conceded in Botola Pro.

Two away games in a row for FAR Rabat, whose manager Vandenbroeck could celebrate last time after the win against Chabab Mohammedia.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Maghreb Fes.

Rabat are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on FAR Rabat as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the sides met previously this campaign; FAR Rabat - Raja Casablanca 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the former ten meetings): Casablanca won three games, four matches ended in a draw and FAR Rabat have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

Raja CasablancaM. Moutouali
M. Moutouali
9 goals
FAR RabatI. Khafi
I. Khafi
8 goals
Raja CasablancaH. Ahadad
H. Ahadad
7 goals

Raja Casablanca missing players

FAR Rabat missing players

Raja Casablanca FAR Rabat
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
16 8 1 Won W 0 6 12
8 4 2 Drew D 1 4 9
4 2 0 Lost L 2 4 7
39 21 4 Scored S 1 17 36
20 10 2 Conceded C 5 11 27
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 79% 86%
64% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 75%
32% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 50%
14% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
46% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 50%
46% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 57% 36%
14% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 29% 29%
 
5.1 4.9 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.1 5.6
3.1 2.7 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.6 4.2
2.2 2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.6
6 4 3 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10.2 11.1 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9.1 8.6
4.4 4.6 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.1 3.6
31% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 29% 36%
 
7.7 7.9 8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.3 9.4 8.9
2.9 2.9 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.4 4
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • FAR Rabat have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Botola Pro
  • FAR Rabat is in the best form (4-2-0) in Botola Pro
  • 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 at 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 Wydad Casablanca 28 19 5 4 43 20 14 12 1 1 26 9 14 7 4 3 17 11 23 62
2 Raja Casablanca 28 16 8 4 39 20 14 8 4 2 21 10 14 8 4 2 18 10 19 56
3 FAR Rabat 28 12 9 7 36 27 14 6 5 3 19 16 14 6 4 4 17 11 9 45
4 Maghreb Fes 28 9 16 3 27 16 14 6 8 0 17 6 14 3 8 3 10 10 11 43
5 FUS Rabat 28 10 10 8 32 27 14 6 5 3 17 12 14 4 5 5 15 15 5 40
6 Khouribga 28 8 12 8 31 32 14 4 9 1 15 13 14 4 3 7 16 19 -1 36
7 Riadi Salmi 28 9 8 11 35 35 14 6 4 4 18 14 14 3 4 7 17 21 0 35
8 RSB Berkane 28 8 11 9 32 32 14 7 4 3 24 16 14 1 7 6 8 16 0 35
9 Olympic Safi 28 8 11 9 25 26 14 5 6 3 13 10 14 3 5 6 12 16 -1 35
10 Chabab Mohammedia 28 8 10 10 26 26 14 7 3 4 19 12 14 1 7 6 7 14 0 34
11 Difaa El Jadida 28 7 11 10 30 40 14 5 7 2 14 12 14 2 4 8 16 28 -10 32
12 Ittihad Tanger 28 8 7 13 30 40 14 5 6 3 15 13 14 3 1 10 15 27 -10 31
13 Hassania Agadir 28 8 6 14 23 28 14 4 3 7 14 16 14 4 3 7 9 12 -5 30
14 Mouloudia Oujda 28 6 11 11 30 36 14 4 5 5 20 23 14 2 6 6 10 13 -6 29
15 Youssoufia Berrechid 28 5 11 12 25 38 14 4 5 5 10 12 14 1 6 7 15 26 -13 26
16 Rapide Oued Zem 28 6 8 14 17 38 14 5 2 7 8 17 14 1 6 7 9 21 -21 26

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.