Match preview Botola Pro: Raja Casablanca - FUS Rabat at Stade Mohamed V

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Date: Mon 30.December
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Mohamed V (55000 seats)

Raja Casablanca perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. FUS Rabat can look both up and down from their 9th position.

The hosts Raja Casablanca saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the CAF Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus JS Kabylie, was also a home game here at Stade Mohamed V. The away team is better rested.

This stadium uses grass, unlike FUS Rabat's home stadium. The visitors last 29 games on grass have ended in 7 wins, 8 draws and 14 losses.

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Raja Casablanca form and stats

Raja Casablanca have collected 12 points from their Botola Pro home games so far after 4-0-0. Raja Casablanca has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stade Mohamed V. We remember; it was ES Tunis.

The Raja Casablanca supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host JS Kabylie in CAF Champions League and win 2-0. Ahead of that match, Raja Casablanca won a home game hosting Wydad Casablanca (1-0).

A decent goal production from Raja Casablanca in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Raja Casablanca have only let in 1 goal at home.

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FUS Rabat form and stats

The visitors are W0-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Botola Pro. It's three draws from FUS Rabat's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

FUS Rabat have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 194 minutes since they last conceded in Botola Pro.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Olympic Safi (placed 13th) in their previous outing. The Botola Pro match ended in a draw 0-0. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Moghreb Tetouan.

FUS Rabat are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 4 games (in the league). As opposed to that, FUS Rabat have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Raja Casablanca won 2, FUS Rabat won 3 and 5 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FUS RabatJ. Kombous
J. Kombous
4 goals
Raja Casablanca
H. Ahadad
3 goals
Raja Casablanca
S. Rahimi
3 goals

Raja Casablanca missing players

FUS Rabat missing players

Raja Casablanca FUS Rabat
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 0 Played P 1 4 9
5 4 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 0 0 Drew D 0 3 5
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
10 6 0 Scored S 1 4 10
5 1 0 Conceded C 2 5 11
75% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 89%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 67%
38% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 33%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 22%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
38% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 67%
62% 75% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 33%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 11%
 
4.8 6 0 Corners For (avg) C F 3 1.5 2.8
3.6 4.8 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 5 4.4
1.4 1.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2.6
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 5
 
28 14 0 Total Shots T S 3 31 65
15 7 0 Shots on Target S O 3 12 29
53% 57% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 34%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • FUS Rabat has the most dropped points from leading position (12)
  • FUS Rabat have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • FUS Rabat have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FUS Rabat have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • FUS Rabat have yet to win a game away.
  • Raja Casablanca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Raja Casablanca have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Raja Casablanca have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Raja Casablanca have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Raja Casablanca haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 RSB Berkane 9 6 3 0 11 4 4 2 2 0 6 3 5 4 1 0 5 1 7 21
2 Wydad Casablanca 9 6 1 2 16 5 4 3 0 1 8 2 5 3 1 1 8 3 11 19
3 Moghreb Tetouan 10 5 3 2 11 6 5 4 1 0 7 2 5 1 2 2 4 4 5 18
4 Raja Casablanca 8 5 2 1 10 5 4 4 0 0 6 1 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 17
5 Mouloudia Oujda 10 4 4 2 12 8 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 2 3 0 6 2 4 16
6 Difaa El Jadida 9 4 3 2 9 6 4 2 1 1 2 1 5 2 2 1 7 5 3 15
7 FAR Rabat 10 4 1 5 14 12 5 2 1 2 7 5 5 2 0 3 7 7 2 13
8 CR Khemis Zemamra 9 3 3 3 10 9 5 2 1 2 6 5 4 1 2 1 4 4 1 12
9 FUS Rabat 9 2 5 2 10 11 5 2 2 1 6 6 4 0 3 1 4 5 -1 11
10 Rapide Oued Zem 10 3 2 5 8 10 5 2 2 1 6 3 5 1 0 4 2 7 -2 11
11 Khouribga 9 2 4 3 9 13 5 1 2 2 6 10 4 1 2 1 3 3 -4 10
12 Hassania Agadir 8 2 3 3 8 8 5 1 2 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 4 3 0 9
13 Olympic Safi 9 1 6 2 5 7 4 1 3 0 2 1 5 0 3 2 3 6 -2 9
14 Ittihad Tanger 10 2 3 5 5 13 5 2 3 0 4 1 5 0 0 5 1 12 -8 9
15 Youssoufia Berrechid 9 2 2 5 10 18 4 2 1 1 6 5 5 0 1 4 4 13 -8 8
16 Raja Beni Mellal 10 0 1 9 6 19 5 0 1 4 5 11 5 0 0 5 1 8 -13 1

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.