Raja Casablanca welcomes Rapide Oued Zem as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Wed 09.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Mohamed V (55000 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Raja Casablanca fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Rapide Oued Zem's 12th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

5 - 10 - 16 with 26-38. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Rapide Oued Zem when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Rapide Oued Zem play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Raja Casablanca form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Mohamed V as Raja Casablanca, who have the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Botola Pro, have scored 16 goals to get 25 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Botola Pro are 8-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The Raja Casablanca fans got no joy from their last match, a Botola Pro game also here at Stade Mohamed V: A 0-1 defeat against Ittihad Tanger (placed 15th). In the game before, an away victory match versus FUS Rabat with a 1-0 scoreline.

Casablanca are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. Raja Casablanca have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rapide Oued Zem form and stats

Rapide Oued Zem have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Botola Pro, after 2-3-7 (12 played). Rapide Oued Zem has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Rapide aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 197 league minutes without a goal. I. El Bahraoui was the last player to find the net.

Rapide played 0-0 against Youssoufia Berrechid in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Olympic Safi's place.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

Rapide Oued Zem - Casablanca 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Casablanca, two draws and one win for Rapide Oued Zem. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Raja CasablancaS. Rahimi
S. Rahimi
7 goals
Rapide Oued ZemB. El Bahraoui
B. El Bahraoui
7 goals
CasablancaB. Malango Ngita
B. Malango Ngita
6 goals

Raja Casablanca missing players

Rapide Oued Zem missing players

Raja Casablanca Rapide Oued Zem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 5 Played P 2 12 24
13 8 4 Won W 0 2 6
6 1 0 Drew D 0 3 9
4 2 1 Lost L 2 7 9
31 16 9 Scored S 1 7 20
16 7 4 Conceded C 3 11 20
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 71%
61% 73% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 42% 46%
35% 27% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 17% 33%
17% 9% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 17%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
39% 36% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 17% 33%
48% 45% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 38%
30% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 58%
 
4.3 5.2 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 4.5
3.9 4.5 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.4 4.2
1.5 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.4 2.2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
93 43 12 Total Shots T S 8 57 96
53 22 9 Shots on Target S O 2 24 45
55% 64% 78% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 29% 44%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Raja Casablanca has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
  • Raja Casablanca has the the best goal difference (+9) at home
  • Raja Casablanca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Raja Casablanca have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rapide Oued Zem have scored away.
  • Raja Casablanca haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Raja Casablanca is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Rapide Oued Zem has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)

  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 23 13 6 4 31 16 11 8 1 2 16 7 12 5 5 2 15 9 15 45
2 Mouloudia Oujda 25 10 11 4 31 21 13 8 3 2 18 10 12 2 8 2 13 11 10 41
3 Wydad Casablanca 21 12 4 5 36 21 11 6 3 2 19 11 10 6 1 3 17 10 15 40
4 RSB Berkane 22 10 10 2 22 16 12 6 5 1 17 10 10 4 5 1 5 6 6 40
5 FUS Rabat 23 9 9 5 25 21 10 6 2 2 12 9 13 3 7 3 13 12 4 36
6 FAR Rabat 23 9 7 7 29 24 13 5 4 4 15 12 10 4 3 3 14 12 5 34
7 Difaa El Jadida 24 8 10 6 23 19 13 5 7 1 12 7 11 3 3 5 11 12 4 34
8 Moghreb Tetouan 25 8 9 8 22 20 12 6 5 1 11 4 13 2 4 7 11 16 2 33
9 Olympic Safi 25 6 14 5 22 23 13 5 6 2 12 9 12 1 8 3 10 14 -1 32
10 Youssoufia Berrechid 26 8 6 12 28 39 13 7 4 2 20 14 13 1 2 10 8 25 -11 30
11 Hassania Agadir 24 7 7 10 28 32 12 5 3 4 14 13 12 2 4 6 14 19 -4 28
12 Rapide Oued Zem 24 6 9 9 20 20 12 4 6 2 13 9 12 2 3 7 7 11 0 27
13 CR Khemis Zemamra 23 6 7 10 33 32 11 4 3 4 19 14 12 2 4 6 14 18 1 25
14 Khouribga 24 5 9 10 21 32 11 3 5 3 11 14 13 2 4 7 10 18 -11 24
15 Ittihad Tanger 21 4 6 11 12 29 10 3 4 3 8 10 11 1 2 8 4 19 -17 18
16 Raja Beni Mellal 21 1 6 14 11 29 10 1 4 5 9 15 11 0 2 9 2 14 -18 9

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.