Botola Pro: Rapide Oued Zem - FAR Rabat preview and statistics

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Tue 03.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal (8000 seats)

Struggling Rapide Oued Zem will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying FAR Rabat in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

The hosts Rapide Oued Zem saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Botola Pro. That game was an away game at Khouribga, so at least Rapide Oued Zem are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

3-5-4 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for FAR Rabat when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those twelve matches are 13-11 (scored/conceded).

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Rapide Oued Zem form and stats

The story so far in the Botola Pro for Rapide Oued Zem at their home stadium (Stade Municipal) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Rapide Oued Zem are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 300 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by I. El Bahraoui). Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 182 minutes.

The home team returns to Stade Municipal after being equal after 90 minutes with Khouribga (placed 12th) on their last time out; the Botola Pro game ended 0-0. In the match before that, Rapide Oued Zem hosted RSB Berkane and drew the game 0-0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Rapide Oued Zem here at Stade Municipal in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Rapide Oued Zem have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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FAR Rabat form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of FAR Rabat playing as the away team in the Botola Pro this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Olympic Safi (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The Botola Pro match ended in a draw 1-1. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Moghreb Tetouan.

After this away game FAR Rabat return home for a Botola Pro game against Hassania Agadir. That game is only three sleeps after this.

FAR Rabat find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. FAR Rabat have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the FAR Rabat - Rapide Oued Zem 2-0 earlier this season. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Rapide Oued Zem, three draws and two wins for FAR Rabat. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

FAR Rabat
J. Gnadou
8 goals
Rapide Oued Zem
B. El Bahraoui
4 goals
FAR Rabat
I. Errahouli
4 goals

Rapide Oued Zem missing players

FAR Rabat missing players

Rapide Oued Zem FAR Rabat
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 4 Played P 3 8 17
4 2 0 Won W 1 4 9
7 4 3 Drew D 1 1 2
7 2 1 Lost L 1 3 6
14 7 1 Scored S 3 11 22
14 5 2 Conceded C 3 9 16
67% 50% 25% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
44% 38% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 59%
28% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 35%
17% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
28% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 41%
44% 50% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 35%
61% 62% 75% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 29%
 
4.4 5 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.9 6.1
4.4 4.2 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.8 3.6
2 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
64 20 3 Total Shots T S 3 38 121
30 12 2 Shots on Target S O 3 14 40
47% 58% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 79% 55%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • FAR Rabat has the most scored goals in the second half (17)
  • FAR Rabat have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FAR Rabat have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • FAR Rabat haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • FAR Rabat is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Rapide Oued Zem has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
  • Rapide Oued Zem has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
  • Rapide Oued Zem has the most matches under the total-line (11)
  • Rapide Oued Zem have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 17 8 6 3 22 15 9 6 1 2 12 8 8 2 5 1 10 7 7 30
4 FAR Rabat 17 9 2 6 22 16 9 5 1 3 11 7 8 4 1 3 11 9 6 29
5 Raja Casablanca 15 8 4 3 21 14 7 5 1 1 9 5 8 3 3 2 12 9 7 28
6 FUS Rabat 17 6 8 3 20 17 8 5 2 1 11 8 9 1 6 2 9 9 3 26
7 Difaa El Jadida 16 6 6 4 17 14 8 3 4 1 7 5 8 3 2 3 10 9 3 24
8 Moghreb Tetouan 17 5 7 5 15 13 8 4 4 0 7 2 9 1 3 5 8 11 2 22
9 Youssoufia Berrechid 17 6 3 8 23 31 9 5 2 2 15 13 8 1 1 6 8 18 -8 21
10 CR Khemis Zemamra 16 5 5 6 23 19 8 4 1 3 15 9 8 1 4 3 8 10 4 20
11 Olympic Safi 17 3 11 3 16 16 8 2 5 1 8 6 9 1 6 2 8 10 0 20
12 Khouribga 18 4 8 6 17 23 10 2 5 3 10 14 8 2 3 3 7 9 -6 20
13 Rapide Oued Zem 18 4 7 7 14 14 8 2 4 2 7 5 10 2 3 5 7 9 0 19
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 17 3 6 8 11 23 9 3 4 2 8 8 8 0 2 6 3 15 -12 15
16 Raja Beni Mellal 17 0 4 13 9 27 8 0 3 5 8 15 9 0 1 8 1 12 -18 4

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.