Home advantage could prove decisive in Riadi Salmi - Rapide Oued Zem battle

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Wed 15.June
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal de Berrechid (5000 seats)

In total; 24 games are finished and Riadi Salmi are 12 points on top of Rapide Oued Zem. Who will win?

Insights:
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals (11) in Botola Pro

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Riadi Salmi form and stats

The total Botola Pro statistics at home this season for Riadi Salmi are 5-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Riadi Salmi haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Karoui scored that one.

No payout for Riadi Salmi in their previous match, an away game at FUS Rabat that ended in defeat 0-1.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Mouloudia Oujda that ended 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Riadi handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

There will be little rest for Riadi Salmi after this match as they are travelling to Wydad Casablanca for a Botola Pro game in only four days.

Riadi Salmi has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches.

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Rapide Oued Zem form and stats

Rapide Oued Zem have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Botola Pro, after 1-4-7 (12 played).

Rapide won their last game, 1-0 versus Raja Casablanca played at home. Moufaddal came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Raja Casablanca last time out, making the manager Arena feel like a tactical genius.

Prior to that match, the Rapide Oued Zem manager Arena faced defeat when travelling to FAR Rabat and losing 1-3.

Rapide Oued Zem are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 6 draws and 12 defeats. From a total of 20 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ittihad Tanger in just three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rapide as they have only managed to score 7 times from 12 away games in the league. Rapide Oued Zem's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Rapide Oued Zem - Riadi 0-2 was the story when this pair of squads formerly met, earlier this season. Head to head numbers (for the preceeding two meetings): Riadi Salmi won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Rapide Oued Zem managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two

Top Goalscorers

Riadi SalmiR. Karoui
R. Karoui
5 goals
Riadi SalmiM. Sahd
M. Sahd
5 goals
Riadi SalmiM. Erbibi
M. Erbibi
3 goals

Riadi Salmi missing players

Rapide Oued Zem missing players

Riadi Salmi Rapide Oued Zem
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 3 12 24
8 5 1 Won W 1 1 4
6 3 1 Drew D 1 4 6
10 4 2 Lost L 1 7 14
31 15 3 Scored S 2 7 11
29 12 5 Conceded C 3 19 34
79% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 83%
67% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 62%
50% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 25%
17% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 12%
17% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
42% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 29%
42% 42% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 33%
38% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 42% 54%
 
2.8 2.4 2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.2 3.8
4.5 3.7 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 6.6 5.6
2.5 2.7 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 2.2
5 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
6.4 7.3 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 6.8 7
3.3 3.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.8 2.7
39% 34% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 21% 17%
 
8.7 8.4 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8 11.5 9.6
3.9 3.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 4.1 3.7
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Rapide Oued Zem have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals (11) in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Botola Pro
  • Rapide Oued Zem have the the worst goal difference (-23) in Botola Pro
  • Riadi Salmi have scored more than double the goals of Rapide Oued Zem.

  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 24 16 5 3 37 17 12 10 1 1 21 8 12 6 4 2 16 9 20 53
2 Raja Casablanca 24 14 7 3 32 15 12 7 4 1 17 7 12 7 3 2 15 8 17 49
3 FAR Rabat 24 10 7 7 31 26 12 5 4 3 17 15 12 5 3 4 14 11 5 37
4 Maghreb Fès 24 7 14 3 22 14 12 5 7 0 14 5 12 2 7 3 8 9 8 35
5 Chabab Mohammédia 24 8 8 8 25 21 12 7 2 3 19 9 12 1 6 5 6 12 4 32
6 RSB Berkane 24 7 11 6 27 24 12 6 4 2 21 13 12 1 7 4 6 11 3 32
7 FUS Rabat 24 8 8 8 27 26 12 5 4 3 15 12 12 3 4 5 12 14 1 32
8 Khouribga 24 7 10 7 29 30 12 3 8 1 13 13 12 4 2 6 16 17 -1 31
9 Difaa El Jadida 24 7 10 7 26 32 12 5 6 1 13 9 12 2 4 6 13 23 -6 31
10 Riadi Salmi 24 8 6 10 31 29 12 5 3 4 15 12 12 3 3 6 16 17 2 30
11 Hassania Agadir 24 8 6 10 19 19 12 4 3 5 11 11 12 4 3 5 8 8 0 30
12 Ittihad Tanger 24 8 5 11 27 34 12 5 4 3 13 11 12 3 1 8 14 23 -7 29
13 Olympic Safi 24 6 9 9 18 22 12 4 5 3 10 9 12 2 4 6 8 13 -4 27
14 Mouloudia Oujda 24 6 7 11 27 33 12 4 3 5 18 21 12 2 4 6 9 12 -6 25
15 Youssoufia Berrechid 24 5 7 12 22 35 12 4 3 5 9 11 12 1 4 7 13 24 -13 22
16 Rapide Oued Zem 24 4 6 14 11 34 12 3 2 7 4 15 12 1 4 7 7 19 -23 18

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.