Stade Al Bachir: Riadi Salmi vs UTS Rabat Botola Pro preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Wed 19.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Al Bachir (12000 seats)

All the points stay with the home side, the away team claims the win or a score draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table teams Riadi Salmi and UTS Rabat battle at Stade Al Bachir.

Insights:
  • UTS Rabat have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Riadi Salmi nor UTS Rabat as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Riadi Salmi form and stats

3-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Botola Pro numbers at home for Riadi Salmi so far this season.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Riadi Salmi, who played 1-1 against UTS Rabat. That match was also played at this venue (Stade Al Bachir).

0-0 away at Raja Casablanca before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Riadi Salmi have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 4 and lost 2.

Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 12 league matches, 11 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).

Riadi aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Al Bachir in the league, with only {10 goals} from 11 games. 13 goals have been conceded.

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UTS Rabat form and stats

There's been little loot from UTS Rabat's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Botola Pro. UTS Rabat only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.

UTS Rabat are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Riadi Salmi (placed 7th).

A 1-2 loss hosting Wydad Casablanca before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with UTS Rabat playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 UTS Rabat win, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rabat as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. UTS Rabat struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

UTS Rabat - Riadi Salmi 2-1 was the scoreline in these contenders' last h2h fixture, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Riadi Salmi one win, one draw and UTS Rabat one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Riadi SalmiG. Sillah
G. Sillah
6 goals
UTS RabatT. Bentayeb
T. Bentayeb
5 goals
RiadiE. Maouhoub
E. Maouhoub
4 goals

Riadi Salmi missing players

UTS Rabat missing players

Riadi Salmi UTS Rabat
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 1 12 24
8 3 0 Won W 1 2 8
9 5 2 Drew D 0 5 7
7 4 0 Lost L 0 5 9
24 11 2 Scored S 2 11 23
24 14 2 Conceded C 1 18 27
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
62% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 62%
25% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 42%
8% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 8%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
46% 58% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 58% 50%
33% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 29%
33% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 29%
 
3.8 4.2 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.8 4.3
4.2 3.3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 11 7.5 7.1
2.8 2.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.3 3.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 5 9
 
8.2 9.4 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.2 8.8
3.4 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.7 3.6
29% 22% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 25% 27%
 
8 6.7 3.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11.2 10.2
3.1 2.8 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.6 4
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • UTS Rabat have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 FAR Rabat 23 15 5 3 40 15 12 9 2 1 26 9 11 6 3 2 14 6 25 50
2 Wydad Casablanca 23 14 7 2 33 17 11 8 2 1 17 6 12 6 5 1 16 11 16 49
3 FUS Rabat 23 11 8 4 26 12 11 6 4 1 16 6 12 5 4 3 10 6 14 41
4 Olympic Safi 23 10 9 4 27 21 11 4 6 1 13 9 12 6 3 3 14 12 6 39
5 Raja Casablanca 23 9 8 6 25 20 12 7 5 0 16 7 11 2 3 6 9 13 5 35
6 RSB Berkane 23 8 9 6 21 22 12 5 2 5 14 16 11 3 7 1 7 6 -1 33
7 Riadi Salmi 23 8 8 7 23 23 11 3 4 4 10 13 12 5 4 3 13 10 0 32
8 UTS Rabat 23 8 6 9 22 26 12 6 2 4 12 9 11 2 4 5 10 17 -4 30
9 Maghreb Fes 23 6 11 6 24 22 11 4 5 2 10 6 12 2 6 4 14 16 2 29
10 Hassania Agadir 23 7 5 11 20 25 12 4 4 4 12 12 11 3 1 7 8 13 -5 26
11 Moghreb Tetouan 23 5 11 7 23 29 12 4 5 3 11 13 11 1 6 4 12 16 -6 26
12 Chabab Mohammedia 23 6 6 11 18 25 12 3 5 4 13 16 11 3 1 7 5 9 -7 24
13 Mouloudia Oujda 23 6 5 12 24 28 11 2 4 5 10 12 12 4 1 7 14 16 -4 23
14 Difaâ El Jadida 23 5 7 11 19 31 12 4 4 4 8 10 11 1 3 7 11 21 -12 22
15 Khouribga 23 2 11 10 17 28 11 2 4 5 10 13 12 0 7 5 7 15 -11 17
16 Ittihad Tanger 23 5 2 16 14 32 11 4 1 6 10 11 12 1 1 10 4 21 -18 17

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.