RSB Berkane greet Difaâ El Jadida as odds-on favourites: Full football preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Municipal de Berkane (10000 seats)

Botola Pro: The average league table spots tell a story of the journey RSB Berkane and Difaâ El Jadida have taken so far. Both teams are ready for the match; let's bake this cake!

Insights:
  • RSB Berkane have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Botola Pro

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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RSB Berkane form and stats

Overall Botola Pro statistics at home this season for RSB Berkane are 3-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Berkane against UTS Rabat the last match.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Raja Casablanca (0-2).

Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 10 league games, 8 have seen zero, one or two goals.

RSB Berkane has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. RSB Berkane's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Difaâ El Jadida form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Difaâ El Jadida so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose).

Jadida had fun at their own home (Stade Municipal de Berkane) last time out, beating Ittihad Tanger 2-1. Crazy, but true: this side has finished three consecutive league matches with the score 2-1!

Preceding that game was the away victory against Mouloudia Oujda with the score of 2-1.

Goal alert! This club have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all ending with three or more than three goals (over 2.5 goals).

Difaâ El Jadida are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Jadida have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): RSB Berkane won three games, six matches ended with a tie and Difaâ El Jadida have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Difaâ El JadidaM. Juma Choka
M. Juma Choka
5 goals
RSB BerkaneI. Dayo
I. Dayo
3 goals
Difaâ El JadidaA. Farah
A. Farah
3 goals

RSB Berkane missing players

Difaâ El Jadida missing players

RSB Berkane Difaâ El Jadida
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 1 6 13
4 3 0 Won W 0 1 5
5 1 0 Drew D 1 3 5
4 3 1 Lost L 0 2 3
11 8 1 Scored S 0 7 15
12 8 2 Conceded C 0 11 18
85% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 83% 85%
62% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 83% 69%
23% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 62%
8% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
38% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 83% 62%
38% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 17% 31%
38% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 17% 23%
 
3.5 3.7 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.3 4.1
3.9 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.5 5.6
1.8 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
8.2 9.9 6 Shots (avg) S ( 4 8.2 8.8
2.9 3.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.7 3.7
29% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 31%
 
8 8.1 6 Shots against (avg) S A 14 10.7 10.5
2.6 3.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.3 3.6
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • Difaâ El Jadida have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Botola Pro
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Botola Pro
  • RSB Berkane have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • RSB Berkane have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Botola Pro
  • RSB Berkane have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Botola Pro
  • RSB Berkane 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 FAR Rabat 13 8 4 1 21 8 7 4 2 1 13 6 6 4 2 0 8 2 13 28
2 FUS Rabat 13 7 5 1 16 6 6 3 3 0 7 2 7 4 2 1 9 4 10 26
3 Wydad Casablanca 13 7 4 2 16 9 6 4 1 1 9 4 7 3 3 1 7 5 7 25
4 Raja Casablanca 13 6 5 2 17 8 7 4 3 0 10 4 6 2 2 2 7 4 9 23
5 UTS Rabat 14 6 3 5 13 13 7 4 0 3 7 5 7 2 3 2 6 8 0 21
6 Maghreb Fes 13 5 5 3 14 11 6 3 2 1 5 2 7 2 3 2 9 9 3 20
7 Riadi Salmi 13 5 5 3 16 14 6 1 3 2 5 8 7 4 2 1 11 6 2 20
8 Olympic Safi 13 5 5 3 14 13 6 2 3 1 5 4 7 3 2 2 9 9 1 20
9 Difaâ El Jadida 13 5 5 3 15 18 7 4 2 1 8 7 6 1 3 2 7 11 -3 20
10 RSB Berkane 13 4 5 4 11 12 7 3 1 3 8 8 6 1 4 1 3 4 -1 17
11 Chabab Mohammedia 13 4 3 6 12 16 7 2 3 2 8 10 6 2 0 4 4 6 -4 15
12 Hassania Agadir 13 3 4 6 12 14 7 1 4 2 7 8 6 2 0 4 5 6 -2 13
13 Moghreb Tetouan 13 2 7 4 15 20 7 2 3 2 7 10 6 0 4 2 8 10 -5 13
14 Mouloudia Oujda 14 2 4 8 13 19 7 0 3 4 6 10 7 2 1 4 7 9 -6 10
15 Khouribga 13 0 6 7 7 16 6 0 2 4 4 9 7 0 4 3 3 7 -9 6
16 Ittihad Tanger 13 0 2 11 5 20 6 0 1 5 2 9 7 0 1 6 3 11 -15 2

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.