Open game expected: UTS Rabat vs Difaâ El Jadida preview

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Sun 29.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Plenty of highs and lows for these two sides so far this season, holding positions near the center of the Botola Pro table. Here's the UTS Rabat - Difaâ El Jadida latest:

Insights:
  • UTS Rabat have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Difaâ El Jadida have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Botola Pro

The hosts UTS Rabat saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Botola Pro. Thankfully the previous game, versus Khouribga, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.

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UTS Rabat form and stats

UTS Rabat have played 8 Botola Pro games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The home club members saw a 0-0 draw versus Khouribga last time out and are looking for a win here.

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Mouloudia Oujda the opponent.

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 UTS Rabat have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Rabat aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only {7 goals} from 8 games. From these home matches, UTS Rabat have conceded only 5 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Difaâ El Jadida form and stats

There's been little loot from Difaâ El Jadida's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Botola Pro. Difaâ El Jadida only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.

Farah was the last player to score for the away team. Difaâ El Jadida haven't scored a league goal in the last 193 minutes.

Jadida delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Raja Casablanca (placed 4th) in their previous fixture.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting RSB Berkane's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Difaâ El Jadida playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 4 Difaâ El Jadida wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

In the opposite end, Difaâ El Jadida have conceded 12 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

UTS Rabat and Difaâ El Jadida have played each other earlier this season: Difaâ El Jadida - UTS Rabat 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Rabat zero wins, one draw and Difaâ El Jadida two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Difaâ El JadidaM. Juma Choka
M. Juma Choka
5 goals
UTS RabatH. Khaloua
H. Khaloua
4 goals
UTS RabatA. Zouhzouh
A. Zouhzouh
3 goals

UTS Rabat missing players

Difaâ El Jadida missing players

UTS Rabat Difaâ El Jadida
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 3 Played P 1 7 15
6 4 1 Won W 0 1 5
4 1 0 Drew D 0 3 6
5 3 2 Lost L 1 3 4
13 7 3 Scored S 0 7 15
13 5 4 Conceded C 1 12 19
87% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 80%
47% 38% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 60%
33% 25% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 53%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
33% 25% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 71% 53%
40% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 33%
40% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 29% 33%
 
3.6 3.6 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3.9 3.7
7.5 7.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.1 5.4
3.5 3.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.3
7 4 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
8.7 8.5 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 3 7.4 8.1
3.4 3.2 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.3 3.4
25% 27% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 29%
 
11.4 9.5 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.9 10.6
3.9 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 3.7
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 (7) in Botola Pro
  • UTS Rabat have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.

  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 16 10 4 2 28 11 9 6 2 1 20 8 7 4 2 1 8 3 17 34
2 Wydad Casablanca 15 9 4 2 18 9 7 5 1 1 10 4 8 4 3 1 8 5 9 31
3 FUS Rabat 15 8 5 2 18 8 7 3 3 1 8 4 8 5 2 1 10 4 10 29
4 Raja Casablanca 16 7 6 3 19 11 8 5 3 0 11 4 8 2 3 3 8 7 8 27
5 Olympic Safi 16 7 6 3 19 15 8 3 4 1 9 6 8 4 2 2 10 9 4 27
6 Riadi Salmi 16 6 6 4 19 16 8 2 3 3 7 9 8 4 3 1 12 7 3 24
7 RSB Berkane 15 6 5 4 13 12 8 4 1 3 9 8 7 2 4 1 4 4 1 23
8 Maghreb Fes 16 5 7 4 16 14 7 3 3 1 6 3 9 2 4 3 10 11 2 22
9 UTS Rabat 15 6 4 5 13 13 8 4 1 3 7 5 7 2 3 2 6 8 0 22
10 Difaâ El Jadida 15 5 6 4 15 19 8 4 3 1 8 7 7 1 3 3 7 12 -4 21
11 Chabab Mohammédia 15 5 3 7 13 17 8 2 3 3 8 11 7 3 0 4 5 6 -4 18
12 Moghreb Tetouan 16 3 8 5 19 24 9 2 4 3 9 13 7 1 4 2 10 11 -5 17
13 Hassania Agadir 15 3 5 7 13 16 8 1 4 3 7 9 7 2 1 4 6 7 -3 14
14 Mouloudia Oujda 16 3 4 9 17 23 7 0 3 4 6 10 9 3 1 5 11 13 -6 13
15 Khouribga 15 0 7 8 7 17 7 0 2 5 4 10 8 0 5 3 3 7 -10 7
16 Ittihad Tanger 16 0 2 14 5 27 7 0 1 6 2 10 9 0 1 8 3 17 -22 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.