Botola Pro: Wydad Casablanca - FAR Rabat preview and statistics

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Wed 28.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Mohamed V (55000 seats)

Wydad Casablanca and FAR Rabat are both riding high in the Botola Pro with their 1st and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Wydad Casablanca have the most scored goals (56) in Botola Pro
  • FAR Rabat have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

Wydad Casablanca are already the Botola Pro winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one. FAR Rabat are staying put at 3rd place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

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Wydad Casablanca form and stats

33 points is a decent return from 14 Botola Pro games here at Stade Mohamed V for Wydad Casablanca. The data says 10 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

The home team returns to Stade Mohamed V after being equal after 90 minutes with Chabab Mohammédia (placed 8th) on their last time out; the Botola Pro game ended 1-1.

Before that game, the home loss against Ittihad Tanger with the scoreline 2-4.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Wydad Casablanca, as the Coupe Du Trone home game vs Moghreb Tétouan is only three days away.

Goals decide football matches and Casablanca are scoring many of them at home; 33 on target from 14 league matches. Casablanca have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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FAR Rabat form and stats

Playing away, FAR Rabat have won 7 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the Botola Pro this season.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Rabat goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Rabat played 0-0 against Olympic Safi in their previous match.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Hassania Agadir.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Coupe Du Trone trip to Raja Beni Mellal.

Rabat have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 19 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result FAR Rabat - Casablanca 0-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wydad Casablanca four wins, five draws and FAR Rabat one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wydad CasablancaA. El Kaabi
A. El Kaabi
18 goals
CasablancaS. Msuva
S. Msuva
7 goals
FAR RabatM. El Khaloui
M. El Khaloui
7 goals

Wydad Casablanca missing players

FAR Rabat missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wydad Casablanca FAR Rabat
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 3 14 29
19 10 2 Won W 2 7 14
7 3 1 Drew D 0 3 9
3 1 0 Lost L 1 4 6
56 33 7 Scored S 6 19 39
26 13 1 Conceded C 5 12 27
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 83%
76% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 69%
45% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 45%
31% 43% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 7% 17%
21% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 7% 14%
48% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 55%
52% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 38%
10% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 24%
 
4.8 5.6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6 5.1
4.2 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.1 3.9
1.7 1.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2.1
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.2 11.1 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.6 7.5
4.4 4.9 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.4 3.1
44% 48% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 40% 43%
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • FAR Rabat have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wydad Casablanca have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wydad Casablanca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Wydad Casablanca have the most clean sheets (15) in Botola Pro
  • Wydad Casablanca have the most points (33) at home in Botola Pro
  • Wydad Casablanca have the most scored goals (33) at home in Botola Pro
  • Wydad Casablanca have the most scored goals (56) in Botola Pro
  • Wydad Casablanca have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Botola Pro
  • Wydad Casablanca have the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Botola Pro
  • Wydad Casablanca have the the best goal difference (+30) in Botola Pro

  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 29 19 7 3 56 26 14 10 3 1 33 13 15 9 4 2 23 13 30 64
2 Raja Casablanca 29 16 8 5 45 24 15 10 2 3 25 11 14 6 6 2 20 13 21 56
3 FAR Rabat 29 14 9 6 39 27 15 7 6 2 20 15 14 7 3 4 19 12 12 51
4 RSB Berkane 29 12 6 11 34 34 15 6 5 4 20 14 14 6 1 7 14 20 0 42
5 Mouloudia Oujda 29 12 5 12 38 35 15 6 2 7 20 17 14 6 3 5 18 18 3 41
6 Maghreb Fes 29 7 15 7 28 31 14 5 6 3 17 15 15 2 9 4 11 16 -3 36
7 Ittihad Tanger 29 10 6 13 29 35 15 4 3 8 13 18 14 6 3 5 16 17 -6 36
8 Chabab Mohammédia 29 7 14 8 26 23 15 4 6 5 12 10 14 3 8 3 14 13 3 35
9 Difaâ El Jadida 29 9 8 12 32 38 15 5 6 4 17 14 14 4 2 8 15 24 -6 35
10 Hassania Agadir 29 8 10 11 21 24 14 5 5 4 15 13 15 3 5 7 6 11 -3 34
11 Olympic Safi 29 8 10 11 30 41 14 4 8 2 17 17 15 4 2 9 13 24 -11 34
12 Moghreb Tétouan 29 6 14 9 34 40 14 3 7 4 16 17 15 3 7 5 18 23 -6 32
13 FUS Rabat 29 7 11 11 30 36 14 4 5 5 15 17 15 3 6 6 15 19 -6 32
14 Rapide Oued Zem 29 7 11 11 27 35 15 6 3 6 17 19 14 1 8 5 10 16 -8 32
15 Youssoufia Berrechid 29 6 12 11 22 33 14 3 6 5 8 12 15 3 6 6 14 21 -11 30
16 CR Khemis Zemamra 29 7 8 14 30 39 14 5 4 5 18 16 15 2 4 9 12 23 -9 29

Table
  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 29 19 7 3 56 26 14 10 3 1 33 13 15 9 4 2 23 13 30 64
2 Raja Casablanca 29 16 8 5 45 24 15 10 2 3 25 11 14 6 6 2 20 13 21 56
3 FAR Rabat 29 14 9 6 39 27 15 7 6 2 20 15 14 7 3 4 19 12 12 51
4 RSB Berkane 29 12 6 11 34 34 15 6 5 4 20 14 14 6 1 7 14 20 0 42
5 Mouloudia Oujda 29 12 5 12 38 35 15 6 2 7 20 17 14 6 3 5 18 18 3 41
6 Maghreb Fes 29 7 15 7 28 31 14 5 6 3 17 15 15 2 9 4 11 16 -3 36
7 Ittihad Tanger 29 10 6 13 29 35 15 4 3 8 13 18 14 6 3 5 16 17 -6 36
8 Chabab Mohammédia 29 7 14 8 26 23 15 4 6 5 12 10 14 3 8 3 14 13 3 35
9 Difaâ El Jadida 29 9 8 12 32 38 15 5 6 4 17 14 14 4 2 8 15 24 -6 35
10 Hassania Agadir 29 8 10 11 21 24 14 5 5 4 15 13 15 3 5 7 6 11 -3 34
11 Olympic Safi 29 8 10 11 30 41 14 4 8 2 17 17 15 4 2 9 13 24 -11 34
12 Moghreb Tétouan 29 6 14 9 34 40 14 3 7 4 16 17 15 3 7 5 18 23 -6 32
13 FUS Rabat 29 7 11 11 30 36 14 4 5 5 15 17 15 3 6 6 15 19 -6 32
14 Rapide Oued Zem 29 7 11 11 27 35 15 6 3 6 17 19 14 1 8 5 10 16 -8 32
15 Youssoufia Berrechid 29 6 12 11 22 33 14 3 6 5 8 12 15 3 6 6 14 21 -11 30
16 CR Khemis Zemamra 29 7 8 14 30 39 14 5 4 5 18 16 15 2 4 9 12 23 -9 29

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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.