Botola Pro preview: Can Wydad Casablanca edge out victory against FAR Rabat?

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Fri 29.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Mohamed V (55000 seats)

The two sides are relishing a good season so far and matches like today could be deciding. Here's the preview for Wydad Casablanca - FAR Rabat!

Insights:
  • Wydad Casablanca have the most scored goals (32) in Botola Pro
  • FAR Rabat have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Botola Pro

Wydad Casablanca have less rest than FAR Rabat in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Botola Pro game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Olympic Safi, so at least Wydad Casablanca are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Wydad Casablanca form and stats

Home games in the Botola Pro have been a walk in the park for Wydad Casablanca so far, with 25 points won from 10 matches; 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

It's back home for Wydad Casablanca, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Olympic Safi away with the result 1-0. Hassouni found the net in that victory.

A decent goal production from Casablanca in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Wydad Casablanca have conceded only 8 goals.

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FAR Rabat form and stats

Playing away, FAR Rabat have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Botola Pro this season. FAR Rabat seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The club members enjoyed FAR Rabat's previous game versus Ittihad Tanger (placed 12th), a 4-1 win played at home.

aweayteam Hara magic won.

The visiting Rabat have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 10 games. It's not easy to score on FAR Rabat as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the contenders met previously this campaign; FAR Rabat - Casablanca 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wydad Casablanca five wins, four draws and FAR Rabat one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CasablancaG. Mbenza Kamboleke
G. Mbenza Kamboleke
11 goals
FAR RabatI. Khafi
I. Khafi
7 goals
FAR RabatR. Slim
R. Slim
5 goals

Wydad Casablanca missing players

FAR Rabat missing players

Wydad Casablanca FAR Rabat
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 2 10 21
14 8 1 Won W 0 4 8
4 1 1 Drew D 1 3 7
3 1 0 Lost L 1 3 6
32 17 2 Scored S 1 13 27
16 8 1 Conceded C 2 8 22
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 90%
62% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 81%
33% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 48%
19% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
19% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
33% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 57%
62% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 29%
19% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 24%
 
4.4 5.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.4 5.1
3.1 3.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.9 4
2.4 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.7
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.5 10.6 5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 9.6 8.7
4.5 5.6 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.9 3.4
34% 30% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 33% 38%
 
4.6 5.6 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 6.5 9.2 9.2
1.9 2.1 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.2 4
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • FAR Rabat have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FAR Rabat have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Botola Pro
  • Wydad Casablanca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Wydad Casablanca have the most points (25) at home in Botola Pro
  • Wydad Casablanca have the most scored goals (32) in Botola Pro
  • Wydad Casablanca have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Botola Pro
  • Wydad Casablanca have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Wydad Casablanca 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 Wydad Casablanca 21 14 4 3 32 16 10 8 1 1 17 8 11 6 3 2 15 8 16 46
2 Raja Casablanca 22 13 7 2 30 14 11 6 4 1 15 7 11 7 3 1 15 7 16 46
3 Maghreb Fes 22 6 13 3 18 12 11 5 6 0 13 4 11 1 7 3 5 8 6 31
4 FAR Rabat 21 8 7 6 27 22 11 4 4 3 14 14 10 4 3 3 13 8 5 31
5 Khouribga 22 7 9 6 28 28 11 3 7 1 12 12 11 4 2 5 16 16 0 30
6 Difaa El Jadida 22 7 9 6 24 28 11 5 5 1 11 7 11 2 4 5 13 21 -4 30
7 Chabab Mohammedia 22 7 8 7 23 18 11 7 2 2 18 6 11 0 6 5 5 12 5 29
8 Riadi Salmi 21 8 5 8 28 24 11 5 2 4 15 12 10 3 3 4 13 12 4 29
9 Hassania Agadir 22 8 5 9 17 16 10 4 2 4 9 8 12 4 3 5 8 8 1 29
10 RSB Berkane 21 6 10 5 22 19 11 5 4 2 17 10 10 1 6 3 5 9 3 28
11 FUS Rabat 22 7 7 8 25 25 11 4 4 3 14 12 11 3 3 5 11 13 0 28
12 Ittihad Tanger 22 8 3 11 25 32 11 5 3 3 13 11 11 3 0 8 12 21 -7 27
13 Olympic Safi 22 5 8 9 13 18 11 3 5 3 7 7 11 2 3 6 6 11 -5 23
14 Youssoufia Berrechid 22 5 7 10 20 31 11 4 3 4 9 10 11 1 4 6 11 21 -11 22
15 Mouloudia Oujda 22 5 6 11 25 32 11 3 3 5 16 20 11 2 3 6 9 12 -7 21
16 Rapide Oued Zem 22 3 6 13 9 31 11 2 2 7 3 15 11 1 4 6 6 16 -22 15

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.