Wydad Casablanca favourites for feisty fight facing FUS Rabat

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Competition: Morocco Botola Pro
Competition: Sun 29.January
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Mohamed V (55000 seats)

These two sides are satisfied with a nice season so far and fixtures like this could be decisive. Get ready for Wydad Casablanca - FUS Rabat!

Insights:
  • Wydad Casablanca have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • FUS Rabat have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Botola Pro

10-8-10 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for FUS Rabat when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 28 matches are 34-32 (scored/conceded).

It's no vacation for neither Casablanca nor FUS 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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Wydad Casablanca form and stats

Wydad Casablanca are steadily winning Botola Pro games and points here at Stade Mohamed V. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. Wydad Casablanca has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade Mohamed V, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Wydad Casablanca are confident in defense, having played 458 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Wydad Casablanca's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Maghreb Fes (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Riadi Salmi and winning 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Casablanca handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

It should be taken into account that a glance at the 12 most recent league fixtures shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Wydad Casablanca has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Wydad Casablanca have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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FUS Rabat form and stats

FUS Rabat have an excellent away record in the Botola Pro so far with 5-2-1 from 8 games.

It's the second away game in a row for Rabat, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Hassania Agadir (placed 13th) last time out.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Moghreb Tetouan.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far FUS Rabat have scored 10 goals in 8 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

FUS Rabat have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (2-3-0) when facing Wydad Casablanca.

These competitors have met earlier this season: FUS Rabat - Casablanca 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

FUS RabatH. Hannouri
H. Hannouri
8 goals
Wydad CasablancaA. Hassouni
A. Hassouni
6 goals
Wydad CasablancaB. Junior Sambou
B. Junior Sambou
3 goals

Wydad Casablanca missing players

FUS Rabat missing players

Wydad Casablanca FUS Rabat
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 2 8 15
9 5 1 Won W 1 5 8
4 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
18 10 2 Scored S 1 10 18
9 4 1 Conceded C 1 4 8
80% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 80%
53% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 38% 47%
40% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 33%
7% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 7%
33% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 33%
60% 57% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 62% 60%
27% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 27%
 
5.2 6 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.8 5.4
2.7 3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.2 4.7
2.7 2.6 6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.9 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.2 12.4 9 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.6 10.7
4.3 4.9 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4 3.8
28% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 31% 32%
 
6.8 6.6 10 Shots against (avg) S A 11 8.9 7.5
1.9 1.6 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 2.6
Key stats in Botola Pro this season:
  • FUS Rabat have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FUS Rabat have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Botola Pro
  • FUS Rabat have the most points (17) away in Botola Pro
  • FUS Rabat have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Botola Pro
  • 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 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 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.