National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Olympic Safi or Rapide Oued Zem that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Olympic's stadium, Stade El Massira, has a grass surface. Rapide Oued Zem have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Rapide Oued Zem when playing on grass; 3 wins, 10 draws and 19 losses from 32 matches. They have scored 23 goals in these games and conceded 44.
Olympic Safi form and stats
Last season, Olympic's Coupe Du Trone journey ended in the 16th finals.As mentioned below, Olympic Safi are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Botola Pro games. Olympic has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade El Massira, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 194 minutes without scoring a league goal. M. Zaya was the last player to find the net.
Olympic lost their last game at Hassania Agadir after a 0-2 scoreline. 0-0 away at Youssoufia Berrechid before that.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Olympic Safi at home in the league. 6 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Rapide Oued Zem form and stats
Rapide's mission in Coupe Du Trone last season failed in the quarter-finals.Still no away game victory in the Botola Pro for Rapide Oued Zem with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Rapide have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Youssoufia Berrechid game.
Rapide Oued Zem have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 228 minutes ago. M. Louadni was the goal scorer. The Rapide goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Rapide played 0-0 against FAR Rabat in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the Botola Pro away draw versus Chabab Mohammédia that ended 0-0.
2 goals so far away for Rapide Oued Zem, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between the teams: Olympic won two, Rapide Oued Zem won two and two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Benyachou 4 goals |  B. El Bahri 1 goals |
Olympic Safi missing players
Rapide Oued Zem missing players
| Olympic Safi | Rapide Oued Zem | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Scored | S | 9 | 26 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 40% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 60% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Raja Casablanca | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Wydad Casablanca | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Ittihad Tanger | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Chabab Mohammédia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Maghreb Fès | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | RSB Berkane | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Olympic Safi | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | FUS Rabat | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Moghreb Tetouan | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | FAR Rabat | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Youssoufia Berrechid | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Rapide Oued Zem | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | CR Khemis Zemamra | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 3 |
| 14 | Difaâ El Jadida | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 2 |
| 15 | Hassania Agadir | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 16 | Mouloudia Oujda | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 1 |