National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Rapide Oued Zem or Wydad Casablanca that keep their silverware dream alive.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Botola Pro match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Olympic Safi.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Wydad Casablanca have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 5-4-1 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.
Rapide Oued Zem form and stats
Last season their Coupe Du Trone adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Rapide Oued Zem's results here at Stade du Phosphate in the Botola Pro have been very modest with 0 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Rapide has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager F. Sahabi and the players.
The fans are hoping that Rapide will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Botola Pro game against Olympic Safi. Ahead of that match, Rapide lost 0-1 at home to Wydad Casablanca.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Botola Pro game versus FUS Rabat in only four days. This game is also played here at Stade du Phosphate.
The lack of attacking qualities in Rapide means that they have only scored 2 goals in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Rapide's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Wydad Casablanca form and stats
They also participated in Coupe Du Trone last season. This ended in the 16th finals.Wydad Casablanca's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Wydad Casablanca collect 13 points from their 6 away matches in the Botola Pro. 4 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Wydad Casablanca delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Mouloudia Oujda in their previous match; a Botola Pro game. Before that, Wydad Casablanca secured a home win against Petro de Luanda with the score 2-0.
The visiting Casablanca have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 6 games. Casablanca are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Rapide Oued Zem-Wydad Casablanca H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Rapide zero wins, Wydad Casablanca five wins, two draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. El Kaabi 6 goals |  S. Msuva 3 goals |  B. El Bahri 2 goals |
Rapide Oued Zem missing players
Wydad Casablanca missing players
| Rapide Oued Zem | Wydad Casablanca | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 25 | 16 | Scored | S | 14 | 38 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Conceded | C | 12 | 18 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 43% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 51% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 26 |
| 2 | Raja Casablanca | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | FAR Rabat | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Olympic Safi | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 5 | Mouloudia Oujda | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Hassania Agadir | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Ittihad Tanger | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | RSB Berkane | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Chabab Mohammedia | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | FUS Rabat | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Youssoufia Berrechid | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Maghreb Fes | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Moghreb Tetouan | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 14 | Difaa El Jadida | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | CR Khemis Zemamra | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 16 | Rapide Oued Zem | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 8 |