Difaa El Jadida vs Raja Casablanca prediction 25.12.2024 | Botola Pro - Morocco
Difaâ El Jadida
Kick off:
Date:
Raja Casablanca
1
3.40
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2.90
2
2.25
Contents
- Competition: Botola Pro
- Date: Wednesday, 25th December 2024
- Kickoff: 19:00 UK / 20:00 CET
- Venue: Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium (El Jadida)
Last season, Difaa El Jadida played in the second level of Moroccan football, so anything more than relegation is acceptable for Zakaria Aboub's team. After almost half of the 2024/25 season, Difaa El Jadida is three points above the relegation zone. The club from El Jadida didn't start the season well, but everything began to change after the head coach Aboub's arrival. Difaa El Jadida lost only one of the last eight matches. In the previous game, they played 1-1 on the road against IR Tanger. The guests were behind most of the match, but they scored the equalizer in the second half's stoppage time and took one point.
Raja Casablanca are one of the best teams in the country. Last year, they won the championship title, while this season, Raja is far from the same success as they are currently ten points behind the league leader, Berkane. Raja Casablanca won only three of the last 12 matches. In the previous game, they won 3-0 at home against Chabab Mohammedia. That was probably the best performance in the season for Raja Casablanca, so that may be the spark they needed.
Difaa El Jadida vs Raja Casablanca pick: Under 2.5 goals
Difaa El Jadida allowed only one goal in the last five home matches in all competitions. On the other hand, Raja Casablanca scored only four goals in the previous five road games. We should expect the game between Difaa El Jadida and Raja Casablanca to be low-scoring.
Difaâ El Jadida vs Raja Casablanca Head to Head (H2H) stats
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Raja Casablanca
3 : 2
Difaâ El Jadida
Botola Pro
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Difaâ El Jadida
0 : 0
Raja Casablanca
Botola Pro
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Raja Casablanca
2 : 0
Difaâ El Jadida
Botola Pro
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Difaâ El Jadida
0 : 2
Raja Casablanca
Botola Pro
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Raja Casablanca
2 : 0
Difaâ El Jadida
Botola Pro
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Difaâ El Jadida
0 : 0
Raja Casablanca
Botola Pro
Difaa El Jadida team news
The upcoming tie between Difaa El Jadida and Raja Casablanca will also be interesting because the head coach, Zakaria Aboub, played for both teams during his playing career. He doesn't have a lot of experience, as Aboub led only Safi and JS Soualem in his young coaching career. Both times, Zakaria didn't last for a year, but Difaa El Jadida are playing well since he came, so maybe Aboub found his place.
Last matches of Difaâ El Jadida
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Ittihad Tanger
1 : 1
Difaâ El Jadida
Botola Pro
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FUS Rabat
3 : 3
Difaâ El Jadida
Botola Pro
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Difaâ El Jadida
1 : 1
RSB Berkane
Botola Pro
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Chabab Mohammédia
1 : 4
Difaâ El Jadida
Botola Pro
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CODM Meknès
3 : 0
Difaâ El Jadida
Botola Pro
Difaâ El Jadida lineup
Goalkeeper
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1
Marouane Bessak
Defenders
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4
Marouane Lemzaouri
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15
Marouane Hadhoudi
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5
Youssef Aguerdoum
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13
Omar Jerrari
Midfielders
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3
Omar Arjoune
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8
Moustapha Chichane
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24
Adil El Hassnaoui
Forwards
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11
Khalid Baba
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31
Mustapha Sahd
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7
Reda Majji
Raja Casablanca team news
After a lot of pressure from Raja Casablanca fans, the head coach, Sa Pinto, parted ways with the club. In his place came Hafid Abdessadek, who was only an assistant manager in a few clubs but now took over the club as an interim manager. In the first game in charge, Raja Casablanca outplayed Chabab Mohammedia.
Last matches of Raja Casablanca
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Raja Casablanca
3 : 0
Chabab Mohammédia
Botola Pro
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Raja Casablanca
2 : 1
UTS Rabat
Botola Pro
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Mamelodi Sundowns
1 : 0
Raja Casablanca
CAF Champions League
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Maniema Union
1 : 1
Raja Casablanca
CAF Champions League
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Hassania Agadir
1 : 3
Raja Casablanca
Botola Pro
Raja Casablanca lineup
Goalkeeper
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22
El Mehdi Al Harrar
Defenders
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19
Mohamed Zrida
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16
Benaissa Benamar
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28
Bouchaib Arrassi
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2
Abdelkarim Baadi
Midfielders
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18
Federico Bikoro
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34
Sabir Bougrine
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8
Hilal Ferdaoussi
Forwards
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20
Marouane Zila
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40
Younes Najari
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77
Adam Ennaffati
5 Reasons why we shouldn't see more than two goals in this match
- Difaa El Jadida allowed only one goal in the last five home matches
- There were two or fewer goals in each of the previous five Difaa El Jadida home games
- Raja Casablanca scored only four goals in the last five road matches
- There were two or fewer goals in four of the previous five Raja Casablanca games away from home
- Difaa El Jadida and Raja Casablanca went under 2.5 goals in five of the last six h2h matches
Main prediction Difaâ El Jadida - Raja Casablanca
Under 2.5 goals
Best Odds:
bet365
1.44
Additional predictions
Difaâ El Jadida & Raja Casablanca current standing in Botola Pro
| Regular Season | P | W | D | L |
G - A
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GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RSB Berkane | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 22 - 6 | +16 | 36 |
| 2 | CR Khemis Zemamra | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 - 11 | +5 | 25 |
| 3 | FAR Rabat | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 - 9 | +13 | 24 |
| 4 | Wydad Casablanca | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 - 14 | +6 | 24 |
| 5 | FUS Rabat | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 - 14 | +10 | 23 |
| 6 | Raja Casablanca | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 - 11 | +6 | 23 |
| 7 | Maghreb Fès | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 - 11 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Olympic Safi | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 - 18 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Difaâ El Jadida | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 - 20 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | UTS Rabat | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 - 15 | +3 | 19 |
| 11 | Hassania Agadir | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 - 16 | -2 | 17 |
| 12 | Riadi Salmi | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 - 15 | -5 | 17 |
| 13 | CODM Meknès | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 - 23 | -11 | 17 |
| 14 | Ittihad Tanger | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 - 18 | -2 | 16 |
| 15 | Moghreb Tétouan | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 - 16 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Chabab Mohammédia | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 - 37 | -30 | 3 |