Match Report
The table read 3rd (Raja Casablanca, 8 pts) against 2nd (Mamelodi Sundowns, 9 pts), 1 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Raja Casablanca 0.67 scored and 0.83 conceded per game, Mamelodi Sundowns 0.83 and 0.67, with the league averaging 1.15.
Momentum sat with Mamelodi Sundowns, winners of their last four, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Over the last five, Raja Casablanca had taken 7 of 15 points to Mamelodi Sundowns's 13.
Stade Mohamed V in Casablanca staged the fixture, a ground that holds 55,000. Raja Casablanca led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Raja Casablanca: Benaissa Benamar (45')