Match Report
The table read 4th (Raja Beni Mellal, 47 pts) against 2nd (Yacoub El Mansour, 51 pts), 4 points apart. Raja Beni Mellal had been under-performing their position — 14th on five-round form against 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Raja Beni Mellal were scoring 1.2 and conceding 0.7, Yacoub El Mansour 1.67 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.07 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Stade Municipal de Beni Mellal in Beni Mellal (capacity 8,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.