It's game one of two in the CAF Champions League as CS Constantine host Etoile du Sahel. This is a 1st Preliminary Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
CS Constantine form and stats
CS Constantine have performed here at Stade Mohamed-Hamlaoui this season with 11 wins from 15 Ligue 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.
The CS Constantine supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host USM Alger and win 3-0. The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Dib, having scored in three games in a row.
Prior to that, an away loss at El Bayadh in the Ligue 1.A decent goal production from CS Constantine in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 15 league matches. Defensively CS Constantine have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 15 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Etoile du Sahel form and stats
They also participated in CAF Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.Etoile go into this game after a win, the home game against Olympique Beja that ended 5-0. As you can tell from the results above, Etoile du Sahel was very dominant against Olympique Beja, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Abdelli (2), Chamakhi (2) and Abid providing the goals.
Ahead of that match was the Ligue 1 away draw versus Ben Guerdane that ended 0-0.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Dib 8 goals |  M. Koukpo 5 goals | M. Madani 5 goals |
CS Constantine missing players
Etoile du Sahel missing players
| CS Constantine | Etoile du Sahel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 44 | 29 | Scored | S | 10 | 31 | ||
| 25 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 15% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 83% | Clean Sheets | C S | 69% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 55% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CR Belouizdad | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 44 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 64 |
| 2 | CS Constantine | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 50 |
| 3 | MC Alger | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 47 |
| 4 | El Bayadh | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 46 |
| 5 | JS Saoura | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 42 |
| 6 | ES Setif | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 42 |
| 7 | ASO Chlef | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 42 |
| 8 | USM Khenchela | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 42 |
| 9 | Paradou AC | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 41 |
| 10 | MC Oran | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 28 | -7 | 41 |
| 11 | USM Alger | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 40 |
| 12 | US Biskra | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 13 | NC Magra | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 23 | -1 | 40 |
| 14 | JS Kabylie | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 39 |
| 15 | RC Arbaa | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 23 | -4 | 36 |
| 16 | HB Chelghoum Laid | 30 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 76 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 34 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 42 | -65 | 4 |
