Cape Town City host the first leg in this deciding CAF Confederations Cup Play-offs game. USM Alger will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Stade Omar Hamadi before the return leg in 7 days.
Cape Town City's stadium, Al-Nidal Stadium, has a grass surface. USM Alger have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for USM Alger when playing on grass; 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from twelve matches. They have scored {15 goals} in these games and conceded 10.
These are hectic days for the hosts, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Marumo Gallants FC, so at least Cape are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Cape Town City form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Cape Town City at their home stadium (Al-Nidal Stadium) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Cape Town City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Marumo Gallants FC (1-2). The defeat against Marumo Gallants FC was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by Chivaviro).
Before that, Cape had a Premier League home game versus Chippa United which ended with a victory 2-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Cape Town City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cape Town City as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Cape Town City has won 2 of these, drawn 6 and lost 3.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cape here at Al-Nidal Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). From these home matches, Cape Town City have conceded only 4 goals.
USM Alger form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Kara in order to reach play-offs of CAF Confederations Cup.USM Alger have six points from their first three away games in the Ligue 1, meaning two victories and a loss.
USM Alger won their last game, 2-1 versus Paradou AC played at home.
A draw for Alger before that, at their own venue hosting JS Saoura (1-1).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by USM Alger in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for USM Alger, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
The visiting Alger have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. USM Alger are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Mayo 4 goals | D. González Mendoza 3 goals |  A. Meziane Bentahar 2 goals |
Cape Town City missing players
USM Alger missing players
| Cape Town City | USM Alger | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 5 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Scored | S | 11 | 30 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 16 | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8.9 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 25% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | ||
| 7.3 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 28 |
| 2 | Richards Bay | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | Kaizer Chiefs | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | Chippa United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | AmaZulu | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Golden Arrows | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Royal AM | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 10 | Stellenbosch | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Marumo Gallants FC | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | TS Galaxy | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Cape Town City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Moroka Swallows | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Sekhukhune United | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 16 | Maritzburg United | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -13 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CS Constantine | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | USM Alger | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | USM Khenchela | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | ASO Chlef | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | RC Arbaa | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | ES Setif | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | El Bayadh | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | MC Alger | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | US Biskra | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | NC Magra | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | MC Oran | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Paradou AC | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | JS Saoura | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | JS Kabylie | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 16 | HB Chelghoum Laid | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -14 | 1 |
