It's time to decide the outcome of the CAF Confederations Cup Quarter-finals meeting between FAR Rabat and USM Alger. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
4 - 6 - 5 with 16-13. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for USM Alger when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. USM Alger play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
It's quite the trip for USM Alger when visiting Rabat as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
This should be an intriguing game with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
FAR Rabat form and stats
FAR Rabat was eliminated in the 2nd preliminary round last season in the CAF Confederations Cup. JS Kabylie was too strong.FAR Rabat are steadily winning Botola Pro games and points here at Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah. 9 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games.
The supporters are hoping that Rabat will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the CAF Confederations Cup fixture against USM Alger.
Before that, FAR Rabat had a Botola Pro home game versus Moghreb Tetouan which ended with a victory 2-1.FAR Rabat are traveling soon after this match as the Botola Pro match at Wydad Casablanca awaits in three days.
The FAR Rabat manager Cruz has got the team scoring with 26 from 12 home games in the league. Rabat are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
USM Alger form and stats
There's been little loot from USM Alger's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Ligue 1. USM Alger only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
The regulars enjoyed USM Alger's previous match versus FAR Rabat, a CAF Confederations Cup win (2-0) played at home.
Before that, Alger secured a home win against USM Khenchela with the score 2-0.The schedule is very tough for USM Alger now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ligue 1 game at JS Kabylie is waiting in only four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Alger as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The previous head to head encounter ended USM Alger - FAR Rabat 2-0, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Monteiro Sanches Borges 8 goals | R. Slim 7 goals | I. Hamza 6 goals |
FAR Rabat missing players
USM Alger missing players
| FAR Rabat | USM Alger | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Won | W | 0 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 5 | ||
| 45 | 30 | Scored | S | 6 | 36 | ||
| 25 | 8 | Conceded | C | 12 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 24% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.3 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 11.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 42% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 27% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 7.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FAR Rabat | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 25 | 50 |
| 2 | Wydad Casablanca | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 49 |
| 3 | FUS Rabat | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 44 |
| 4 | Olympic Safi | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 40 |
| 5 | Raja Casablanca | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 35 |
| 6 | Riadi Salmi | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 33 |
| 7 | RSB Berkane | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 33 |
| 8 | UTS Rabat | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -4 | 31 |
| 9 | Maghreb Fes | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Hassania Agadir | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 29 |
| 11 | Moghreb Tetouan | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 12 | Chabab Mohammedia | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 25 |
| 13 | Mouloudia Oujda | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 17 | -4 | 24 |
| 14 | Difaa El Jadida | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -17 | 22 |
| 15 | Ittihad Tanger | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 21 | -17 | 20 |
| 16 | Khouribga | 24 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 18 |
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 45 |
| 2 | CS Constantine | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 40 |
| 3 | ES Setif | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | MC Alger | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 35 |
| 5 | JS Saoura | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
| 6 | USM Alger | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 32 |
| 7 | USM Khenchela | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -1 | 31 |
| 8 | El Bayadh | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 9 | MC Oran | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -2 | 30 |
| 10 | RC Arbaa | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | US Biskra | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 28 |
| 12 | ASO Chlef | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| 13 | NC Magra | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -4 | 26 |
| 14 | Paradou AC | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 21 |
| 15 | JS Kabylie | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 16 | HB Chelghoum Laid | 22 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 31 | -48 | 2 |
