Get ready for the return leg of the CAF Confederations Cup Semi-finals between USM Alger and ASEC Mimosas. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for ASEC Mimosas, who are travelling more than 5400 kilometers to play this game.
Both squads have had adequate rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an energetic fixture!
USM Alger form and stats
USM Alger are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Stade Smaïl-Makhlouf. 7 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 10 games.
The USM Alger coach Benchikha and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus ASEC Mimosas in the CAF Confederations Cup.
Heartbreak before that as USM Alger lost 0-1 at JS Kabylie's place.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for USM Alger as they are travelling to their away game against Paradou AC in the Ligue 1. That match is four days after this one.
Alger have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Smaïl-Makhlouf with 18 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, USM Alger have conceded only 6 goals.
ASEC Mimosas form and stats
ASEC Mimosas was sent out of CAF Confederations Cup in the group stage last season.ASEC Mimosas have an excellent away record in the Ligue 1 so far with 7-6-0 from 13 games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. ASEC Mimosas goalkeeper Ayayi Charles Folly is eager to challenge this, with his 270 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Mimosas delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against USM Alger in their previous game; a CAF Confederations Cup duel.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stella at their stadium, the result 1-0.After this away game ASEC Mimosas return home for a Ligue 1 game against Stade d'Abidjan. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Mimosas have scored 17 goals in 13 league games away. It's not easy to score on ASEC Mimosas as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The newest logged match featuring both these contenders is the ASEC Mimosas - USM Alger 0-0 played not long ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mahious 6 goals | A. Meziane Bentahar 3 goals | A. Alilet 2 goals |
USM Alger missing players
ASEC Mimosas missing players
| USM Alger | ASEC Mimosas | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 33 | 25 | Scored | S | 15 | 31 | ||
| 21 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 13 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.3 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 8.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | ||
| 8 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 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 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 49 |
| 2 | CS Constantine | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 40 |
| 3 | MC Alger | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 36 |
| 4 | ES Setif | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 35 |
| 5 | USM Alger | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 6 | USM Khenchela | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -1 | 32 |
| 7 | El Bayadh | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | JS Saoura | 22 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 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 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -2 | 26 |
| 14 | JS Kabylie | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 15 | Paradou AC | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 21 |
| 16 | HB Chelghoum Laid | 22 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 31 | -48 | 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 | ASEC Mimosas | 25 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 20 | 53 |
| 2 | Sporting Gagnoa | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 49 |
| 3 | SOA | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 47 |
| 4 | AFAD | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 43 |
| 5 | San-Pedro | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 42 |
| 6 | Racing d'Abidjan | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 40 |
| 7 | Stade d'Abidjan | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 37 |
| 8 | SOL | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 35 |
| 9 | Stella | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 34 |
| 10 | Lys Sassandra | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 15 | -1 | 33 |
| 11 | Denguele | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 32 |
| 12 | Bouake | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -12 | 28 |
| 13 | Korhogo | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 26 |
| 14 | Bassam | 27 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 25 |
| 15 | ES Bafing | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -16 | 24 |
| 16 | Abengourou | 27 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -16 | 24 |
