The first of two encounters in the CAF Confederations Cup Quarter-finals, as the hometeam USM Alger will try to edge FAR Rabat in their own ballpark.
4 - 2 - 3 with 11-8. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for FAR Rabat when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. FAR Rabat play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
These teams have little in common geographically as FAR Rabat have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both squads have had plenty of rest since their previous game. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face fixture!
USM Alger form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 as USM Alger have scored 18 goals to get 24 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 1 are 7-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
USM Alger's last game was hosting USM Khenchela and winning 2-0.
Heartbreak before that as USM Alger lost 0-1 at ES Setif's place.A decent goal production from Alger in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. USM Alger have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FAR Rabat form and stats
They also participated in CAF Confederations Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd preliminary round, when JS Kabylie drew the shortest straw.6-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FAR Rabat in their Botola Pro matches away.
Rabat are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against Moghreb Tetouan.
A defeat, in the Arab Club Championship away at Al-Ittihad, earlier.
FAR Rabat have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 14 goals have been scored. Rabat are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Monteiro Sanches Borges 8 goals | R. Slim 7 goals |  A. Mahious 6 goals |
USM Alger missing players
FAR Rabat missing players
| USM Alger | FAR Rabat | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 36 | 28 | Scored | S | 15 | 48 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 15 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 4 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.8 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.5 | ||
| 5.5 | 8.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 26% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 43% | ||
| 7.6 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 7.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 |
