There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the CAF Confederations Cup 2nd Preliminary Round meeting between USM Alger and Kara. Game on!
USM Alger and Kara should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
USM Alger form and stats
As mentioned below, USM Alger are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Ligue 1 games.
Alger are returning here after visiting Kara in a CAF Confederations Cup fixture and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at MC Oran in the Ligue 1.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the USM Alger at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Kara form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Milo in order to reach 2nd preliminary round of CAF Confederations Cup. Last season their CAF Confederations Cup adventure ended in the 1st preliminary round against Concorde.This match can not go any worse than the last one, a CAF Confederations Cup home defeat versus USM Alger with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
Before that one, the victory at home against Milo in the CAF Confederations Cup (3-0).
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these teams get together this season, as the history books show this recent game: Kara - USM Alger 0-2.
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Belaïd 1 goals | S. Radouani 1 goals | M. Merbah 1 goals |
USM Alger missing players
Kara missing players
| USM Alger | Kara | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 20 | 38 | ||
| 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 64% | 83% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 32% | ||
| 5.5 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 9 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CS Constantine | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | USM Alger | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | USM Khenchela | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | RC Arbaa | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | MC Alger | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | US Biskra | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | El Bayadh | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | ASO Chlef | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | NC Magra | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | ES Setif | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 12 | Paradou AC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | JS Saoura | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | MC Oran | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 15 | JS Kabylie | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | HB Chelghoum Laid | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -13 | 1 |
