This promises to be an action-packed encounter for USM Alger at Stade Smaïl-Makhlouf when the CAF Confederations Cup tournament arrives in town and Marumo Gallants FC with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
This should be an action-packed game with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
USM Alger form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Smaïl-Makhlouf as USM Alger have scored 13 goals to get 18 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 1 are 5-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The USM Alger coach Benchikha and his players return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Al-Akhdar in the CAF Confederations Cup.
In the match before, 2-2 away to IRB Maghnia (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) (Algeria Cup).
A decent goal production from USM Alger in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Alger are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Smaïl-Makhlouf in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Marumo Gallants FC form and stats
Marumo Gallants FC's mission in CAF Confederations Cup last season failed in the play-offs against TP Mazembe.Marumo Gallants FC have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-4-6 (11 played).
Two travels in a row for Marumo Gallants FC, whose coach Mdaka could celebrate last time after the CAF Confederations Cup win against Saint Eloi Lupopo.
Before that one, the victory at home against Al-Akhdar in the CAF Confederations Cup (4-1).
A quick return to home after this game, as Gallants are hosting Mamelodi Sundowns in the Nedbank Cup only four days away.
The attacking power of Marumo Gallants FC when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Gallants have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mahious 4 goals |  R. Chivaviro 4 goals | A. Meziane Bentahar 3 goals |
USM Alger missing players
Marumo Gallants FC missing players
| USM Alger | Marumo Gallants FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 37 | 25 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 17 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 36% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.3 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 7.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | ||
| 27% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 7.3 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Marumo Gallants FC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | USM Alger | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Al-Akhdar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 4 | Saint Eloi Lupopo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 37 |
| 2 | CS Constantine | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
| 3 | MC Alger | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 30 |
| 4 | JS Saoura | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | ES Sétif | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | USM Alger | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | MC Oran | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | USM Khenchela | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 9 | NC Magra | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 | US Biskra | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | El Bayadh | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | -1 | 22 |
| 12 | RC Arbaa | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | -3 | 22 |
| 13 | ASO Chlef | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Paradou AC | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | JS Kabylie | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 16 | HB Chelghoum Laid | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 27 | -36 | 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 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 32 | 55 |
| 2 | SuperSport United | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Orlando Pirates | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 31 |
| 4 | Richards Bay | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 31 |
| 5 | Kaizer Chiefs | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 31 |
| 6 | Cape Town City | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| 7 | Sekhukhune United | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 27 |
| 8 | TS Galaxy | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | Stellenbosch | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 26 |
| 10 | Royal AM | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 11 | AmaZulu | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
| 12 | Golden Arrows | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 13 | Chippa United | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 14 | Moroka Swallows | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -7 | 21 |
| 15 | Maritzburg United | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 21 |
| 16 | Marumo Gallants FC | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 18 |
