Perhaps a welcome break from league football as ES Sétif & CS Constantine face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Algeria Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike CS Constantine's home stadium. The visitors last 20 games on artifical turf have ended in 6 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses.
ES Sétif form and stats
Last season, ES Sétif's Algeria Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.ES Sétif are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Stade du 8 Mai 1945. 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games. ES Sétif has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stade du 8 Mai 1945. We remember; it was ASO Chlef.
ES Sétif manager N. Kouki and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus MC Oran in the Ligue 1. Ahead of that match, ES Sétif won a home game hosting USM Alger (3-1).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as CA Bordj Bou Arreridj are coming to town in three days.
Goals decide football matches and ES Sétif are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 8 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, ES Sétif have only let in 4 goals at home.
CS Constantine form and stats
They also participated in Algeria Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when CR Belouizdad drew the shortest straw.The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1. CS Constantine has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
CS Constantine play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting USM Alger. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against JS Saoura in the Ligue 1.
A quick return to home after this game, as CS Constantine are hosting MC Oran in the Ligue 1 only three days away.
CS Constantine are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). As opposed to that, CS Constantine have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five ES Sétif victories, two draws and three CS Constantine wins. four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Abid 8 goals |   H. Ghacha 6 goals |  A. Belkacemi 4 goals |
ES Sétif missing players
CS Constantine missing players
| ES Sétif | CS Constantine | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Scored | S | 10 | 36 | ||
| 26 | 4 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 5.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 241 | 116 | Total Shots | T S | 97 | 229 | ||
| 111 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 39 | 94 | ||
| 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 33 |
| 2 | MC Alger | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | JS Kabylie | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | CS Constantine | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | ES Sétif | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | MC Oran | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | USM Alger | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | JS Saoura | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 9 | Aïn M'lila | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | USM Bel Abbès | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 22 |
| 12 | Paradou AC | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | ASO Chlef | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| 14 | NC Magra | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 18 |
| 15 | NA Hussein Dey | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 15 |
| 16 | US Biskra | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -12 | 14 |