National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's IRB Maghnia or USM Alger that keep their silverware dream alive.
This promises to be an interesting match with lots of spark and excitement as both participants are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
IRB Maghnia form and stats
USM Alger form and stats
Last season their Algeria Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.USM Alger have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 2-1-4 (7 played).
The club members enjoyed USM Alger's previous fixture versus Saint Eloi Lupopo, a CAF Confederations Cup win (3-0) played at home.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus RC Arbaa in the Ligue 1.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The CAF Confederations Cup trip to Al-Akhdar.
The attacking power of Alger when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mahious 4 goals | A. Mahious 3 goals | A. Meziane Bentahar 3 goals |
IRB Maghnia missing players
USM Alger missing players
| IRB Maghnia | USM Alger | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 0 | 0 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 10 | 37 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 10 | 17 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 64% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 48% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 12.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 6.2 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 25% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 7.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | 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 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 3 | USM Alger | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | MC Alger | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 5 | JS Saoura | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
| 6 | USM Khenchela | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 7 | ES Setif | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 23 |
| 8 | MC Oran | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | US Biskra | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 10 | NC Magra | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | El Bayadh | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | RC Arbaa | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 13 | ASO Chlef | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Paradou AC | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 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 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 23 | -32 | 1 |
