National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's SKAF Khémis Mélina or JS Kabylie that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither SKAF Khémis Mélina nor JS Kabylie as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
SKAF Khémis Mélina form and stats
SKAF Khémis Mélina faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ben Aknoun (1-4). Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Viana for missing a penalty kick versus Ben Aknoun in the 90th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
Previous to that game, a Ligue 2 home match hosting Tlemcen in a game that was won 2-0.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ligue 2 game versus Temouchent in only four days. This game is also played here at Stade Abdelkader Khelal.
JS Kabylie form and stats
JS Kabylie have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-2-5 (8 played).
The followers enjoyed JS Kabylie's previous game versus Wydad Casablanca, a CAF Champions League win (1-0) played at home.
Before that game, 0-0 away against Petro de Luanda in the CAF Champions League.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kabylie manager Hamdi as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Vita Club.
The attacking power of JS Kabylie when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
SKAF Khémis Mélina missing players
JS Kabylie missing players
| SKAF Khémis Mélina | JS Kabylie | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 30 | 20 | Scored | S | 7 | 24 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 40% | ||
| 4.9 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.9 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | ||
| 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 28% | ||
| 7.5 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 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 | 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 | JS Saoura | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | MC Alger | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27 |
| 5 | ES Setif | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 26 |
| 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 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 9 | NC Magra | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | RC Arbaa | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | US Biskra | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 12 | ASO Chlef | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | El Bayadh | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 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 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 27 | -36 | 1 |
