Perhaps a welcome break from league football as SKAF Khémis Mélina & US Biskra face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Algeria Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This football field has the surface artifical turf, unlike US Biskra's home ground. The previous 20 games by the guests on artifical turf have ended with 2 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
SKAF Khémis Mélina form and stats
SKAF Khémis Mélina drew their last game, also a home match. Kouba was the opponent, 2-2 the score.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting GC Mascara.US Biskra form and stats
They also participated in Algeria Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
US Biskra play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to USM Khenchela. Late heartbreak for US Biskra in the USM Khenchela match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.
It was a Ligue 1 defeat before that one as the away game against CS Constantine wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting JS Kabylie in just three days.
Biskra are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 4 away games. 5 goals have been conceded by US Biskra in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Baâli 2 goals |
SKAF Khémis Mélina missing players
US Biskra missing players
| SKAF Khémis Mélina | US Biskra | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 31 | 22 | Scored | S | 9 | 20 | ||
| 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 17 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 44% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | ||
| 32% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| 9 | 3.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 23 |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | USM Khenchela | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | ES Setif | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | MC Alger | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | USM Alger | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | JS Saoura | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | ASO Chlef | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | MC Oran | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | RC Arbaâ | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | El Bayadh | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | NC Magra | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | US Biskra | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Paradou AC | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 8 |
| 15 | JS Kabylie | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | HB Chelghoum Laid | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -19 | 1 |
