Perhaps a welcome break from league football as USM Bel Abbès & Annaba face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Algeria Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
USM Bel Abbès form and stats
USM Bel Abbès participated in Algeria Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.When playing at home in the Ligue 1, USM Bel Abbès have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on USM Bel Abbès to get some points in this home game.
No payout for USM Bel Abbès in their previous match, an away game at CA Bordj Bou Arreridj that ended in defeat 0-2. Preceding that match was a Ligue 1 defeat to MC Oran (1-2).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for USM Bel Abbès, as the Ligue 1 home game vs NC Magra is only three days away.
The USM Bel Abbès fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. USM Bel Abbès's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Annaba form and stats
Annaba was sent out of Algeria Cup in the quarter-finals last season, when ES Sétif turned out to be too strong.Annaba have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 1-3-5 (9 played).
Annaba play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Olympique Medea. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus DRB Tadjenanet in the Ligue 2.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Annaba as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. Annaba have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): USM Bel Abbès two wins, one draw and Annaba three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Belhocini 7 goals |  M. Aichi 2 goals | A. Litt 2 goals |
USM Bel Abbès missing players
Annaba missing players
| USM Bel Abbès | Annaba | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 8 | 24 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 4.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 207 | 142 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 107 | ||
| 83 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 49 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 41% | ||
| 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 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olympique Medea | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 35 |
| 2 | Tlemcen | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | RC Arbaâ | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 28 |
| 4 | RC Relizane | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 28 |
| 5 | JSM Skikda | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | ASM Oran | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Annaba | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | MC El Eulma | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 24 |
| 9 | AS Khroub | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | DRB Tadjenanet | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | MC Saida | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | MO Bejaia | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 13 | Amal Bou Saâda | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 14 | JSM Bejaia | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | Arzew | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | USM El Harrach | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 16 |