Perhaps a welcome break from league football as USM Khenchela & US Tighenif 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!
USM Khenchela form and stats
Last season their Algeria Cup adventure ended in the 32nd finals.USM Khenchela are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Stade Hamam Ammar. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games.
The supporters are hoping that USM Khenchela will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against CR Belouizdad.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus NC Magra that ended 1-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ligue 1 game versus ASO Chlef in only four days. This game is also played here at Stade Hamam Ammar.
The USM Khenchela fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Khenchela have only let in {2 goals} at home.
US Tighenif form and stats
They also participated in Algeria Cup last season. This ended in the 32nd finals.This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Algeria Cup home defeat versus CR Belouizdad with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
The game before was the Algeria Cup-battle against NA Hussein Dey, a home loss (0-2).
Head 2 Head
USM Khenchela missing players
US Tighenif missing players
| USM Khenchela | US Tighenif | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | ||
| 25 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 44% | 18% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | ||
| 40% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | ||
| 4.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 2 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 7 | 4.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7 | ||
| 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 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 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| 2 | CS Constantine | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | JS Saoura | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | ES Sétif | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | MC Alger | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | USM Khenchela | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | USM Alger | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 8 | RC Arbaa | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 9 | US Biskra | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | NC Magra | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 11 | ASO Chlef | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 12 | El Bayadh | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | MC Oran | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | JS Kabylie | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Paradou AC | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | HB Chelghoum Laïd | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 23 | -27 | 1 |
