Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with USM Alger U21 languishing in the 11th position so far. The guesting MC Oran U21 will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
USM Alger U21 and MC Oran U21 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
USM Alger U21 form and stats
Overall Algeria Youth League stats at home this season for USM Alger U21 are 4-1-5 (wins-draw-losses).
USM Alger U21 faced defeat in their previous match, away at Paradou AC U21 (1-2). Prior to that, an away loss at JS Saoura U21.
This is expected to be a close game, with USM Alger U21 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with USM Alger U21 as a small favourite), we find four games. USM Alger U21 has won one of these, drawn one and lost two.
USM Alger U21 has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. USM Alger U21 have conceded 10 in these home matches.
MC Oran U21 form and stats
Playing away, MC Oran U21 have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Algeria Youth League this season.
MC Oran U21 failed to get anything from their last game, a Algeria Youth League home match vs JS Saoura U21 (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against MC Alger U21 wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by MC Oran U21 in our archives, and the results are: two wins for MC Oran U21, zero draws and two defeats.
MC Oran U21 have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 12 goals have been scored. 12 goals have been conceded by MC Oran U21 in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: MC Oran U21 - USM Alger U21 0-0. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one USM Alger U21 victories, one draw and one MC Oran U21 wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.USM Alger U21 missing players
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| USM Alger U21 | MC Oran U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 29 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 32 |
| 27 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 71% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 50% | 62% |
| 62% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | 48% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 38% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 30% | 33% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 48% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 29% |
| 24% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 38% |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 191 | 115 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 61 | 207 |
| 74 | 43 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 25 | 76 |
| 35% | 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 40% | 39% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | JS Saoura U21 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 48 |
| 2 | ES Sétif U21 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 25 | 47 |
| 3 | Paradou AC U21 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 21 | 43 |
| 4 | CS Constantine U21 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 38 |
| 5 | MC Alger U21 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 38 |
| 6 | S Kabylie U21 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | ASO Chlef U21 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 22 | -5 | 30 |
| 8 | MC Oran U21 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 9 | Bordj Bou Arreridj U21 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 29 |
| 10 | US Biskra U21 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | USM Alger U21 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | CR Belouizdad U21 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | USM Bel Abbès U21 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -21 | 16 |
| 14 | NA Hussein Dey U21 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 13 |
| 15 | NC Magra U21 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -21 | 12 |
| 16 | Aïn M'lila U21 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 36 | -37 | 6 |