Ligue 1 prediction and preview: Aïn M'lila modest favorites to beat CS Constantine

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 1
Date: Mon 16.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

Aïn M'lila will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 0 points behind CS Constantine.

Aïn M'lila and CS Constantine 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.

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not CS Constantine's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf CS Constantine have performed like this: Played 21 matches resulting in 5 wins, 8 draws and 8 defeats with the goal stats 14-20 (scored/conceded).

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Aïn M'lila form and stats

14 points is a decent return from 6 Ligue 1 games here for Aïn M'lila. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. There’s a good atmosphere here after three straight home wins.

In their previous game, the manager A. Aït Djoudi led his Aïn M'lila to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at ES Setif. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against USM Bel Abbès.

Aïn M'lila were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Aïn M'lila handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D1-L0.

Aïn M'lila have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Aïn M'lila have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.

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CS Constantine form and stats

There's been little loot from CS Constantine's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Ligue 1. CS Constantine only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.

The supporters enjoyed CS Constantine's previous game versus ES Setif (placed 10th), a Ligue 1 3-1 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against USM Bel Abbès wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

CS Constantine are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting CS Constantine as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. 8 goals have been conceded by CS Constantine in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 0 - 2 - 0 (Aïn M'lila wins - draws - CS Constantine wins). As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Aïn M'lilaM. Tiaïba
M. Tiaïba
6 goals
CS ConstantineL. Abid
L. Abid
6 goals
CS ConstantineB. Boudebouda
B. Boudebouda
3 goals

Aïn M'lila missing players

CS Constantine missing players

Aïn M'lila CS Constantine
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 1 6 12
4 4 1 Won W 0 1 5
6 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
3 0 0 Lost L 1 4 4
17 10 2 Scored S 1 5 15
15 2 1 Conceded C 2 8 12
92% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
77% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 58%
46% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
23% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
54% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 58%
31% 67% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
23% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 25%
 
3.8 6.2 5.5 Corners For (avg) C F 7 6.5 5.2
5.9 4.3 3.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 3.3 3.8
2.3 2.2 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 1.8 1.9
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
103 63 10 Total Shots T S 9 55 117
42 27 5 Shots on Target S O 2 19 43
40% 37% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 26% 35%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Aïn M'lila has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home
  • Aïn M'lila has the most dropped points from leading position (11)
  • Aïn M'lila have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Aïn M'lila have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Aïn M'lila have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Aïn M'lila have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • CS Constantine have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • CS Constantine have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • CS Constantine haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 13 8 4 1 18 9 6 5 1 0 9 4 7 3 3 1 9 5 9 28
2 MC Alger 13 7 3 3 21 14 6 3 2 1 10 6 7 4 1 2 11 8 7 24
3 MC Oran 12 5 4 3 16 10 7 4 1 2 11 5 5 1 3 1 5 5 6 19
4 JS Saoura 13 5 4 4 11 10 7 4 2 1 8 3 6 1 2 3 3 7 1 19
5 CS Constantine 12 5 3 4 15 12 6 4 2 0 10 4 6 1 1 4 5 8 3 18
6 Aïn M'lila 13 4 6 3 17 15 6 4 2 0 10 2 7 0 4 3 7 13 2 18
7 JS Kabylie 11 5 2 4 13 11 5 3 1 1 5 5 6 2 1 3 8 6 2 17
8 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 13 4 5 4 15 15 7 3 2 2 9 7 6 1 3 2 6 8 0 17
9 USM Bel Abbès 12 5 1 6 15 19 6 3 1 2 9 8 6 2 0 4 6 11 -4 16
10 ES Setif 13 4 2 7 18 16 6 4 1 1 12 3 7 0 1 6 6 13 2 14
11 USM Alger 10 5 2 3 14 13 5 4 1 0 12 4 5 1 1 3 2 9 1 14
12 US Biskra 13 4 2 7 11 19 7 4 1 2 6 6 6 0 1 5 5 13 -8 14
13 ASO Chlef 12 3 3 6 5 8 5 2 2 1 4 3 7 1 1 5 1 5 -3 12
14 NA Hussein Dey 13 2 6 5 8 13 7 2 3 2 7 7 6 0 3 3 1 6 -5 12
15 NC Magra 12 3 3 6 9 16 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 4 3 10 -7 12
16 Paradou AC 9 2 2 5 4 10 5 1 2 2 3 6 4 1 0 3 1 4 -6 8