Ligue 1 preview: Can CR Belouizdad edge out victory against Paradou AC?

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 1
Competition: Mon 07.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)

A total of 18 rounds of fixtures have gone by and both CR Belouizdad and Paradou AC are high up in the table. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • CR Belouizdad is in the best form (5-0-1) in Ligue 1
  • Paradou AC have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Ligue 1

The hosts CR Belouizdad saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Ligue 1. That game was an away game at CS Constantine, so at least CR Belouizdad are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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CR Belouizdad form and stats

CR Belouizdad have performed here this season with 7 wins from 9 Ligue 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. It’s been three wins in a row for Belouizdad here, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

A strong away win for CR Belouizdad against CS Constantine the last match.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the CAF Champions League game versus Galaxy in only four days. This game is also played here.

The CR Belouizdad fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. CR Belouizdad have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Paradou AC form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Paradou are looking to quickly end their 323 minutes long goal drought in the Ligue 1. 223 minutes! That's how long the Paradou AC goalkeeper Kheireddine Boussouf and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

There were no winners in Paradou AC's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs MC Oran (placed 12th).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus ASO Chlef that ended 0-0.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Paradou playing away, we found seven games. Results were one away win, one draw and five home wins.

Paradou AC find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Paradou have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the squads faced each other earlier this season; Paradou AC - CR Belouizdad 1-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): CR Belouizdad won four games, five matches ended with a draw and Paradou AC managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

Paradou ACA. Benbouali
A. Benbouali
10 goals
Paradou ACY. Bouzok
Y. Bouzok
8 goals
CR BelouizdadK. Merzougui
K. Merzougui
6 goals

CR Belouizdad missing players

Paradou AC missing players

CR Belouizdad Paradou AC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 10 19
12 7 2 Won W 0 5 10
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 1 0 Lost L 3 4 6
27 14 2 Scored S 2 14 27
12 3 0 Conceded C 7 12 20
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 89%
61% 56% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 58%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 37%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 26%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 16%
44% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 40% 42%
44% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 47%
17% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 21%
 
4.5 5.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.4 3.4
2.7 2.9 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.4 3.9
1.7 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.2 10.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 6 11.4 9.7
4 4.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 6.3 5.1
38% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 22% 23%
 
5.4 5.8 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 11.8 8.1
2 2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.3 6.4 4.5
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • CR Belouizdad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • CR Belouizdad have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • CR Belouizdad haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • CR Belouizdad is in the best form (5-0-1) in Ligue 1
  • Paradou AC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paradou AC have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Ligue 1
  • Paradou AC have the most scored goals (14) away in Ligue 1

  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 18 12 3 3 27 12 9 7 1 1 14 3 9 5 2 2 13 9 15 39
2 MC Alger 19 10 6 3 21 11 9 7 1 1 13 5 10 3 5 2 8 6 10 36
3 USM Alger 20 9 7 4 28 13 11 7 4 0 19 4 9 2 3 4 9 9 15 34
4 ES Setif 19 9 7 3 19 9 9 6 3 0 14 4 10 3 4 3 5 5 10 34
5 JS Saoura 18 9 6 3 27 11 9 6 3 0 16 2 9 3 3 3 11 9 16 33
6 Paradou AC 19 10 3 6 27 20 9 5 2 2 13 8 10 5 1 4 14 12 7 33
7 JS Kabylie 19 8 8 3 20 10 10 6 3 1 13 3 9 2 5 2 7 7 10 32
8 US Biskra 19 9 5 5 24 17 10 8 1 1 14 5 9 1 4 4 10 12 7 32
9 CS Constantine 19 8 5 6 20 16 9 6 1 2 12 6 10 2 4 4 8 10 4 29
10 RC Arbaa 20 6 7 7 20 26 10 4 3 3 12 12 10 2 4 4 8 14 -6 25
11 ASO Chlef 20 6 6 8 17 17 11 4 4 3 12 8 9 2 2 5 5 9 0 24
12 MC Oran 20 5 7 8 16 23 11 4 5 2 14 13 9 1 2 6 2 10 -7 22
13 NC Magra 19 7 1 11 16 25 9 5 1 3 9 7 10 2 0 8 7 18 -9 22
14 HB Chelghoum Laid 19 3 8 8 14 22 10 3 6 1 9 5 9 0 2 7 5 17 -8 17
15 NA Hussein Dey 19 4 5 10 18 28 9 2 3 4 9 14 10 2 2 6 9 14 -10 17
16 Olympique Medea 20 5 2 13 16 29 9 2 2 5 7 12 11 3 0 8 9 17 -13 17
17 RC Relizane 19 3 6 10 13 30 9 3 3 3 9 10 10 0 3 7 4 20 -17 15
18 Tlemcen 20 2 4 14 8 32 10 2 2 6 6 15 10 0 2 8 2 17 -24 10