No shortage of boom and bust for these two squads so far this season, holding positions near the midsection of the Ligue 1 table. Here's the JS Saoura - ES Sétif latest:
- JS Saoura have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- ES Sétif have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Ligue 1
JS Saoura can neither be promoted or relegated from Ligue 1. ES Sétif is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
JS Saoura and ES Sétif 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.
JS Saoura form and stats
JS Saoura have performed here at Stade du 20 Août 1955 this season with 9 wins from 14 Ligue 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2.
Benyahia was the last player to score a league goal for JS Saoura and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as JS Saoura haven't scored in 207 minutes.
The regulars are hoping that Saoura will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against MC Oran (placed 8th).
Ahead of that match, JS Saoura lost 0-1 at home to Paradou AC.It should be added that a peek at the 11 latest league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
The Saoura fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 14 league matches. JS Saoura have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
ES Sétif form and stats
There's been little loot from ES Sétif's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 14 away games in the Ligue 1. ES Sétif only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws.
There were no winners in ES Sétif's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs MC Alger (placed 4th).
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus El Bayadh.A tale of few goals? 9 of this club's latest 12 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.
Sétif have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. ES Sétif have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
JS Saoura have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without losing (2-4-0) when playing ES Sétif.The sides have played each other previously this season, with the match result ES Sétif - Saoura 0-0 logged in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Guenaoui 7 goals |  O. Bellatreche 6 goals | M. Hammia 5 goals |
JS Saoura missing players
ES Sétif missing players
| JS Saoura | ES Sétif | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 11 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 31 | 23 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 37 |
| 24 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 31 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 66% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 66% |
| 21% | 21% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 41% |
| 10% | 21% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 34% |
| 3% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 7% | 3% |
| 31% | 29% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 41% |
| 41% | 57% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 38% |
| 38% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 31% |
| 4.8 | 6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.8 | 14.2 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9.2 | 9.3 |
| 3.6 | 5.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 30% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 27% | 34% |
| 9 | 7.1 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 10.8 | 8.3 |
| 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 11.7 | 5.9 | 3.7 |
- ES Sétif have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- ES Sétif have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Ligue 1
- ES Sétif haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- JS Saoura have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- JS Saoura have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- JS Saoura have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- JS Saoura have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- JS Saoura haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 61 |
| 2 | CS Constantine | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 47 |
| 3 | El Bayadh | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 46 |
| 4 | MC Alger | 29 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 44 |
| 5 | USM Khenchela | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 42 |
| 6 | JS Saoura | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 41 |
| 7 | ES Sétif | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 41 |
| 8 | MC Oran | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 26 | -6 | 41 |
| 9 | USM Alger | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 40 |
| 10 | JS Kabylie | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 39 |
| 11 | ASO Chlef | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 39 |
| 12 | Paradou AC | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 38 |
| 13 | US Biskra | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 37 |
| 14 | NC Magra | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 23 | -4 | 37 |
| 15 | RC Arbaâ | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 40 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 23 | -2 | 36 |
| 16 | HB Chelghoum Laïd | 29 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 9 | 71 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 34 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 37 | -62 | 4 |
