The visiting Olympique Médéa side should be favourites in this visit to JSM Skikda, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their eleven league games this season.
- JSM Skikda have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Olympique Médéa have scored more than double the goals of JSM Skikda.
Olympique Médéa could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ligue 1 game only four sleeps ago.
Olympique Médéa play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Olympique Médéa when playing on artifical turf are 7 wins, 8 draws and 11 defeats from 26 matches. They have scored 19 goals and conceded 32 times in these games.
JSM Skikda form and stats
JSM Skikda have collected 7 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 2-1-2. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on JSM Skikda to get some points in this home game.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 382 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Ziouache was the last player to find the net.
No payout for Skikda in their previous match, an away game at JS Kabylie that ended in defeat 0-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to NA Hussein Dey (0-1).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Skikda have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost one.
The manager Y. Ifticen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to RC Relizane in only four days.
Skikda have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. 5 goals have been conceded.
Olympique Médéa form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Olympique Médéa playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.
There were no winners in Olympique's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 0-0 vs CR Belouizdad (placed 4th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against ASO Chlef.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Olympique Médéa playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were one Olympique Médéa win, one draw and one defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting NA Hussein Dey in just four days.
Olympique are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. As opposed to that, Olympique have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Skikda won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Olympique Médéa has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / sevenTop Goalscorers
  H. Khalfallah 4 goals | Z. Kemoukh 3 goals |  K. Merzougui 2 goals |
JSM Skikda missing players
Olympique Médéa missing players
| JSM Skikda | Olympique Médéa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 64% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 55% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 27% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 36% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 64% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 7 | 9.1 |
| 2 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 5.2 |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 50% | 26% |
- JSM Skikda have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Olympique Médéa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Olympique Médéa have scored more than double the goals of JSM Skikda.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ES Setif | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 27 |
| 2 | Olympique Médéa | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | JS Kabylie | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | CR Belouizdad | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | JS Saoura | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Ain M'lila | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | MC Alger | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | USM Alger | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | MC Oran | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Paradou AC | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 11 | ASO Chlef | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | RC Relizane | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | CS Constantine | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | NA Hussein Dey | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Tlemcen | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | US Biskra | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 10 |
| 17 | NC Magra | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | USM Bel Abbes | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 9 |
| 19 | JSM Skikda | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 8 |
| 20 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -12 | 3 |