After the first round it's MC Alger - CR Belouizdad 1-1 in points. Who will conquer the points in this second Ligue 1 game of the season?
It's no vacation for neither Alger nor CR Belouizdad as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
MC Alger form and stats
In the previous season, MC Alger's league statistics were 15 wins, 12 draws and 11 losses, leading to 7th spot in the Ligue 1. During these 38 matches they scored 59 goals and let in 43. Appearing at home in the previous season MC Alger generated 11-7-1 (win-draw-lost) with 44 goals and 21 conceded.
Alger shared the glory with NC Magra in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
In the match before that, Alger hosted NA Hussein Dey and drew the game 4-4.CR Belouizdad form and stats
Let's have a look at how CR Belouizdad performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 22 victories, 13 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 71 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 9 and lost 2 with 31/12 goals scored/conceded.
There were no winners in Belouizdad's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 1-1 vs CS Constantine (placed 13th).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs ASEC Mimosas.Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former ten meetings between these two squads are: two wins for MC Alger, five draws and three wins for CR Belouizdad. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.MC Alger missing players
CR Belouizdad missing players
| MC Alger | CR Belouizdad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| MC Alger | Last season | CR Belouizdad | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Won | W | 8 | 22 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 9 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 59 | 44 | Scored | S | 31 | 71 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 74% | 87% | ||
| 76% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 63% | 71% | ||
| 50% | 68% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 42% | ||
| 21% | 37% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 26% | ||
| 11% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 16% | ||
| 55% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 53% | ||
| 29% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 53% | 42% | ||
| 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 32% | 18% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7.4 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 39% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 47% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | US Biskra | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Paradou AC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | USM Alger | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | NA Hussein Dey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | RC Relizane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Olympique Médéa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Tlemcen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MC Oran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | CR Belouizdad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | ES Sétif | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | JS Kabylie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MC Alger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | CS Constantine | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | NC Magra | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | JS Saoura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | HB Chelghoum Laïd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | ASO Chlef | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | RC Arbaa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -9 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 71 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 44 | 79 |
| 2 | ES Sétif | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 71 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 39 | 71 |
| 3 | JS Saoura | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 62 | 30 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 32 | 69 |
| 4 | USM Alger | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 39 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 65 |
| 5 | JS Kabylie | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 61 |
| 6 | MC Oran | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 51 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 60 |
| 7 | MC Alger | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 59 | 43 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 57 |
| 8 | CS Constantine | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 43 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 57 |
| 9 | NC Magra | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 27 | -6 | 52 |
| 10 | Olympique Médéa | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 30 | -3 | 51 |
| 11 | Paradou AC | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 53 | 53 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 0 | 50 |
| 12 | NA Hussein Dey | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 46 | 45 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 47 |
| 13 | RC Relizane | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 51 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 37 | -12 | 47 |
| 14 | US Biskra | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 34 | -14 | 46 |
| 15 | Tlemcen | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 26 | -6 | 45 |
| 16 | ASO Chlef | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 53 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 31 | -13 | 45 |
| 17 | Ain M'lila | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 37 | 55 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 34 | -18 | 44 |
| 18 | USM Bel Abbes | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 58 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 35 | -26 | 38 |
| 19 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 38 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 67 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 38 | -38 | 22 |
| 20 | JSM Skikda | 38 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 73 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 42 | -56 | 18 |