It's early days in the Ligue 1 and both MC Alger and CS Constantine are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a CAF Champions League match only four days ago. This match was also played here at Stade du 5 Juillet 1962. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, CS Constantine have had more rest.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting CS Constantine have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 6-6-12 (win-draw-loss) from 24 matches.
MC Alger form and stats
MC Alger have only played one Ligue 1 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 10 matches. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Alger has won four games in a row. The Paradou AC match was the last time out without a victory.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Alger, as their goalkeeper Ahmed Boutagga has completely shut out the opponents for 252 minutes in the Ligue 1.
A nice win for MC Alger last time playing, versus CS Sfaxien. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting RC Relizane.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier MC Alger matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, zero draws and zero defeats (from three games).
Early season league goal statistics from MC Alger's 1 home game: 3 goals, 0 conceded.
CS Constantine form and stats
One match played away so far in the Ligue 1 for CS Constantine and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from 11 games.
CS Constantine had fun at their own home (Stade du 5 Juillet 1962) last time out, beating USM Alger 2-1. A draw for CS Constantine before that, at their own venue hosting ASO Chlef (0-0).
Late drama in the previous game, when Silvio Ulariaga scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat USM Alger.
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 CS Constantine playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and three home wins.
CS Constantine have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Alger five wins, two draws and CS Constantine three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.MC Alger missing players
CS Constantine missing players
| MC Alger | CS Constantine | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.5 | 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 8.8 |
| 3.2 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 54% | 60% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 36% |
| MC Alger | Last season | CS Constantine | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Scored | S | 13 | 32 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 23 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 91% | ||
| 71% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 62% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 55% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 14% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 38% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 23% | ||
| 19% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 23% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.8 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 38% | ||
| 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 Sétif | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Ain M'lila | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | JS Saoura | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | MC Alger | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | ASO Chlef | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | MC Oran | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | US Biskra | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | CR Belouizdad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | Paradou AC | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Olympique Medea | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | CS Constantine | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | JS Kabylie | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | RC Relizane | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | USM Alger | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Tlemcen | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | NC Magra | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | JSM Skikda | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 4 |
| 18 | NA Hussein Dey | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 20 | USM Bel Abbes | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 2 |
| 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 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 40 |
| 2 | ES Sétif | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 37 |
| 3 | MC Alger | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 37 |
| 4 | JS Kabylie | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | CS Constantine | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 34 |
| 6 | JS Saoura | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 33 |
| 7 | Ain M'lila | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 32 |
| 8 | MC Oran | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 30 |
| 9 | USM Alger | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | Paradou AC | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 26 |
| 11 | USM Bel Abbes | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -9 | 26 |
| 12 | ASO Chlef | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 14 | US Biskra | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | -16 | 21 |
| 15 | NA Hussein Dey | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -13 | 19 |
| 16 | NC Magra | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -14 | 19 |