A total of 19 sets of matches have been played and both MC Alger and CS Constantine are at the right end of the league table. Get ready!
- MC Alger have the most clean sheets (11) in Ligue 1
- CS Constantine have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
CS Constantine play their home matches on grass, while this fixture occurs on artifical turf. Recent results for CS Constantine when featuring on artifical turf are 6 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats from 20 matches. They have scored {17 goals} and conceded 23 times in these fixtures.
Both participants have had ample time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face fixture!
MC Alger form and stats
MC Alger have performed here at Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 this season with 6 wins from 9 Ligue 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Alger, as their goalkeeper Oussama Litim has completely shut out the opponents for 345 minutes in the Ligue 1.
The home team returns to Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 after drawing with ASO Chlef (placed 11th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting RC Arbaa in a game that was won 2-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how MC Alger have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
It should be considered that a glance at the 14 latest league matches shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
MC Alger are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 1 match at NC Magra awaits in four days.
Alger has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. MC Alger are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.
CS Constantine form and stats
3-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for CS Constantine in their Ligue 1 matches away. It's three draws from CS Constantine's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Constantine goalkeeper Chamseddine Rahmani is eager to challenge this, with his 280 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Ardji and Khaldi scored in CS Constantine's previous match, the home game against ES Setif that ended 2-0. That victory felt nice as this team had gone five league matches without victory.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to MC Oran.Constantine are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
Little scoring action? 5 league games in a row with this club have had two goals or less.
The attacking power of CS Constantine when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have played before this season: CS Constantine - MC Alger 0-2. Statistics for the previous ten meetings involving these two participants are: five wins for Alger, one draw and four wins for CS Constantine. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Koukpo 5 goals |  K. Merzougui 4 goals | M. Madani 4 goals |
MC Alger missing players
CS Constantine missing players
| MC Alger | CS Constantine | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 25 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 74% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 80% |
| 47% | 56% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 65% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 40% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 21% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 45% |
| 58% | 56% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 50% |
| 47% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 25% |
| 5 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3 | 3.9 |
| 3.1 | 2.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 7 | 5.7 |
| 1.7 | 2.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 13.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.6 | 9.9 |
| 5.1 | 7.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 15% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 30% | 28% |
| 7.7 | 7.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 11.5 | 9.9 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
- CS Constantine have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- CS Constantine have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- MC Alger have not yet lost a game at home.
- MC Alger have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- MC Alger have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- MC Alger have the most clean sheets (11) in Ligue 1
- MC Alger have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 22 | 43 |
| 2 | CS Constantine | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 36 |
| 3 | ES Setif | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 32 |
| 4 | MC Alger | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 31 |
| 5 | USM Khenchela | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 30 |
| 6 | USM Alger | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 |
| 7 | JS Saoura | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 29 |
| 8 | RC Arbaa | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | El Bayadh | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | US Biskra | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | ASO Chlef | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 26 |
| 12 | NC Magra | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | MC Oran | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -4 | 26 |
| 14 | JS Kabylie | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 15 | Paradou AC | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 16 | HB Chelghoum Laid | 21 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 31 | -42 | 2 |
