Ligue 1: Two teams in decent form get together for this game. ES Sétif have a small upper hand with their 4th place in the league table?
- MC Alger have won all their matches at home so far.
- ES Sétif have the most clean sheets (6) in Ligue 1
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
MC Alger form and stats
As mentioned below, MC Alger are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Ligue 1 games. Alger has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade du 5 Juillet 1962, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Esso was the last player to score a league goal for MC Alger and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Alger haven't scored in 279 minutes.
Alger shared the glory with Olympique Medea in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting CS Constantine (0-3).It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the MC Alger at home in the league. 4 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
ES Sétif form and stats
Things could have gone better for ES Sétif in their Ligue 1 away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right.
The Sétif goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 228 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The supporters enjoyed Sétif's previous game versus Tlemcen (placed 18th), a Ligue 1 1-0 win played at home.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus NC Magra at their stadium, the result 2-0.The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sétif's manager Kouki has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 0 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (MC Alger wins - draws - ES Sétif wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kendouci 3 goals |  J. Esso 1 goals | S. Frioui 1 goals |
MC Alger missing players
ES Sétif missing players
| MC Alger | ES Sétif | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 5.2 | 9.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 3.3 | 1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 12 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.7 | 8.9 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 19% | 50% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 6.7 | 3 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6.7 | 5.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
- All of MC Alger's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- ES Sétif have not yet lost a game.
- ES Sétif have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- ES Sétif have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Ligue 1
- ES Sétif have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Ligue 1
- ES Sétif have the most clean sheets (6) in Ligue 1
- ES Sétif have the most matches under the total-line (6) in Ligue 1
- ES Sétif have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- ES Sétif have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- MC Alger have won all their matches at home so far.
- MC Alger have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- MC Alger have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | Olympique Medea | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | CR Belouizdad | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | ES Sétif | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Paradou AC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | USM Alger | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 7 | CS Constantine | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | JS Saoura | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 9 | NA Hussein Dey | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | MC Alger | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | RC Relizane | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -8 | 6 |
| 12 | MC Oran | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 13 | JS Kabylie | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | HB Chelghoum Laid | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 15 | NC Magra | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 16 | RC Arbaâ | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 4 |
| 17 | ASO Chlef | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 18 | Tlemcen | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 3 |