Open game expected at Stade Ahmed Zabana: MC Oran vs JS Kabylie preview

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 29.April
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Ahmed Zabana

JS Kabylie go on their trip to MC Oran and Stade Ahmed Zabana brimming with hope and confidence, but the host team is no weakling. More info on the game here!

Insights:
  • MC Oran have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • JS Kabylie have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting JS Kabylie have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 9-6-3 (win-draw-loss) from 18 matches.

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.

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MC Oran form and stats

The overall Ligue 1 results playing at home this season for MC Oran are 5-6-2 (wins-draws-losses).

MC Oran travelled for their previous game, a trip to HB Chelghoum Laïd that ended 0-0.

Before that, Oran had a home game versus USM Alger which ended with a victory 2-1.

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 MC Oran have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won one, drawn six and lost one.

Oran has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. MC Oran have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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JS Kabylie form and stats

Playing away, JS Kabylie have won 5 games, drawn 6 and suffered 2 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. JS Kabylie have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

JS Kabylie might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. ASO Chlef proved too strong as JS Kabylie slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade du 1er novembre 1954.

Preceding that game was the away victory against RC Relizane with the score of 4-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kabylie playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were two JS Kabylie wins, five draws and one defeat.

JS Kabylie have another match away from home in just one nights, a Super Cup match versus CR Belouizdad. A demanding timetable for the guests!

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kabylie have scored 15 goals in 13 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. JS Kabylie are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have played previously this season: JS Kabylie - Oran 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (MC Oran wins - draws - JS Kabylie wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

JS KabylieR. Bensayah
R. Bensayah
9 goals
MC OranA. Djabout
A. Djabout
7 goals
JS KabylieM. Nezla
M. Nezla
6 goals

MC Oran missing players

JS Kabylie missing players

MC Oran JS Kabylie
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 4 13 26
7 5 2 Won W 1 5 12
11 6 0 Drew D 3 6 10
8 2 1 Lost L 0 2 4
22 16 5 Scored S 3 15 32
27 14 5 Conceded C 2 9 16
81% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 77% 85%
50% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 46% 50%
35% 46% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 31% 27%
15% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 15%
4% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
42% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 38%
35% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 46% 50%
42% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 27%
 
4.2 5.2 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.1 3.5
4.6 3.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 3.6 2.9
2.1 2.5 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.2 2.2 2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.4 8.7 6.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 8.2 8.4
3.1 3.8 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.2 4.2
28% 32% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 27% 26%
 
7.8 6.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 8.5 7
3.5 3.3 6.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.2 2.8
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • JS Kabylie have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • MC Oran have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • MC Oran 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 CR Belouizdad 23 16 4 3 36 15 11 9 1 1 17 3 12 7 3 2 19 12 21 52
2 JS Saoura 25 13 8 4 44 15 14 9 4 1 31 5 11 4 4 3 13 10 29 47
3 JS Kabylie 26 12 10 4 32 16 13 7 4 2 17 7 13 5 6 2 15 9 16 46
4 Paradou AC 26 14 4 8 39 27 13 8 3 2 22 11 13 6 1 6 17 16 12 46
5 MC Alger 27 12 9 6 33 18 13 9 3 1 23 7 14 3 6 5 10 11 15 45
6 CS Constantine 26 12 7 7 36 20 12 9 1 2 22 6 14 3 6 5 14 14 16 43
7 ASO Chlef 27 11 8 8 28 20 14 7 4 3 17 8 13 4 4 5 11 12 8 41
8 USM Alger 26 9 12 5 32 18 13 7 6 0 21 6 13 2 6 5 11 12 14 39
9 ES Sétif 23 10 7 6 21 14 12 7 3 2 16 8 11 3 4 4 5 6 7 37
10 US Biskra 26 10 7 9 28 27 14 9 3 2 17 8 12 1 4 7 11 19 1 37
11 NC Magra 27 10 4 13 24 31 13 7 3 3 13 8 14 3 1 10 11 23 -7 34
12 MC Oran 26 7 11 8 22 27 13 5 6 2 16 14 13 2 5 6 6 13 -5 32
13 RC Arbaâ 26 7 10 9 24 32 14 5 6 3 15 14 12 2 4 6 9 18 -8 31
14 HB Chelghoum Laïd 27 6 10 11 22 34 14 5 7 2 14 9 13 1 3 9 8 25 -12 28
15 Olympique Médéa 27 8 4 15 22 34 13 5 3 5 12 13 14 3 1 10 10 21 -12 28
16 NA Hussein Dey 27 5 6 16 27 46 13 3 3 7 16 26 14 2 3 9 11 20 -19 21
17 RC Relizane 27 3 7 17 18 55 13 3 4 6 12 18 14 0 3 11 6 37 -37 16
18 Tlemcen 26 3 4 19 12 51 12 3 2 7 9 19 14 0 2 12 3 32 -39 13