MC Oran vs USM Alger match preview

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 04.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Ahmed Zabana

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for MC Oran - USM Alger!

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

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

USM Alger play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for USM Alger when playing on grass are 5 wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats from 20 matches. They have scored 23 goals and conceded 26 times in these games.

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MC Oran form and stats

29 points is a decent return from 14 Ligue 1 games here at Stade Ahmed Zabana for MC Oran. The data says 8 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss.

Oran are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 186 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by H. Nekkache).

An away draw last time out for MC Oran, facing ASO Chlef in a game that ended 0-0.

Preceding that match was a defeat to CR Belouizdad (0-3).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Oran as they are travelling to their away game against JS Saoura in the Ligue 1. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from MC Oran in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. From these home matches, Oran have conceded only 11 goals.

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USM Alger form and stats

4-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for USM Alger in their Ligue 1 matches away.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-1 against CA Bordj Bou Arreridj in their previous game.

Prior to that result Alger won their away game at RC Relizane. The scoreline was 4-2.

After this away game USM Alger return home for a Ligue 1 game against USM Bel Abbès. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Alger have scored 15 goals in 13 league games away. 15 goals have been conceded by USM Alger in these games.

Head 2 Head

MC Oran and USM Alger have met before this season: USM Alger - MC Oran 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Oran two wins, four draws and USM Alger four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

USM AlgerA. Belkacemi
A. Belkacemi
10 goals
USM AlgerH. Koudri
H. Koudri
7 goals
MC OranZ. Motrani
Z. Motrani
5 goals

MC Oran missing players

USM Alger missing players

MC Oran USM Alger
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 13 27
12 8 2 Won W 1 4 13
12 5 0 Drew D 2 4 6
4 1 1 Lost L 0 5 8
36 22 4 Scored S 4 15 42
25 11 5 Conceded C 3 15 26
82% 79% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
68% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 70%
36% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 46% 52%
18% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 26%
11% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
54% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 48%
39% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 23% 37%
25% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 22%
 
5.3 6.7 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.3 3.6 3.6
4.2 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.8 3.8
1.6 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.4 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 12.7 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5 6.5 7.9
4.4 5.4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.8 3.7
30% 29% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 42%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • 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 ES Sétif 28 18 6 4 57 18 15 11 3 1 35 7 13 7 3 3 22 11 39 59
2 CR Belouizdad 27 14 11 2 51 18 13 8 4 1 28 11 14 6 7 1 23 7 33 53
3 JS Saoura 28 17 5 6 46 18 14 13 1 0 29 4 14 4 4 6 17 14 28 53
4 MC Oran 28 12 12 4 36 25 14 8 5 1 22 11 14 4 7 3 14 14 11 48
5 USM Alger 27 13 6 8 42 26 14 9 2 3 27 11 13 4 4 5 15 15 16 45
6 MC Alger 28 12 9 7 41 27 14 8 5 1 30 14 14 4 4 6 11 13 14 45
7 CS Constantine 28 11 10 7 30 19 14 7 3 4 18 10 14 4 7 3 12 9 11 43
8 JS Kabylie 25 12 6 7 30 19 13 6 3 4 12 12 12 6 3 3 18 7 11 42
9 Olympique Médéa 28 11 9 8 29 28 14 7 6 1 14 8 14 4 3 7 15 20 1 42
10 Paradou AC 28 9 11 8 36 34 13 5 6 2 19 15 15 4 5 6 17 19 2 38
11 Aïn M'lila 28 10 7 11 28 39 14 7 3 4 16 15 14 3 4 7 12 24 -11 34
12 US Biskra 28 7 11 10 21 32 14 7 5 2 15 9 14 0 6 8 6 23 -11 32
13 NC Magra 28 7 10 11 24 37 14 6 5 3 15 14 14 1 5 8 9 23 -13 31
14 Tlemcen 27 7 9 11 28 34 14 4 6 4 16 17 13 3 3 7 12 17 -6 30
15 ASO Chlef 28 8 5 15 28 42 14 6 3 5 16 19 14 2 2 10 12 23 -14 29
16 NA Hussein Dey 28 5 11 12 27 36 14 3 8 3 15 14 14 2 3 9 12 22 -9 26
17 RC Relizane 28 7 9 12 26 44 14 5 6 3 14 12 14 2 3 9 12 32 -18 26
18 USM Bel Abbès 28 5 9 14 22 48 13 4 5 4 13 18 15 1 4 10 9 30 -26 24
19 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 28 4 8 16 23 46 14 4 3 7 14 23 14 0 5 9 9 23 -23 20
20 JSM Skikda 28 5 2 21 16 51 14 5 1 8 9 20 14 0 1 13 7 31 -35 17