The visiting CR Belouizdad side should be favourites in this visit to NC Magra, as the away team holds a 15 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ligue 1.
NC Magra form and stats
NC Magra have collected 12 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 3-3-2.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with ASO Chlef (placed 13th) on their last time out; the Ligue 1 game ended 0-0. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Paradou AC.
NC Magra are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 8 games. NC Magra have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
CR Belouizdad form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the best goal difference (+12) in Ligue 1, on their Ligue 1 travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
CR Belouizdad go into this game after a win, the home game against CA Bordj Bou Arreridj that ended 4-0. Preceding that game was the away Algeria Cup victory against Olympique Medea with the score of 1-0.
As mentioned above, CR Belouizdad was the only team on the pitch versus CA Bordj Bou Arreridj in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the CR Belouizdad manager F. Dumas as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against US Biskra.
CR Belouizdad are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
CR Belouizdad - NC Magra 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  H. Bellahouel 5 goals |  A. Sayoud 4 goals |  A. Djarrar 3 goals |
NC Magra missing players
CR Belouizdad missing players
| NC Magra | CR Belouizdad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 23 |
| 20 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 88% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 94% |
| 62% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 56% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 44% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 38% | 44% |
| 31% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 44% |
| 38% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 19% |
| 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.3 |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 4 | 2.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 130 | 74 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 42 | 74 | 148 |
| 44 | 27 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 34 | 61 |
| 25% | 30% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 26% | 38% |
- CR Belouizdad has the most scored goals in the first half (14)
- CR Belouizdad has the the best goal difference (+12)
- CR Belouizdad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- CR Belouizdad have scored more than double the goals of NC Magra.
- CR Belouizdad have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- NC Magra has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- NC Magra 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 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 32 |
| 2 | MC Alger | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | JS Kabylie | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | USM Alger | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | MC Oran | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | CS Constantine | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Ain M'lila | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | USM Bel Abbes | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 22 |
| 9 | ES Setif | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 20 |
| 10 | JS Saoura | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | Paradou AC | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | ASO Chlef | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | NC Magra | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 17 |
| 15 | NA Hussein Dey | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 15 |
| 16 | US Biskra | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 14 |