The visiting ES Sétif side should be favourites in this visit to NC Magra, as the away team holds a 9 point advantage from their 18 league games this season.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
NC Magra form and stats
Overall Ligue 1 stats at home this season for NC Magra are 3-4-2 (wins-draw-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
NC Magra lost their last game at USM Bel Abbes (placed 8th) after a 1-3 scoreline. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus CR Belouizdad.
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 NC Magra have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost zero.
NC Magra has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. NC Magra have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
ES Sétif form and stats
ES Sétif, who have the most scored goals (29) in Ligue 1, have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-2-6 (9 played).
ES Sétif go into this game after a win, the home game against CA Bordj Bou Arreridj that ended 3-0. Before that, ES Sétif secured a home win against CS Constantine with the score 2-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with ES Sétif playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were zero ES Sétif wins, one draw and four defeats.
ES Sétif find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, ES Sétif have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
ES Sétif - NC Magra 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  H. Ghacha 6 goals |  A. Djahnit 3 goals |  M. Touré 3 goals |
NC Magra missing players
ES Sétif missing players
| NC Magra | ES Sétif | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 13 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 29 |
| 24 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 19 |
| 89% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 78% |
| 44% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 50% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 6% |
| 50% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 50% |
| 28% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 28% |
| 33% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 22% |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.8 | 5.8 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.2 | 3.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 152 | 84 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 65 | 170 |
| 54 | 32 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 28 | 77 |
| 24% | 28% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | 38% |
- ES Sétif has the most scored goals (29)
- ES Sétif have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- ES Sétif have scored more than double the goals of NC Magra.
- ES Sétif have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- ES Sétif haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- ES Sétif is in the best form (5-1-0)
- NC Magra has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
| 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 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 36 |
| 2 | MC Alger | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | JS Kabylie | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | ES Sétif | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 27 |
| 5 | CS Constantine | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | MC Oran | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | USM Alger | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | USM Bel Abbes | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 25 |
| 9 | ASO Chlef | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Ain M'lila | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | JS Saoura | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 12 | Paradou AC | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 13 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | NC Magra | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -11 | 18 |
| 15 | NA Hussein Dey | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 15 |
| 16 | US Biskra | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 15 |