Olympique Médéa confront MC Alger for recognition and triumph.
- Olympique Médéa is in the best form (4-1-1) in Ligue 1
- MC Alger have yet to win a game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting MC Alger 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 6-4-8 (win-draw-loss) from 18 matches.
Olympique Médéa form and stats
Olympique Médéa have collected seven points from their first three Ligue 1 games here at Stade Imam Lyes, a promising start. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Olympique after consecutive victories at their own ground.
A good away victory last time out for Olympique, who won 2-0 against Tlemcen (placed 17th).
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against NC Magra.Olympique has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Olympique Médéa have only let in 1 goal at home.
MC Alger form and stats
The Ligue 1 season is young and MC Alger have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
Alger aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 189 league minutes without a goal. J. Esso was the last player to find the net.
MC Alger lost away at CS Constantine (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus RC Relizane that ended 0-0.MC Alger are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 0 goals from 3 away games. 3 goals have been conceded by MC Alger in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings with these contenders: Olympique won one, MC Alger were winners in four and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Lakroum 3 goals |  M. Baâli 2 goals | A. Nehari 2 goals |
Olympique Médéa missing players
MC Alger missing players
| Olympique Médéa | MC Alger | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 33% | 60% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 60% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 40% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 2.8 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.7 | 5.4 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 2.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.8 | 9.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.7 | 8.8 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.7 | 2.6 |
| 32% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 31% |
| 8.6 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 10 | 7.2 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.7 | 3.2 |
- MC Alger have failed to score a single goal away.
- MC Alger have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- MC Alger have yet to win a game away.
- Olympique Médéa have not yet lost a game at home.
- Olympique Médéa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Olympique Médéa have the most points from losing position (3) in Ligue 1
- Olympique Médéa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Olympique Médéa is in the best form (4-1-1) in Ligue 1
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olympique Médéa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | US Biskra | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Paradou AC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | USM Alger | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 5 | CS Constantine | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | CR Belouizdad | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | ES Sétif | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | NA Hussein Dey | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | MC Alger | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | JS Saoura | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 11 | MC Oran | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 12 | RC Relizane | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -8 | 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 | RC Arbaa | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 4 |
| 15 | ASO Chlef | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | HB Chelghoum Laïd | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | Tlemcen | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 3 |
| 18 | NC Magra | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 1 |