Olympique Médéa favourites for feisty fight facing RC Relizane

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Imam Lyes (12000 seats)

Ligue 1: The mid-table positions show the journey Olympique Médéa and RC Relizane have been on so far. Both teams are up for it; let's go!

Insights:
  • RC Relizane is in the best form (4-2-0)

Not much time to rest for the hosting team, as they performed in a Ligue 1 fixture only three days earlier. That game was an away game at USM Bel Abbès, so at least Olympique are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Olympique are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Relizane most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Olympique Médéa form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Olympique Médéa have managed 9 wins, 7 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 18 games.

No payout for Olympique in their previous match, an away game at USM Bel Abbès that ended in defeat 0-2.

Before that, Olympique drew at home versus JS Kabylie.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Olympique Médéa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost zero.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Olympique Médéa as they are travelling to their away game against CA Bordj Bou Arreridj in the Ligue 1. That match is three days after this one.

Olympique has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. From these home matches, Olympique have conceded only 12 goals.

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RC Relizane form and stats

RC Relizane have only collected 16 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 4-4-9 (17 played).

Relizane are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Ligue 1 against CS Constantine (placed 8th).

A 2-2 draw at USM Bel Abbès's stadium before that.

Relizane are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and five defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Ligue 1 trip to ASO Chlef.

Relizane have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. For Relizane, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the sides played each other earlier this campaign; RC Relizane - Olympique 1-0. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - one - four (Olympique wins - draws - RC Relizane wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique MédéaH. Khalfallah
H. Khalfallah
8 goals
Olympique MédéaB. Dadache
B. Dadache
8 goals
OlympiqueZ. Kemoukh
Z. Kemoukh
6 goals

Olympique Médéa missing players

RC Relizane missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Olympique Médéa RC Relizane
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 17 36
13 9 1 Won W 1 4 13
10 7 3 Drew D 0 4 11
13 2 1 Lost L 4 9 12
37 22 4 Scored S 3 17 37
40 12 4 Conceded C 11 34 48
86% 83% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 86%
67% 61% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 65% 56%
44% 39% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 47% 39%
17% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 41% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 24% 14%
47% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 47% 44%
28% 39% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 29% 39%
39% 22% 40% Failed to Score F T 60% 29% 31%
 
3.8 4.5 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.6 2.5 3.4
4.7 3.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.9 4.5
2.1 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.1 11.9 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.5 7.6
4.6 6.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.7 3.7
21% 16% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 28%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • RC Relizane have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • RC Relizane have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • RC Relizane have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • RC Relizane is in the best form (4-2-0)

  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 36 20 13 3 63 23 18 13 4 1 36 13 18 7 9 2 27 10 40 73
2 ES Sétif 36 20 9 7 69 31 18 12 5 1 41 9 18 8 4 6 28 22 38 68
3 JS Saoura 36 19 9 8 55 28 17 13 4 0 33 8 19 6 5 8 22 20 27 63
4 USM Alger 36 18 8 10 57 35 18 13 2 3 35 14 18 5 6 7 22 21 22 62
5 MC Oran 36 15 15 6 49 33 18 10 7 1 28 12 18 5 8 5 21 21 16 60
6 MC Alger 36 15 11 10 54 37 18 11 6 1 40 17 18 4 5 9 14 20 17 56
7 JS Kabylie 35 16 8 11 42 32 18 9 4 5 20 19 17 7 4 6 22 13 10 56
8 CS Constantine 36 13 12 11 37 27 18 9 4 5 23 13 18 4 8 6 14 14 10 51
9 Paradou AC 36 13 11 12 52 49 18 8 6 4 31 25 18 5 5 8 21 24 3 50
10 Olympique Médéa 36 13 10 13 37 40 18 9 7 2 22 12 18 4 3 11 15 28 -3 49
11 NC Magra 36 12 10 14 34 42 18 10 5 3 23 16 18 2 5 11 11 26 -8 46
12 RC Relizane 36 13 11 12 37 48 19 9 7 3 20 14 17 4 4 9 17 34 -11 46
13 NA Hussein Dey 36 10 13 13 41 41 18 7 8 3 25 15 18 3 5 10 16 26 0 43
14 US Biskra 36 10 13 13 28 42 18 10 5 3 20 12 18 0 8 10 8 30 -14 43
15 Tlemcen 36 11 9 16 39 45 18 7 6 5 22 20 18 4 3 11 17 25 -6 42
16 ASO Chlef 36 11 9 16 38 50 18 8 5 5 20 21 18 3 4 11 18 29 -12 42
17 Ain M'lila 36 12 8 16 34 50 18 9 4 5 20 20 18 3 4 11 14 30 -16 41
18 USM Bel Abbès 36 9 10 17 32 57 18 7 6 5 19 22 18 2 4 12 13 35 -25 37
19 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 36 4 9 23 23 60 18 4 4 10 14 27 18 0 5 13 9 33 -37 21
20 JSM Skikda 35 5 2 28 16 67 17 5 1 11 9 27 18 0 1 17 7 40 -51 17

Table
  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 36 20 13 3 63 23 18 13 4 1 36 13 18 7 9 2 27 10 40 73
2 ES Sétif 36 20 9 7 69 31 18 12 5 1 41 9 18 8 4 6 28 22 38 68
3 JS Saoura 36 19 9 8 55 28 17 13 4 0 33 8 19 6 5 8 22 20 27 63
4 USM Alger 36 18 8 10 57 35 18 13 2 3 35 14 18 5 6 7 22 21 22 62
5 MC Oran 36 15 15 6 49 33 18 10 7 1 28 12 18 5 8 5 21 21 16 60
6 MC Alger 36 15 11 10 54 37 18 11 6 1 40 17 18 4 5 9 14 20 17 56
7 JS Kabylie 35 16 8 11 42 32 18 9 4 5 20 19 17 7 4 6 22 13 10 56
8 CS Constantine 36 13 12 11 37 27 18 9 4 5 23 13 18 4 8 6 14 14 10 51
9 Paradou AC 36 13 11 12 52 49 18 8 6 4 31 25 18 5 5 8 21 24 3 50
10 Olympique Médéa 36 13 10 13 37 40 18 9 7 2 22 12 18 4 3 11 15 28 -3 49
11 NC Magra 36 12 10 14 34 42 18 10 5 3 23 16 18 2 5 11 11 26 -8 46
12 RC Relizane 36 13 11 12 37 48 19 9 7 3 20 14 17 4 4 9 17 34 -11 46
13 NA Hussein Dey 36 10 13 13 41 41 18 7 8 3 25 15 18 3 5 10 16 26 0 43
14 US Biskra 36 10 13 13 28 42 18 10 5 3 20 12 18 0 8 10 8 30 -14 43
15 Tlemcen 36 11 9 16 39 45 18 7 6 5 22 20 18 4 3 11 17 25 -6 42
16 ASO Chlef 36 11 9 16 38 50 18 8 5 5 20 21 18 3 4 11 18 29 -12 42
17 Ain M'lila 36 12 8 16 34 50 18 9 4 5 20 20 18 3 4 11 14 30 -16 41
18 USM Bel Abbès 36 9 10 17 32 57 18 7 6 5 19 22 18 2 4 12 13 35 -25 37
19 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 36 4 9 23 23 60 18 4 4 10 14 27 18 0 5 13 9 33 -37 21
20 JSM Skikda 35 5 2 28 16 67 17 5 1 11 9 27 18 0 1 17 7 40 -51 17

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