Match-goers at Stade Imam Lyes haven’t seen many home wins this season, with Olympique Médéa decaying in the 14th position. The visiting USM Alger will attempt to defend their higher league position in this fixture.
- Olympique Médéa is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- USM Alger have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Ligue 1
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting USM 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 5-6-8 (win-draw-loss) from 19 matches.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Olympique and USM Alger.
Olympique Médéa form and stats
Olympique Médéa have collected 8 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 2-2-3. There's also a terrible streak running regardless of playing venue as Olympique Médéa have lost eight games in a row.
Olympique are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus US Biskra.
Preceding that match was the home game against JS Saoura that was lost 0-3.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Olympique Médéa here at Stade Imam Lyes in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games).
USM Alger form and stats
USM Alger have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 1-3-3 (7 played).
USM Alger are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Paradou AC (placed 8th).
A 1-1 draw at CS Constantine's stadium before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting JS Kabylie in just four days.
USM Alger are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 6 goals from 7 away games. The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Alger as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Olympique Médéa-USM Alger H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Olympique Médéa two wins, USM Alger four wins, two draws. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Belkacemi 6 goals |   M. Baâli 5 goals | B. Benhammouda 4 goals |
Olympique Médéa missing players
USM Alger missing players
| Olympique Médéa | USM Alger | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 87% | 71% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 86% |
| 60% | 43% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 71% |
| 53% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 50% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 50% |
| 33% | 43% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 29% | 36% |
| 40% | 57% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 29% |
| 3.6 | 4.3 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.4 | 11 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 14 | 11.9 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 7.5 | 5.8 |
| 20% | 13% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 13% | 30% |
| 11.4 | 11.2 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.2 | 5.5 |
| 5.8 | 5.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.3 | 3 |
- Olympique Médéa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Olympique Médéa is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- USM Alger have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- USM Alger have the most scored goals in the first half (16) 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 | CR Belouizdad | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 33 |
| 2 | JS Saoura | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 28 |
| 3 | ES Setif | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | MC Alger | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | US Biskra | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | CS Constantine | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | JS Kabylie | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 |
| 8 | Paradou AC | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | USM Alger | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 23 |
| 10 | RC Arbaa | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 11 | MC Oran | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 12 | ASO Chlef | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 13 | NA Hussein Dey | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 14 | Olympique Médéa | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 15 | HB Chelghoum Laïd | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 16 | NC Magra | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 13 |
| 17 | RC Relizane | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
| 18 | Tlemcen | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -19 | 6 |
