Striving RC Arbaâ are aching to pull off a surprise win when they play top side USM Alger in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 13th vs 2nd and the home fans will have not-so-high expectations.
- RC Arbaâ have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- USM Alger have the most scored goals (28) in Ligue 1
It's no vacation for neither RC Arbaâ nor USM Alger as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
RC Arbaâ form and stats
All-inclusive Ligue 1 stats playing at home this season for RC Arbaâ are 3-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Stade Smaïl-Makhlouf after three straight home wins.
Oukil was the last player to score a league goal for RC Arbaâ and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as RC Arbaâ haven't scored in 204 minutes.
Arbaâ are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus US Biskra.
Preceding that game was the away draw at JS Saoura that finished 0-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for RC Arbaâ as they are travelling to their away game against HB Chelghoum Laïd in the Ligue 1. That match is three days after this one.
RC Arbaâ are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 12 goals have been conceded. When Arbaâ hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Olympique Médéa, HB Chelghoum Laïd, RC Relizane, Tlemcen and NA Hussein Dey), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
USM Alger form and stats
The visitors are W2-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. USM Alger goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 348 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
USM Alger are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against NA Hussein Dey (placed 15th).
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against ES Setif.A new game in only three days for USM Alger, the Ligue 1 home match versus JS Saoura. Busy days.
Alger have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on USM Alger as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: USM Alger - Arbaâ 4-0. RC Arbaâ-USM Alger H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: RC Arbaâ one win, USM Alger six wins, zero draws. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Mahious 7 goals | A. Belkacemi 6 goals | B. Benhammouda 5 goals |
RC Arbaâ missing players
USM Alger missing players
| RC Arbaâ | USM Alger | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 25 | 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 78% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 83% |
| 61% | 56% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 62% | 61% |
| 50% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 44% |
| 28% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 12% | 22% |
| 11% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 44% |
| 50% | 56% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 28% |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
| 4.2 | 3.2 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9.4 | 12.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13 | 11.4 |
| 5.2 | 7.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 7.1 | 5.5 |
| 18% | 15% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 18% | 30% |
| 10.9 | 10.2 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 7.6 | 5.6 |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | 2.9 |
- RC Arbaâ have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- USM Alger have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- USM Alger have the most scored goals (28) in Ligue 1
- USM Alger have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Ligue 1
- USM Alger have the the best goal difference (+17) in Ligue 1
- USM Alger is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 36 |
| 2 | USM Alger | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 33 |
| 3 | JS Saoura | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 32 |
| 4 | Paradou AC | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | JS Kabylie | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | US Biskra | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | ES Setif | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 30 |
| 8 | MC Alger | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 9 | CS Constantine | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 29 |
| 10 | NC Magra | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 22 |
| 11 | ASO Chlef | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | MC Oran | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | RC Arbaâ | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 21 |
| 14 | HB Chelghoum Laïd | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -7 | 16 |
| 15 | NA Hussein Dey | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 16 | Olympique Médéa | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 17 | -13 | 14 |
| 17 | RC Relizane | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 20 | -17 | 13 |
| 18 | Tlemcen | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 17 | -22 | 9 |
