Struggling US Biskra will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying CR Belouizdad in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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!
US Biskra's stadium, Complexe Sportif d'El Alia, has a grass surface. CR Belouizdad have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for CR Belouizdad when playing on grass; 4 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses from 18 matches. They have scored 11 goals in these games and conceded 13.
US Biskra form and stats
US Biskra, who have the most conceded goals (28) in Ligue 1, have played 9 Ligue 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager N. Leknaoui led his US Biskra to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at ASO Chlef. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Complexe Sportif d'El Alia. Ahead of that match, US Biskra won a home game hosting CR Belouizdad (1-0).
US Biskra has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. US Biskra have conceded 10 in these home matches.
CR Belouizdad form and stats
3-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for CR Belouizdad, who have the the best goal difference (+13) in Ligue 1, in their Ligue 1 matches away.
CR Belouizdad go into this game after a win, the home game against NA Hussein Dey that ended 1-0. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting US Biskra's place.
CR Belouizdad are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). CR Belouizdad are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result CR Belouizdad - US Biskra 3-2 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - two - three (US Biskra wins - draws - CR Belouizdad wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Bellahouel 5 goals |  A. Sayoud 4 goals |   A. Messaâdia 3 goals |
US Biskra missing players
CR Belouizdad missing players
| US Biskra | CR Belouizdad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 25 |
| 28 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 89% | 94% |
| 67% | 56% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 56% | 56% |
| 50% | 44% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 44% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 44% | 44% |
| 28% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 44% |
| 39% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 17% |
| 3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
| 4.9 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.7 | 2.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 93 | 61 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 49 | 81 | 164 |
| 45 | 32 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 37 | 68 |
| 33% | 28% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 27% | 37% |
- CR Belouizdad has the the best goal difference (+13)
- CR Belouizdad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- CR Belouizdad have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- US Biskra has the most conceded goals (28)
- US Biskra has the the worst goal difference (-13)
- US Biskra is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 Abbès | 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 | Aïn 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 |