Ligue 1 match prediction: Little separates US Biskra and ES Sétif in quality

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 1
Competition: Thu 05.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Complexe Sportif d'El Alia (15000 seats)

Struggling US Biskra will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying ES Sétif in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

ES Sétif play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for ES Sétif when playing on grass are 1 win, 7 draws and 4 defeats from twelve matches. They have scored 9 goals and conceded 13 times in these games.

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US Biskra form and stats

Overall Ligue 1 stats at home this season for US Biskra are 5-2-3 (wins-draw-losses).

The US Biskra goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 202 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 1.

A good away victory last time out for US Biskra, who won 1-0 against USM Bel Abbès (placed 9th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting CR Belouizdad in a game that was won 1-0.

US Biskra has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. 10 goals have been conceded.

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ES Sétif form and stats

There's been little loot from ES Sétif's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the Ligue 1. ES Sétif, who have the most scored goals (32) in Ligue 1, only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.

296 minutes! That's how long the ES Sétif goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

ES Sétif won their last game, 2-0 versus NA Hussein Dey played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus NC Magra at their stadium, the result 1-0.

The visiting ES Sétif have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 10 games. ES Sétif's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result ES Sétif - US Biskra 2-0 entered in the official records. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one US Biskra victory, zero draws and four ES Sétif wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ES Sétif
H. Ghacha
6 goals
US Biskra
A. Messaâdia
3 goals

US Biskra missing players

ES Sétif missing players

US Biskra ES Sétif
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 4 10 20
6 5 2 Won W 1 2 10
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 3
11 3 1 Lost L 3 6 7
17 10 4 Scored S 5 10 32
28 10 5 Conceded C 7 15 19
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 50% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 75%
45% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 45%
15% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 20%
15% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 10% 5%
40% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 45%
35% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 10% 35%
35% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 30% 20%
 
3.2 3.3 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 1.2 3.6 5.7
4.9 3.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.9 3.3
1.6 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2 1.7
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
98 64 25 Total Shots T S 31 74 185
48 34 16 Shots on Target S O 15 34 87
35% 29% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 37%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • ES Sétif has the most scored goals (32)
  • ES Sétif have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • ES Sétif haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • ES Sétif is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 20 11 6 3 28 14 10 8 2 0 18 6 10 3 4 3 10 8 14 39
2 MC Alger 19 10 4 5 28 20 9 4 3 2 13 9 10 6 1 3 15 11 8 34
3 ES Sétif 20 10 3 7 32 19 10 8 1 1 22 4 10 2 2 6 10 15 13 33
4 JS Kabylie 20 9 5 6 25 18 10 7 2 1 14 6 10 2 3 5 11 12 7 32
5 CS Constantine 20 8 7 5 29 22 10 4 5 1 16 11 10 4 2 4 13 11 7 31
6 MC Oran 20 7 8 5 26 19 10 5 2 3 16 9 10 2 6 2 10 10 7 29
7 JS Saoura 20 8 5 7 17 17 10 6 2 2 11 5 10 2 3 5 6 12 0 29
8 Ain M'lila 20 6 8 6 24 25 10 6 4 0 14 3 10 0 4 6 10 22 -1 26
9 USM Bel Abbès 20 8 2 10 22 29 10 5 1 4 14 12 10 3 1 6 8 17 -7 26
10 Paradou AC 19 7 4 8 19 17 10 4 2 4 13 10 9 3 2 4 6 7 2 25
11 USM Alger 20 8 4 8 20 23 10 7 1 2 16 8 10 1 3 6 4 15 -3 25
12 ASO Chlef 20 6 6 8 13 15 10 3 5 2 6 5 10 3 1 6 7 10 -2 24
13 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 20 5 7 8 19 28 10 4 3 3 13 11 10 1 4 5 6 17 -9 22
14 US Biskra 20 6 3 11 17 28 10 5 2 3 10 10 10 1 1 8 7 18 -11 21
15 NC Magra 20 4 7 9 14 26 10 3 4 3 9 9 10 1 3 6 5 17 -12 19
16 NA Hussein Dey 20 3 7 10 13 26 10 2 4 4 9 14 10 1 3 6 4 12 -13 16