US Biskra and RC Arbaâ have delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golfing expression. The teams both hold mid-table spots in the Ligue 1.
- US Biskra have not yet lost a game at home.
- RC Arbaâ have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Ligue 1
This football pitch has grass, unlike RC Arbaâ's home arena. The former seven games by the away side on grass have resulted in 0 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses.
This promises to be an action-packed fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
US Biskra form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for US Biskra at their home stadium (Stade 18 Février) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for US Biskra.
US Biskra shared the glory with El Bayadh (after extra-time) in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
1-1 away at JS Saoura (after extra-time) before that.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Biskra's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 5 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 18 league games, 15 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
US Biskra has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Biskra have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
RC Arbaâ form and stats
RC Arbaâ have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 0-3-6 (9 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Rahmani, the RC Arbaâ manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
RC Arbaâ won their last game, 2-0 versus JS Saoura (after extra-time) played at home.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against MC Alger (after extra-time) wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Looking at the earlier recent performances of RC Arbaâ when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 8 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 3 and winning 1 game.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Arbaâ's away games in the league this season with only {3 goals} from 9 matches. RC Arbaâ's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The previous head-to-head game ended RC Arbaâ - Biskra 2-0, earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three US Biskra victories, zero draws and two RC Arbaâ wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Toumi 7 goals | M. Taib 5 goals |  C. Siam 4 goals |
US Biskra missing players
RC Arbaâ missing players
| US Biskra | RC Arbaâ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 25 |
| 17 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 26 |
| 84% | 78% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 58% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 79% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 53% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 37% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 47% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 47% |
| 37% | 56% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 32% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 67% | 42% |
| 3.4 | 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.9 | 4.4 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.3 | 8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 6.2 | 7.2 |
| 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 40% | 40% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 12% | 35% |
| 9.1 | 5.4 | 2.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 11.9 | 9.7 |
| 3.7 | 2.6 | 0.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | 4.2 |
- RC Arbaâ have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- RC Arbaâ have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- RC Arbaâ have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Ligue 1
- RC Arbaâ have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- RC Arbaâ have yet to win a game away.
- US Biskra have not yet lost a game at home.
- US Biskra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- US Biskra have scored at least twice as many goals at home as RC Arbaâ have scored away.
- US Biskra have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | CS Constantine | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | MC Alger | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 30 |
| 4 | USM Alger | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | ES Setif | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | JS Saoura | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | ASO Chlef | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | RC Arbaâ | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | MC Oran | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -4 | 25 |
| 10 | US Biskra | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | El Bayadh | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | USM Khenchela | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | NC Magra | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 23 |
| 14 | Paradou AC | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | JS Kabylie | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | HB Chelghoum Laid | 19 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 30 | -40 | 2 |
