US Biskra hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 9 points and a 13th position in the Ligue 1 table. Visiting USM Alger holds 8th place with 14 pts.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This pitch has grass, which is not USM Alger's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass USM Alger have performed like this: Played 16 matches resulting in 4 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats with the goal stats 18-22 (scored/conceded).
US Biskra form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for US Biskra, who have the most conceded goals (19) in Ligue 1, at their home stadium is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. It's trouble wherever US Biskra are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
In their previous game, the manager N. Leknaoui led his US Biskra to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at JS Saoura. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Ahead of that match, US Biskra lost 0-3 at home to MC Alger.
US Biskra has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. US Biskra have conceded 6 in these home matches.
USM Alger form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
There were no winners in USM Alger's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 0-0 vs NA Hussein Dey (placed 10th). That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus JS Saoura.
Goals are few and far between in USM Alger's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. For USM Alger, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's 0 US Biskra victories, 0 draws and 4 USM Alger wins. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Meftah 4 goals |   A. Messaâdia 3 goals |  A. Zouari 3 goals |
US Biskra missing players
USM Alger missing players
| US Biskra | USM Alger | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 80% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 70% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 44% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 44% |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 5.6 |
| 5.8 | 4.6 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.7 | 3.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | 40 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 31 | 75 |
| 31 | 20 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 10 | 34 |
| 32% | 25% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 20% | 41% |
- US Biskra has the most conceded goals (19)
- US Biskra has the most conceded goals in the first half (9)
- US Biskra has the the worst goal difference (-9)
- US Biskra have scored at least twice as many goals at home as USM Alger have scored away.
- US Biskra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- USM Alger have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | MC Alger | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | MC Oran | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | JS Saoura | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | JS Kabylie | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | CS Constantine | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Ain M'lila | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | USM Alger | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | NA Hussein Dey | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | ES Setif | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | USM Bel Abbes | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | US Biskra | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 9 |
| 14 | ASO Chlef | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | NC Magra | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Paradou AC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 7 |