Football betting preview: USM Alger favourites when ES Sétif visits

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 1
Date: Thu 15.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Omar Hamadi (17500 seats)

A new Ligue 1 season is about to begin and this is the first game for these teams. Bring it on!

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.

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USM Alger form and stats

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier USM Alger matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from three games).

The manager B. Dziri will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to CS Constantine in only four days.

USM Alger could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Ligue 1. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Stade Omar Hamadi they witnessed 10 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W15 - D8 - L7 from 30 games.

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ES Sétif form and stats

Looking at the earlier recent performances of ES Sétif when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.

Let's have a look at how ES Sétif performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 6 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 24 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 9/15 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: USM Alger won 5, ES Sétif won 3 and 2 draws. 7 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

USM Alger missing players

ES Sétif missing players

USM Alger ES Sétif
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
USM Alger Last season ES Sétif
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
30 15 3 Played 3 15 30
15 10 1 Won 1 4 13
8 2 0 Drew 0 3 6
7 3 2 Lost 2 8 11
49 31 2 Scored 1 9 34
29 13 3 Conceded 2 15 24
87% 93% 100% Over 0.5 100% 93% 97%
67% 73% 33% Over 1.5 0% 40% 53%
53% 60% 33% Over 2.5 0% 20% 23%
37% 40% 0% Over 3.5 0% 7% 13%
13% 20% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 7%
57% 60% 33% BTTS 0% 27% 30%
33% 33% 33% Clean Sheets 33% 27% 37%
23% 13% 33% Failed To Score 67% 53% 37%
 
5.2 6.9 7.3 Corners For (avg) 4.7 4.1 5.1
3.9 2.7 4.7 Corners Against (avg) 6 5.7 4.8
1.8 2.1 2.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.7 1.4
2 2 1 Red Cards 1 2 3
Key stats last season:
  • ES Sétif have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • USM Alger 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 at home.
  • USM Alger have scored at least twice as many goals at home as ES Sétif have scored away.
  • USM Alger have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • USM Alger have won significantly more corners at home than away.

USM Alger
All Ligue 1 Arab Club Championship Algeria Cup CAF Confederations Cup Club Friendlies CAF Champions League
All Home Away
21-04-19 L1 ES Sétif 1 - 1 USM Alger
11-05-19 L1 USM Alger 3 - 1 Olympique Medea
16-05-19 L1 JS Kabylie 2 - 1 USM Alger
21-05-19 L1 USM Alger 1 - 1 MC Oran
26-05-19 L1 CS Constantine 1 - 3 USM Alger
09-08-19 CCL SONIDEP 1 - 2 USM Alger
15-08-19 L1 USM Alger 19:00 ES Sétif
19-08-19 L1 CS Constantine 19:30 USM Alger
23-08-19 CCL USM Alger - SONIDEP
30-08-19 L1 USM Alger 19:00 Aïn M'lila
ES Sétif
All Ligue 1 Arab Club Championship Algeria Cup Club Friendlies CAF Champions League
All Home Away
16-04-19 AC ES Sétif 1 - 2 JSM Bejaia
21-04-19 L1 ES Sétif 1 - 1 USM Alger
25-04-19 AC JSM Bejaia 0 - 1 ES Sétif
11-05-19 L1 NA Hussein Dey 0 - 0 ES Sétif
16-05-19 L1 ES Sétif 1 - 0 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
21-05-19 L1 JS Saoura 2 - 1 ES Sétif
26-05-19 L1 ES Sétif 2 - 0 MO Bejaia
15-08-19 L1 USM Alger 19:00 ES Sétif
24-08-19 L1 ES Sétif 19:00 MC Oran
31-08-19 L1 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 19:30 ES Sétif

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Aïn M'lila 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ASO Chlef 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 CR Belouizdad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CS Constantine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 ES Sétif 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 JS Kabylie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 JS Saoura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 MC Alger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MC Oran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 NA Hussein Dey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 NC Magra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Paradou AC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 US Biskra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 USM Alger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 USM Bel Abbès 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 USM Alger 30 15 8 7 49 29 15 10 2 3 31 13 15 5 6 4 18 16 20 53
2 JS Kabylie 30 15 7 8 38 25 15 10 4 1 24 12 15 5 3 7 14 13 13 52
3 Paradou AC 30 14 6 10 38 24 15 11 1 3 27 9 15 3 5 7 11 15 14 48
4 JSM Skikda 30 13 8 9 33 22 15 10 3 2 28 10 15 3 5 7 5 12 11 47
5 ES Sétif 30 13 6 11 34 24 15 9 3 3 25 9 15 4 3 8 9 15 10 45
6 MC Alger 30 11 10 9 35 36 15 7 5 3 20 17 15 4 5 6 15 19 -1 43
7 CS Constantine 30 10 10 10 30 24 15 7 7 1 19 9 15 3 3 9 11 15 6 40
8 CR Belouizdad 30 10 11 9 28 27 15 7 4 4 16 12 15 3 7 5 12 15 1 38
9 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 30 9 10 11 22 24 15 8 5 2 17 7 15 1 5 9 5 17 -2 37
10 MC Oran 30 8 12 10 33 38 15 6 7 2 20 15 15 2 5 8 13 23 -5 36
11 NA Hussein Dey 30 9 9 12 22 29 15 6 5 4 9 8 15 3 4 8 13 21 -7 36
12 Aïn M'lila 30 7 15 8 20 30 15 6 9 0 11 4 15 1 6 8 9 26 -10 36
13 USM Bel Abbès 30 9 8 13 24 39 15 7 5 3 17 15 15 2 3 10 7 24 -15 35
14 MO Béjaïa 30 7 12 11 23 36 15 5 7 3 11 11 15 2 5 8 12 25 -13 33
15 Olympique Médéa 30 7 10 13 21 31 15 5 4 6 14 16 15 2 6 7 7 15 -10 31
16 DRB Tadjenanet 30 7 10 13 26 38 15 7 5 3 13 7 15 0 5 10 13 31 -12 31

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