This match features two teams living in the basement of the Ligue 1, USM Alger holding 11th place and Paradou AC lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a CAF Confederations Cup game only four days ago.
USM Alger form and stats
5-1-0 is the performance here so far in the Ligue 1, giving USM Alger a total of 16 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results!
The USM Alger crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Mamelodi Sundowns here in a CAF Champions League match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting USM Bel Abbes (0-1).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for USM Alger, as the Algeria Cup home game vs USM Khenchela is only three days away.
Goals decide football matches and USM Alger are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. USM Alger are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Paradou AC form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Paradou AC have produced an overall stat of 2-0-3 so far.
Paradou AC are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the CAF Confederations Cup against Enyimba. That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus FC Bir El Arch in the Algeria Cup.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Paradou AC as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Paradou AC have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: 5 - 2 - 1 (USM Alger wins - draws - Paradou AC wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Meftah 5 goals |  A. Zouari 3 goals |   Y. Bouzok 3 goals |
USM Alger missing players
Paradou AC missing players
| USM Alger | Paradou AC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 83% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 58% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 55% |
| 58% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 20% | 36% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 20% | 36% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 50% | 17% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 45% |
| 5 | 5.8 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.2 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 105 | 58 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 43 | 105 |
| 44 | 28 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 16 | 47 |
| 34% | 46% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 25% | 23% |
- Paradou AC has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
- Paradou AC haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- USM Alger have not yet lost a game 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 Paradou AC have scored away.
- USM Alger have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | MC Alger | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | USM Bel Abbes | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 22 |
| 4 | JS Kabylie | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | MC Oran | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | CS Constantine | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Ain M'lila | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | JS Saoura | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | ES Setif | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 11 | USM Alger | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | ASO Chlef | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | NA Hussein Dey | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | NC Magra | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 15 | Paradou AC | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 14 |
| 16 | US Biskra | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 14 |