This should be yet another entertaining skirmish in the Ligue 1. USM Alger is in 5th position and host RC Relizane in 13th spot. Learn more about the fixture here!
- USM Alger have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Ligue 1
- RC Relizane have the most conceded goals (7) away in Ligue 1
There haven't been much to rest for the hosts, as they were involved in a Ligue 1 match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus US Biskra, was also a home game. The away team is better rested. It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Alger and RC Relizane.
This stadium has artifical turf, which is not RC Relizane's familiar surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf RC Relizane have performed like this: Played 27 matches with the results 4 wins, 4 draws and 19 defeats with the goal stats 16-43 (scored/conceded).
USM Alger form and stats
As mentioned below, USM Alger are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Ligue 1 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here.
USM Alger's last game was hosting US Biskra (placed 1st) and winning 3-0.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at JS Saoura.USM Alger has scored 7 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
RC Relizane form and stats
No Ligue 1 points yet away for RC Relizane, from their first 2 matches. Relizane seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
RC Relizane aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 311 league minutes without a goal. W. Hellal was the last player to find the net.
Relizane's last game was the home draw against MC Alger (0-0).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against US Biskra wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.0 goals so far away for RC Relizane, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 7. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Alger victories, one draw and two RC Relizane wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Belkacemi 2 goals | B. Benhammouda 2 goals | Z. Belaïd 1 goals |
USM Alger missing players
RC Relizane missing players
| USM Alger | RC Relizane | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 5 | 4.5 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 2 | 0.5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 0.3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.3 | 11 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1.5 | 1.5 | 4 |
| 5.7 | 4.5 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 2.8 |
| 47% | 78% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 3.7 | 1.5 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5 |
| 2.3 | 0.5 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2.5 |
- RC Relizane have the most conceded goals (7) away in Ligue 1
- RC Relizane have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Ligue 1
- USM Alger have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Ligue 1
| USM Alger | Last season | RC Relizane | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 19 | 13 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 10 | 13 | ||
| 62 | 37 | Scored | S | 19 | 39 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Conceded | C | 37 | 51 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 87% | ||
| 74% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 58% | ||
| 58% | 63% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 39% | ||
| 26% | 37% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 37% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 13% | ||
| 53% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 47% | ||
| 34% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 37% | ||
| 18% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 29% | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.3 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.1 | 7.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | ||
| 7 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | US Biskra | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Paradou AC | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | MC Alger | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | JS Saoura | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | USM Alger | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | CR Belouizdad | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | CS Constantine | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Olympique Médéa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | NA Hussein Dey | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | ES Sétif | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | JS Kabylie | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | MC Oran | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | RC Relizane | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 14 | Tlemcen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 15 | ASO Chlef | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | HB Chelghoum Laïd | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 17 | RC Arbaâ | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 2 |
| 18 | NC Magra | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 71 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 44 | 79 |
| 2 | ES Sétif | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 71 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 39 | 71 |
| 3 | JS Saoura | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 62 | 30 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 32 | 69 |
| 4 | USM Alger | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 39 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 65 |
| 5 | JS Kabylie | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 61 |
| 6 | MC Oran | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 51 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 60 |
| 7 | MC Alger | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 59 | 43 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 57 |
| 8 | CS Constantine | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 43 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 57 |
| 9 | NC Magra | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 27 | -6 | 52 |
| 10 | Olympique Médéa | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 30 | -3 | 51 |
| 11 | Paradou AC | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 53 | 53 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 0 | 50 |
| 12 | NA Hussein Dey | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 46 | 45 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 47 |
| 13 | RC Relizane | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 51 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 37 | -12 | 47 |
| 14 | US Biskra | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 34 | -14 | 46 |
| 15 | Tlemcen | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 26 | -6 | 45 |
| 16 | ASO Chlef | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 53 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 31 | -13 | 45 |
| 17 | Ain M'lila | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 37 | 55 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 34 | -18 | 44 |
| 18 | USM Bel Abbes | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 58 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 35 | -26 | 38 |
| 19 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 38 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 67 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 38 | -38 | 22 |
| 20 | JSM Skikda | 38 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 73 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 42 | -56 | 18 |