Football match preview: USM Alger vs US Biskra

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Omar Hamadi

US Biskra have travelled here for an action-packed duel versus the home team USM Alger. Get ready for the fixture with this in-depth Ligue 1 preview!

Insights:
  • USM Alger have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Ligue 1
  • US Biskra have the the best goal difference (+7) in Ligue 1

This has all the signs of an intriguing match with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Get ready!

Alger's stadium, Stade Omar Hamadi, has a artifical turf surface. US Biskra have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for US Biskra when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 7 draws and 16 losses from 24 matches. They have scored 17 goals in these games and conceded 40.

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USM Alger form and stats

The hosts won their first Ligue 1 game here at Stade Omar Hamadi, lifting spirits. Home statistics for USM Alger last season were 13 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from 19 games.

The fans are hoping that Alger will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Ligue 1 game against JS Saoura (placed 4th).

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against RC Arbaa.

Early season league goal statistics from USM Alger's 1 home game: 4 goals, 0 conceded.

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US Biskra form and stats

Only one away game in the Ligue 1 so far for US Biskra and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 0 victories, 8 draws and 11 losses from 19 travels.

The supporters enjoyed Biskra's previous game versus RC Relizane (placed 14th), a Ligue 1 1-0 win played at home.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus JS Saoura.

It's early days yet, but US Biskra has scored 5 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: five - zero - two (USM Alger wins - draws - US Biskra wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

US BiskraH. Mokhtar
H. Mokhtar
3 goals
US BiskraY. Djahnit
Y. Djahnit
3 goals
US BiskraM. Khoualed
M. Khoualed
2 goals

USM Alger missing players

US Biskra missing players

Total First Half Second Half
USM Alger US Biskra
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 4 0 Scored S 0 5 8
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 33%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7.5 9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 4.7
3 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 3.3
0.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18.5 22 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 21 10
8.5 9 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 14 7
29% 44% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 38%
 
5.5 3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14 8
3.5 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 9 4.7
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • US Biskra have the most scored goals (5) away in Ligue 1
  • US Biskra have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Ligue 1
  • US Biskra have the the best goal difference (+7) in Ligue 1
  • US Biskra is in the best form (3-0-0) in Ligue 1
  • USM Alger have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Ligue 1
USM Alger Last season US Biskra
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
19 13   Won W   0 11
8 2   Drew D   8 13
11 4   Lost L   11 14
62 37   Scored S   10 32
39 18   Conceded C   34 46
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 89%
74% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 58%
58% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 29%
26% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 16%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
53% 47%   BTTS BTTS   47% 42%
34% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 34%
18% 16%   Failed to Score F T   53% 34%
 
3.9 4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 4.5
4.3 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 4.3
2.1 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.4
1 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
8.3 9.7   Shots (avg) S (   5.2 5.8
4.1 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.7 2.2
40% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 31%
 
7 5.8   Shots against (avg) S A   11.2 8.2
3.2 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.3 3.6

  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 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 7 9
2 MC Alger 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
3 Olympique Médéa 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
4 JS Saoura 3 2 0 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 6 6
5 Paradou AC 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 6
6 NA Hussein Dey 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
7 ES Setif 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
8 USM Alger 3 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 4
9 CR Belouizdad 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 4
10 CS Constantine 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
11 JS Kabylie 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 3
12 MC Oran 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 -2 3
13 Tlemcen 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 3
14 RC Relizane 3 1 0 2 2 8 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 7 -6 3
15 ASO Chlef 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 1
16 HB Chelghoum Laid 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 1
17 NC Magra 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 1
18 RC Arbaa 3 0 1 2 0 9 2 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 -9 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 Setif 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

Table
  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 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 7 9
2 MC Alger 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
3 Olympique Médéa 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
4 JS Saoura 3 2 0 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 6 6
5 Paradou AC 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 6
6 NA Hussein Dey 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
7 ES Setif 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
8 USM Alger 3 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 4
9 CR Belouizdad 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 4
10 CS Constantine 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
11 JS Kabylie 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 3
12 MC Oran 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 -2 3
13 Tlemcen 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 3
14 RC Relizane 3 1 0 2 2 8 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 7 -6 3
15 ASO Chlef 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 1
16 HB Chelghoum Laid 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 1
17 NC Magra 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 1
18 RC Arbaa 3 0 1 2 0 9 2 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 -9 1

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