Ligue 1: Top level against subpar, at least according to the table. USM Alger - USM Bel Abbès. Home win as expected or a surprise result?
- USM Alger have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- USM Bel Abbès have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Ligue 1
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 USM Alger and USM Bel Abbès.
Alger's stadium, Stade Omar Hamadi, has a artifical turf surface. USM Bel Abbès 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 USM Bel Abbès when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 5 draws and 21 losses from 32 matches. They have scored 19 goals in these games and conceded 55.
USM Alger form and stats
USM Alger have performed here at Stade Omar Hamadi this season with 9 wins from 14 Ligue 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 3.
An away draw last time out for Alger, facing MC Oran in a game that ended 1-1.
Ahead of that match, Alger won a home game hosting CA Bordj Bou Arreridj (3-1).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Alger as they are travelling to their away game against MC Alger in the Ligue 1. That match is four days after this one.
The Alger fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 14 league matches. From these home matches, Alger have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
USM Bel Abbès form and stats
There's been little loot from USM Bel Abbès's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 15 away games in the Ligue 1. USM Bel Abbès only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 4 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
Home advantage was not enough for Abbès in their previous game, as they lost their Ligue 1-match, hosting CR Belouizdad, 0-2.
A 1-3 defeat away at Tlemcen before that.With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Abbès as the away team, we found three results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, one draw and two defeats. The outsiders lost two of these games by at least two goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Aïn M'lila in just four days.
The attacking power of Abbès when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 15 league matches away. For Abbès, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result USM Bel Abbès - Alger 1-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Alger victories, three draws and four USM Bel Abbès wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Belkacemi 11 goals | H. Koudri 7 goals | A. Zouari 3 goals |
USM Alger missing players
USM Bel Abbès missing players
| USM Alger | USM Bel Abbès | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 13 | 9 | 6 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 43 | 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 27 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | 50 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 71% | 79% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 72% |
| 50% | 57% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 33% | 34% |
| 25% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 27% | 21% |
| 7% | 7% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 13% | 14% |
| 50% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | 55% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 14% |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 40% | 34% |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7.8 | 9.3 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 41% | 46% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | 31% |
- 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 USM Bel Abbès have scored away.
- USM Bel Abbès have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- USM Bel Abbès have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- USM Bel Abbès have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Ligue 1
- USM Bel Abbès have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Ligue 1
- USM Bel Abbès haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | ES Sétif | 29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 59 |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 53 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 35 | 56 |
| 3 | JS Saoura | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 27 | 53 |
| 4 | MC Oran | 29 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 37 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 49 |
| 5 | MC Alger | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 48 |
| 6 | USM Alger | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 46 |
| 7 | CS Constantine | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 46 |
| 8 | JS Kabylie | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 45 |
| 9 | Olympique Médéa | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 45 |
| 10 | Paradou AC | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 11 | Aïn M'lila | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -12 | 34 |
| 12 | US Biskra | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -11 | 33 |
| 13 | ASO Chlef | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 | -13 | 32 |
| 14 | NC Magra | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -14 | 31 |
| 15 | Tlemcen | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 30 |
| 16 | NA Hussein Dey | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 22 | -7 | 29 |
| 17 | RC Relizane | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 32 | -17 | 29 |
| 18 | USM Bel Abbès | 29 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -28 | 24 |
| 19 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 29 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 | -23 | 21 |
| 20 | JSM Skikda | 29 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 53 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 33 | -37 | 17 |