Football preview: Home supporters have high expectations when USM Alger host USM Khenchela

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 12.April
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 (66000 seats)

USM Khenchela can not ask for any donations from their host USM Alger in this Ligue 1 game. Here's your full match guide!

Insights:
  • USM Alger have not yet lost a game at home.
  • USM Khenchela have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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 USM Khenchela.

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USM Alger form and stats

USM Alger have performed here at Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 this season with 6 wins from 9 Ligue 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. After failing to beat CR Belouizdad here at Stade du 5 Juillet 1962, USM Alger has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

The USM Alger supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host USM Khenchela and win 1-0.

Heartbreak before that as Alger lost 0-1 at ES Setif's place.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for USM Alger home games with this odds we find 14 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 11 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 5 matches were won by at least two goals.

Betting heads-up: This club have played 5 league matches in a row with only one (or none) team scoring.

USM Alger have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 with 16 goals in 9 league matches. Alger are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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USM Khenchela form and stats

Playing away, USM Khenchela have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.

USM Khenchela are travelling again after losing away to USM Alger in their previous match (0-1). That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus MC Oran that ended 1-1.

Low on goals? 16 of this team's most recent 20 league matches have had two or less goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting USM Khenchela as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. In the opposite end, USM Khenchela have conceded 16 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Alger and USM Khenchela have duelled already this season: USM Khenchela - USM Alger 0-1. USM Alger-USM Khenchela H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: USM Alger two wins, USM Khenchela zero wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

USM KhenchelaS. Bayazid
S. Bayazid
9 goals
USM AlgerA. Mahious
A. Mahious
6 goals
USM AlgerA. Meziane Bentahar
A. Meziane Bentahar
3 goals

USM Alger missing players

USM Khenchela missing players

USM Alger USM Khenchela
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 11 21
9 7 1 Won W 0 3 9
5 3 2 Drew D 0 2 4
5 0 0 Lost L 3 6 8
23 17 5 Scored S 1 8 21
14 6 4 Conceded C 8 17 21
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
53% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 62%
37% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 24%
11% 10% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 9% 5%
42% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 33%
37% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 38%
26% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 45% 33%
 
5 4.9 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 2.4 3.4
3.4 2.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 3.9 3.9
1.4 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.7 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.7 13.1 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5 5.8 8.7
5.5 7.7 11.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.7 2.3 3.3
22% 22% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 30%
 
7.1 6.8 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7.7 8.6 7
4.2 4.6 9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.5 3.5
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • 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 USM Khenchela have scored away.
  • USM Alger have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • USM Alger haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • USM Khenchela have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • USM Khenchela have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • USM Khenchela have won significantly less corners away then 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 18 13 5 0 31 9 9 7 2 0 17 4 9 6 3 0 14 5 22 44
2 CS Constantine 21 10 7 4 25 15 10 7 2 1 16 5 11 3 5 3 9 10 10 37
3 ES Setif 21 10 5 6 29 22 11 7 3 1 18 4 10 3 2 5 11 18 7 35
4 MC Alger 21 9 8 4 16 13 10 6 4 0 12 5 11 3 4 4 4 8 3 35
5 USM Khenchela 20 9 4 7 21 20 10 6 2 2 13 4 10 3 2 5 8 16 1 31
6 El Bayadh 21 8 6 7 22 15 11 6 5 0 13 3 10 2 1 7 9 12 7 30
7 JS Saoura 21 8 6 7 23 18 10 7 2 1 17 4 11 1 4 6 6 14 5 30
8 USM Alger 18 8 5 5 22 14 9 6 3 0 16 6 9 2 2 5 6 8 8 29
9 RC Arbaa 22 8 4 10 31 31 11 8 1 2 27 12 11 0 3 8 4 19 0 28
10 US Biskra 22 6 10 6 19 20 11 5 6 0 12 6 11 1 4 6 7 14 -1 28
11 ASO Chlef 22 6 9 7 23 23 11 6 4 1 17 6 11 0 5 6 6 17 0 27
12 MC Oran 20 7 6 7 16 20 10 6 4 0 11 3 10 1 2 7 5 17 -4 27
13 NC Magra 21 7 5 9 25 27 11 6 2 3 14 9 10 1 3 6 11 18 -2 26
14 Paradou AC 19 5 5 9 20 26 10 4 2 4 12 12 9 1 3 5 8 14 -6 20
15 JS Kabylie 19 4 5 10 16 18 9 3 2 4 11 9 10 1 3 6 5 9 -2 17
16 HB Chelghoum Laid 22 0 2 20 7 55 11 0 2 9 4 24 11 0 0 11 3 31 -48 2