Struggling USM Bel Abbès will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying JS Kabylie in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- USM Bel Abbès have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- JS Kabylie have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a CAF Confederations Cup game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Cotonsport. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
5-6-9 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for JS Kabylie when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 20 matches are 22-25 (scored/conceded).
USM Bel Abbès form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for USM Bel Abbès at their home stadium (Stade du 24 février 1956) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Abbès are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus CS Constantine. Before that, Abbès played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Olympique Medea.
Abbès are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 8 games. USM Bel Abbès's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
JS Kabylie form and stats
4-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for JS Kabylie in their Ligue 1 matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for JS Kabylie, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Cotonsport in the CAF Confederations Cup last time out. It was a Ligue 1 defeat before that one as the away game against ES Sétif wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
A quick return to home after this game, as JS Kabylie are hosting NAPSA Stars in the CAF Confederations Cup only three days away.
JS Kabylie have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. The Kabylie defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (4 goals in 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - zero - five (Abbès wins - draws - JS Kabylie wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Hamroune 3 goals |  M. Metref 2 goals | A. Haroun 2 goals |
USM Bel Abbès missing players
JS Kabylie missing players
| USM Bel Abbès | JS Kabylie | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 25 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 89% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 62% | 56% |
| 28% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 28% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 25% | 33% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 33% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.9 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| 30% | 32% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 53% | 37% |
- JS Kabylie have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- USM Bel Abbès have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | JS Saoura | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 33 |
| 3 | MC Oran | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Olympique Medea | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 5 | JS Kabylie | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Ain M'lila | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 31 |
| 7 | CR Belouizdad | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 30 |
| 8 | CS Constantine | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 30 |
| 9 | USM Alger | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
| 10 | Paradou AC | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | MC Alger | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 12 | RC Relizane | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 13 | Tlemcen | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 20 |
| 14 | ASO Chlef | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 20 |
| 15 | NA Hussein Dey | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 19 |
| 16 | US Biskra | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | -13 | 19 |
| 17 | NC Magra | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 18 | USM Bel Abbès | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 15 |
| 19 | JSM Skikda | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 22 | -18 | 11 |
| 20 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -22 | 5 |