It's the second possibility for points this season as USM Khenchela and USM Alger battle it out at Stade Hamam Ammar.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
USM Khenchela form and stats
Last season, USM Khenchela's league results were 20 wins, 9 draws and 1 loss, producing 1st position in the Ligue 2. In these 30 matches they scored 60 goals and let in 20. Playing as the home side in the former season USM Khenchela managed 12-3-0 (win-draw-lost) with 36 goals and 6 conceded.
USM Khenchela faced defeat in their previous match, away at CS Constantine (1-3).
2-2 away at Hamra Annaba before that.USM Alger form and stats
Let's have a look at how USM Alger performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 12 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 19 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 13/13 goals scored/conceded.
USM Alger are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against El Bayadh (placed 11th).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against ES Setif wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.A quick return to home after this game, as Alger are hosting JS Kabylie in the Ligue 1 only three days away.
Head 2 Head
Mahious loves to meet USM Khenchela and have scored 3 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
![]() A. Sameur 1 goals | ![]() M. Merbah 1 goals |
USM Khenchela missing players
USM Alger missing players
| USM Khenchela | USM Alger | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| USM Khenchela | Last season | USM Alger | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 7 | ||
| 60 | 36 | Scored | S | 14 | 45 | ||
| 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 16 | 22 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 82% | ||
| 77% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 62% | ||
| 53% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 18% | ||
| 13% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 38% | ||
| 40% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 50% | ||
| 10% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 29% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 42% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 28% | ||
| 5.6 | 4.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CS Constantine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | RC Arbaa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | JS Saoura | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Paradou AC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | ASO Chlef | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | USM Alger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | ES Setif | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | US Biskra | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | NC Magra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | El Bayadh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | MC Oran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | USM Khenchela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | JS Kabylie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | MC Alger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | HB Chelghoum Laid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 | USM Khenchela | 30 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 60 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 40 | 69 |
| 2 | JS Bordj Menaiel | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 33 | 64 |
| 3 | Teleghma | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 50 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 49 |
| 4 | CA Batna | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 43 |
| 5 | RB Ouargla | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 42 | 38 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 41 |
| 6 | JSM Skikda | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 22 | -3 | 41 |
| 7 | Annaba | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 41 |
| 8 | Ain M'lila | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -6 | 40 |
| 9 | US Chaouia | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 22 | -2 | 39 |
| 10 | MO Bejaia | 30 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 39 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 38 |
| 11 | MO Constantine | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -1 | 38 |
| 12 | MC El Eulma | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -2 | 38 |
| 13 | Hamra Annaba | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -3 | 38 |
| 14 | JSM Bejaia | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -2 | 36 |
| 15 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 35 | 64 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 37 | -29 | 23 |
| 16 | Lakhdaria | 30 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 68 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 33 | -51 | 11 |
| 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 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 32 | 70 |
| 2 | JS Kabylie | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 20 | 61 |
| 3 | JS Saoura | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 60 |
| 4 | USM Alger | 33 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 44 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 25 | 57 |
| 5 | CS Constantine | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 55 |
| 6 | Paradou AC | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 54 |
| 7 | ES Setif | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 51 |
| 8 | MC Alger | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 51 |
| 9 | ASO Chlef | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 50 |
| 10 | US Biskra | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 50 |
| 11 | MC Oran | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 46 |
| 12 | HB Chelghoum Laid | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 32 | -1 | 45 |
| 13 | NC Magra | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -5 | 45 |
| 14 | RC Arbaa | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 27 | -5 | 43 |
| 15 | Olympique Medea | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 53 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 29 | -20 | 36 |
| 16 | NA Hussein Dey | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 33 | 66 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 31 | -33 | 22 |
| 17 | RC Relizane | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 87 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 51 | -56 | 20 |
| 18 | Tlemcen | 34 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 72 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 41 | -59 | 13 |