US Souf have travelled here for an engaging fight against the home side Aïn M'lila. Get ready for the game with this thorough Ligue 2 preview!
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.
Aïn M'lila form and stats
The hosts won their first Ligue 2 game here at Stade Municipal de Aïn M'lila, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Aïn M'lila last season were 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from 15 games.
Aïn M'lila are confident in defense, having played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Aïn M'lila shared the glory with Hamra Annaba in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Before that, M'lila had a home game versus US Chaouia which ended with a victory 2-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Aïn M'lila have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.
There will be little rest for M'lila after this match as they are travelling to E Sour El-Ghozlane for a Ligue 2 game in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Aïn M'lila's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 0 conceded.
US Souf form and stats
Things could have gone better for US Souf in their Ligue 2 away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. US Souf goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Souf are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at E Sour El-Ghozlane (placed 4th).
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Hamra Annaba.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting CA Batna in just four days.
It's early days yet, but US Souf has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Aïn M'lila missing players
US Souf missing players
| Aïn M'lila | US Souf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 1.3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.3 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.3 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 25% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 12.7 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
