Home advantage could prove decisive in Annaba - MC El Eulma battle MC El Eulma looking for adventure and three points in Ligue 2 trip to Annaba

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du 19 Mai 1956 (40000 seats)

The odds favour Annaba in this game vs MC El Eulma, but the visitors will fight to the bitter end. Here's the Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • Annaba have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • MC El Eulma have yet to win a game 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 Annaba and MC El Eulma.

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Annaba form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 2, Annaba have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Annaba with their four defeats in a row. Not since the US Chaouia game, 48 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Annaba are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 214 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Belhani).

The fans hope that Annaba will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Algeria Cup fixture against JS Jijel.

Heartbreak before that as Annaba lost 0-1 at IB Khémis El Khechna's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Annaba handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 11 league games, 10 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

Annaba are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games.

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MC El Eulma form and stats

There's been little loot from MC El Eulma's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 8 away games in the Ligue 2. MC El Eulma only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Eulma, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Two away games in a row for MC El Eulma, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 vs CR Belouizdad in the Algeria Cup.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs USM El Harrach.

MC El Eulma are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Low on goals? 9 of this team's most recent 12 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.

The attacking power of MC El Eulma when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Eulma struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have played each other previously this season, with the result MC El Eulma - Annaba 2-1 logged in the official records. Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Annaba won three games, three matches ended with a tie and MC El Eulma have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight.

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Annaba MC El Eulma
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 2 8 17
7 4 0 Won W 0 0 4
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 8
7 2 0 Lost L 1 5 5
20 10 2 Scored S 1 5 13
17 8 2 Conceded C 3 14 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 76%
59% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 65%
29% 25% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 29%
18% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 6%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
35% 38% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 53%
41% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 35%
24% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 35%
 
4.3 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3 4.2
3.3 1.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.2 4.8
1.5 1.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.9 9 4 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.4 7.9
3.3 3.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.2 3.6
40% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 23%
 
7.3 6.6 4 Shots against (avg) S A 11 12.8 9.5
3.4 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 3.9
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Annaba have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Annaba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • MC El Eulma have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • MC El Eulma have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • MC El Eulma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • MC El Eulma have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • MC El Eulma have yet to win a 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 AS Khroub 17 8 8 1 18 8 9 7 2 0 13 4 8 1 6 1 5 4 10 32
2 MO Constantine 17 9 4 4 25 13 8 6 1 1 19 7 9 3 3 3 6 6 12 31
3 US Souf 17 8 7 2 20 12 8 5 3 0 9 3 9 3 4 2 11 9 8 31
4 Teleghma 17 8 6 3 24 14 8 7 1 0 16 6 9 1 5 3 8 8 10 30
5 E Sour El-Ghozlane 17 7 8 2 22 15 9 4 5 0 13 5 8 3 3 2 9 10 7 29
6 Annaba 17 7 3 7 20 17 8 4 2 2 10 8 9 3 1 5 10 9 3 24
7 JS Bordj Ménaïel 17 6 6 5 14 12 8 4 2 2 9 7 9 2 4 3 5 5 2 24
8 CA Batna 17 6 4 7 16 16 8 5 2 1 8 2 9 1 2 6 8 14 0 22
9 USM El Harrach 17 5 6 6 17 14 8 5 3 0 13 4 9 0 3 6 4 10 3 21
10 IB Khémis El Khechna 17 4 8 5 19 20 9 3 5 1 11 8 8 1 3 4 8 12 -1 20
11 Aïn M'lila 17 5 5 7 16 18 8 4 3 1 9 4 9 1 2 6 7 14 -2 20
12 RB Ouargla 17 4 8 5 12 16 9 2 6 1 6 5 8 2 2 4 6 11 -4 20
13 MC El Eulma 17 4 8 5 13 18 9 4 5 0 8 4 8 0 3 5 5 14 -5 20
14 US Chaouia 17 4 7 6 14 16 9 3 4 2 10 8 8 1 3 4 4 8 -2 19
15 JSM Skikda 17 3 3 11 8 32 9 3 2 4 7 12 8 0 1 7 1 20 -24 12
16 Hamra Annaba 17 1 3 13 5 22 9 1 1 7 3 12 8 0 2 6 2 10 -17 6