This could be an interesting match as Annaba have their presumed home advantage while RC Arbaâ are ahead 4 points in the Ligue 2 table.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This stadium uses grass, unlike RC Arbaâ's home stadium. The visitors last 15 games on grass have ended in 2 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses.
Annaba form and stats
Annaba are steadily winning Ligue 2 games and points here at Stade du 19 Mai 1956. 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games. Annaba has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stade du 19 Mai 1956. We remember; it was Arzew.
In their previous game, led his Annaba to a defeat in the Ligue 2 match away at Olympique Medea. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade du 19 Mai 1956. Previous to that game, a home match hosting DRB Tadjenanet in a game that was won 1-0.
There will be little rest for Annaba after this match as they are travelling to USM Bel Abbes for a Algeria Cup game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Annaba in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. Annaba are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade du 19 Mai 1956 in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
RC Arbaâ form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
There were no winners in RC Arbaâ's previous match, a Ligue 2 home game that ended 0-0 vs USM El Harrach (placed 16th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against JSM Skikda wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the RC Arbaâ manager S. Messaoud as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Amal Bou Saâda.
RC Arbaâ are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). 9 goals have been conceded by RC Arbaâ in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was RC Arbaâ - Annaba 1-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Annaba wins - draws - RC Arbaâ wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Annaba missing players
RC Arbaâ missing players
| Annaba | RC Arbaâ | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 19 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 59% | 38% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 29% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 18% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 41% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| 35% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 38% | 29% |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 2.4 | 1.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | 26 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 43 | 110 |
| 27 | 11 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 15 | 41 |
| 59% | 109% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 44% |
- Annaba have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Annaba have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Annaba haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- RC Arbaâ have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Olympique Medea | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 35 |
| 2 | Tlemcen | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | RC Arbaâ | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 28 |
| 4 | RC Relizane | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | JSM Skikda | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | ASM Oran | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 26 |
| 7 | Annaba | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | MC El Eulma | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 24 |
| 9 | AS Khroub | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | DRB Tadjenanet | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 21 |
| 11 | Amal Bou Saâda | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 12 | MC Saida | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 13 | Arzew | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | MO Bejaia | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 15 | JSM Bejaia | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 17 |
| 16 | USM El Harrach | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 13 |