Ligue 2 match preview: AS Khroub versus RC Arbaâ

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Abed Hamdani (10000 seats)

AS Khroub will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind RC Arbaâ.

RC Arbaâ could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ligue 2 game only four sleeps ago.

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AS Khroub form and stats

AS Khroub, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Ligue 2, are steadily winning Ligue 2 games and points here at Stade Abed Hamdani. 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 9 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade Abed Hamdani.

AS Khroub are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus Olympique Medea. Ahead of that match, AS Khroub won a home game hosting DRB Tadjenanet (4-0).

The AS Khroub fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. Defensively AS Khroub have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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RC Arbaâ form and stats

Playing away, RC Arbaâ have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Ligue 2 this season.

RC Arbaâ had fun at their own home (Stade Abed Hamdani) last time out, beating MO Bejaia 1-0. It was a Algeria Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Amal Bou Saâda wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

RC Arbaâ are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). RC Arbaâ have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: RC Arbaâ - AS Khroub 1-3. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: one win for AS Khroub, zero draws and four wins for RC Arbaâ. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

AS Khroub missing players

RC Arbaâ missing players

AS Khroub RC Arbaâ
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 2 9 19
7 6 3 Won W 0 3 9
5 3 0 Drew D 2 3 5
7 0 0 Lost L 0 3 5
20 13 4 Scored S 1 10 22
22 3 0 Conceded C 1 10 17
84% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 89% 89%
53% 44% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 89% 79%
37% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 26%
26% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
37% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 42%
47% 78% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 22% 42%
32% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 26%
 
3.3 3.4 1 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 3 3.6
4.4 3.7 9 Corners against (avg) C A 0.5 4.2 3.9
1.6 0.9 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
97 36 15 Total Shots T S 4 43 117
40 14 6 Shots on Target S O 1 15 44
42% 71% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 67% 45%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • AS Khroub has the most clean sheets (7) at home
  • AS Khroub has the most clean sheets (9)
  • AS Khroub has the most dropped points from leading position (8)
  • AS Khroub have not yet lost a game at home.
  • AS Khroub have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 19 12 2 5 32 18 10 8 1 1 20 7 9 4 1 4 12 11 14 38
2 Tlemcen 19 11 2 6 28 16 10 10 0 0 22 3 9 1 2 6 6 13 12 35
3 RC Arbaâ 19 9 5 5 22 17 10 6 2 2 12 7 9 3 3 3 10 10 5 32
4 JSM Skikda 19 8 6 5 25 20 9 7 2 0 18 6 10 1 4 5 7 14 5 30
5 RC Relizane 19 8 5 6 21 18 10 7 2 1 17 9 9 1 3 5 4 9 3 29
6 MC El Eulma 19 7 6 6 16 18 10 5 4 1 10 7 9 2 2 5 6 11 -2 27
7 Amal Bou Saâda 19 7 5 7 24 17 10 7 3 0 20 5 9 0 2 7 4 12 7 26
8 AS Khroub 19 7 5 7 20 22 9 6 3 0 13 3 10 1 2 7 7 19 -2 26
9 Annaba 19 7 5 7 19 21 9 6 1 2 13 8 10 1 4 5 6 13 -2 26
10 ASM Oran 19 7 5 7 17 23 9 5 2 2 12 8 10 2 3 5 5 15 -6 26
11 Arzew 19 5 7 7 18 21 10 4 4 2 11 10 9 1 3 5 7 11 -3 22
12 MC Saïda 19 5 7 7 14 20 9 5 3 1 7 3 10 0 4 6 7 17 -6 22
13 DRB Tadjenanet 19 6 3 10 23 28 9 6 2 1 19 7 10 0 1 9 4 21 -5 21
14 JSM Béjaïa 19 5 6 8 18 24 10 3 4 3 9 8 9 2 2 5 9 16 -6 21
15 MO Bejaia 19 6 2 11 17 19 9 6 1 2 13 6 10 0 1 9 4 13 -2 20
16 USM El Harrach 19 3 7 9 16 28 9 3 5 1 9 8 10 0 2 8 7 20 -12 16