After the first game it's JSM Béjaïa - USM Blida 1-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second Ligue 2 game of the season?
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Béjaïa's stadium has a artifical turf surface. USM Blida have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for USM Blida when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 7 draws and 17 losses from 27 matches. They have scored 17 goals in these games and conceded 40.
JSM Béjaïa form and stats
Béjaïa drew their last game, 0-0 away at MO Béjaïa (placed 9th). Preceding that match was a defeat to MO Béjaïa (0-2).
Last season, JSM Béjaïa's league statistics were 6 wins, 6 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 15th position in the Ligue 2. Over these 23 matches they scored 22 goals and conceded 31. Playing at home last season JSM Béjaïa managed 4-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 10 conceded.
USM Blida form and stats
USM Blida might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Amal Bou Saâda proved too strong as USM Blida slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade Mustapha Tchaker. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against RC Relizane.
Let's have a look at how USM Blida performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 8 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 15 and conceded 44 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 1 and lost 13 with 6/29 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Béjaïa won five, USM Blida won one and four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.JSM Béjaïa missing players
USM Blida missing players
| JSM Béjaïa | USM Blida | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| JSM Béjaïa | Last season | USM Blida | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 13 | 19 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | ||
| 31 | 10 | Conceded | C | 29 | 44 | ||
| 87% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | ||
| 74% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 57% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 30% | ||
| 17% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 13% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 7% | ||
| 52% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 26% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | ||
| 35% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 53% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.5 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 9 | ||
| 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 23% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 11% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Amal Bou Saâda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Kouba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Ben Aknoun | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | RC Arbaâ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | USM El Harrach | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | CR Beni Thour | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | JSM Béjaïa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Lakhdaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MO Béjaïa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Msila | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | USM Blida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | WA Boufarik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 | Olympique Medea | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 42 |
| 2 | JSM Skikda | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 40 |
| 3 | Tlemcen | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | RC Relizane | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | RC Arbaâ | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | AS Khroub | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -2 | 35 |
| 7 | MC El Eulma | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 33 |
| 8 | ASM Oran | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -5 | 32 |
| 9 | DRB Tadjenanet | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 26 | -3 | 30 |
| 10 | Annaba | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 29 |
| 11 | MC Saida | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Amal Bou Saâda | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 26 |
| 13 | Arzew | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 14 | MO Béjaïa | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 15 | JSM Béjaïa | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 24 |
| 16 | USM El Harrach | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 22 | -11 | 22 |
| 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 | US Biskra | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 55 |
| 2 | NC Magra | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 53 |
| 3 | ASO Chlef | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 52 |
| 4 | Tlemcen | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 52 |
| 5 | RC Relizane | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 50 |
| 6 | MC El Eulma | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 41 |
| 7 | Annaba | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 17 | -3 | 39 |
| 8 | Amal Bou Saâda | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 39 |
| 9 | JSM Skikda | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 19 | -3 | 38 |
| 10 | MC Saida | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 20 | -1 | 38 |
| 11 | JSM Béjaïa | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 20 | -1 | 38 |
| 12 | USM El Harrach | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 36 |
| 13 | ASM Oran | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 35 |
| 14 | Mostaganem | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -8 | 35 |
| 15 | Kouba | 30 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 24 | -15 | 26 |
| 16 | USM Blida | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 44 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 29 | -29 | 17 |