Ligue 2 information and preview: Kouba moderate favoured to subdue SKAF Khémis Mélina

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 2
Competition: Fri 31.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Omar Benhaddad (10000 seats)

Kouba are banking on their home crowd to support them during this game against SKAF Khémis Mélina. Who wins at Stade Omar Benhaddad?

Insights:
  • Kouba have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • SKAF Khémis Mélina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Kouba form and stats

Kouba's struggle is real here at Stade Omar Benhaddad with only 11 points collected from 11 Ligue 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-6. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Stade Omar Benhaddad, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the WA Boufarik game.

No payout for Kouba in their previous match, an away game at CR Méchria that ended in defeat 1-2.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Ben Aknoun (2-3).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Kouba matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from 6 games).

Kouba aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Omar Benhaddad in the league, with only {7 goals} from 11 games.

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SKAF Khémis Mélina form and stats

There's been little loot from SKAF Khémis Mélina's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Ligue 2. SKAF Khémis Mélina only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.

Khémis played 1-1 against GC Mascara in their previous match.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Olympique Médéa.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and SKAF Khémis Mélina playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 2 draws and 2 home wins.

Khémis have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. As for defending, SKAF Khémis Mélina rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date registered result between these teams is the SKAF Khémis Mélina - Kouba 2-2 played not long ago this season. Previous three meetings between these contenders: Kouba won one, SKAF Khémis Mélina were winners in zero and we saw two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.

Kouba missing players

SKAF Khémis Mélina missing players

Kouba SKAF Khémis Mélina
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 5 11 22
5 3 2 Won W 2 3 9
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 6
14 6 2 Lost L 2 6 7
19 7 3 Scored S 6 13 31
35 11 4 Conceded C 8 20 28
91% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
55% 36% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 82% 82%
50% 27% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 64% 50%
23% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 45% 32%
18% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 5%
45% 27% 25% BTTS BTTS 40% 64% 59%
23% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 9% 23%
41% 55% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 27% 18%
 
4.1 5.2 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.2 4.4
3.4 2.9 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.1 2.3
2.5 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
5.3 7.2 4 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 11.6 9.8
2.7 3.5 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4 3.7
31% 18% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 39%
 
7.8 7.5 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 9.9 8.4
3.7 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.7 4.2
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Kouba have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • SKAF Khémis Mélina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SKAF Khémis Mélina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ben Aknoun 22 15 4 3 45 20 11 10 1 0 30 8 11 5 3 3 15 12 25 49
2 CR Méchria 22 14 6 2 27 8 11 9 2 0 16 3 11 5 4 2 11 5 19 48
3 JSM Tiaret 22 14 6 2 36 18 11 11 0 0 21 4 11 3 6 2 15 14 18 48
4 Mostaganem 22 14 4 4 37 15 11 8 2 1 18 5 11 6 2 3 19 10 22 46
5 MCB Oued Sly 22 11 5 6 31 21 11 7 2 2 20 9 11 4 3 4 11 12 10 38
6 Temouchent 22 11 4 7 32 25 11 8 2 1 19 11 11 3 2 6 13 14 7 37
7 SKAF Khémis Mélina 22 9 6 7 31 28 11 6 4 1 18 8 11 3 2 6 13 20 3 33
8 ASM Oran 22 7 8 7 24 21 11 4 5 2 14 9 11 3 3 5 10 12 3 29
9 WA Boufarik 22 8 5 9 24 22 11 7 3 1 21 7 11 1 2 8 3 15 2 29
10 NA Hussein Dey 22 6 8 8 29 27 11 4 5 2 16 11 11 2 3 6 13 16 2 26
11 Olympique Médéa 22 5 6 11 21 31 11 2 4 5 9 16 11 3 2 6 12 15 -10 21
12 GC Mascara 22 6 3 13 15 32 11 6 1 4 9 8 11 0 2 9 6 24 -17 21
13 MC Saïda 22 4 8 10 19 31 11 4 4 3 15 14 11 0 4 7 4 17 -12 20
14 Tlemcen 22 4 6 12 17 29 11 3 4 4 12 12 11 1 2 8 5 17 -12 18
15 Kouba 22 5 3 14 19 35 11 3 2 6 7 11 11 2 1 8 12 24 -16 18
16 RC Relizane 22 0 4 18 8 52 11 0 2 9 7 27 11 0 2 9 1 25 -44 4