An important duel in the bottom section of the Ligue 2, with both MC Saïda and Arzew experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 12th and the visitors in 13th place.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
MC Saïda form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 8 Ligue 2 games here for MC Saïda. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
The fans are hoping that MC Saïda will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Ligue 2 game against MC El Eulma (placed 8th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting RC Relizane in a game that was won 2-0.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for MC Saïda here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). MC Saïda have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Arzew form and stats
Arzew have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Ligue 2, after 1-2-5 (8 played).
Arzew failed to get anything from their last game, a Ligue 2 home match vs ASM Oran (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-3. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Amal Bou Saâda's place.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Arzew as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. Arzew have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Arzew - MC Saïda 0-0. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - two - one (MC Saïda wins - draws - Arzew wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.MC Saïda missing players
Arzew missing players
| MC Saïda | Arzew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 18 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 82% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 88% |
| 47% | 38% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 65% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 35% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 65% |
| 47% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 18% |
| 35% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 29% |
| 2.1 | 3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3 | 5.3 |
| 3.6 | 2.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | 60 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 39 | 111 |
| 36 | 21 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 12 | 40 |
| 33% | 33% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 58% | 35% |
- Arzew has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Arzew has the most conceded goals in the first half (12)
- Arzew have created more than twice as many corners as MC Saïda.
- Arzew have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Arzew have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- MC Saïda has the fewest scored goals (12)
- MC Saïda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- MC Saïda have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Olympique Médéa | 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 Saïda | 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 Béjaïa | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 15 | JSM Béjaïa | 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 |