Stade Smaïl-Makhlouf: RC Arbaâ vs Olympique Médéa Ligue 2 preview

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 2
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Smaïl-Makhlouf (8000 seats)

This is the Ligue 2 season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Who will get that important first win?

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!

Olympique Médéa play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Olympique Médéa when playing on artificial turf are 6 wins, 8 draws and 10 defeats from 24 matches. They have scored 16 goals and conceded 26 times in these games.

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RC Arbaâ form and stats

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Olympique Médéa form and stats

Let's have a look at how Olympique Médéa performed last season in the Ligue 2: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 10 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 21 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 7/15 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 1 RC Arbaâ victory, 1 draw and 0 Olympique Médéa wins. 0 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

RC Arbaâ missing players

Olympique Médéa missing players

RC Arbaâ Olympique Médéa
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
6 3 0 Played P 0 2 6
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
8 4 0 Scored S 0 3 8
8 3 0 Conceded C 0 3 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
83% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 83%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 17%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 17%
33% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
4 5.7 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 8 6.8
3.8 3.3 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 5.5 3.8
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Olympique Médéa's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Olympique Médéa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • RC Arbaâ have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • RC Arbaâ haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

RC Arbaâ
All Ligue 1 Ligue 2
All Home Away
22-04-17 L2 AS Khroub 0 - 3 RC Arbaâ
29-04-17 L2 RC Arbaâ 0 - 1 ASO Chlef
13-05-17 L2 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 0 - 2 RC Arbaâ
23-08-19 L2 RC Arbaâ 2 - 0 JSM Skikda
02-09-19 L2 USM El Harrach 1 - 3 RC Arbaâ
07-09-19 L2 RC Arbaâ 1 - 0 Annaba
14-09-19 L2 MO Béjaïa 2 - 1 RC Arbaâ
21-09-19 L2 RC Arbaâ 1 - 3 AS Khroub
28-09-19 L2 DRB Tadjenanet 2 - 0 RC Arbaâ
05-10-19 L2 RC Arbaâ 14:00 Olympique Médéa
Olympique Médéa
All Ligue 1 Ligue 2 Algeria Cup
All Home Away
16-05-19 L1 Olympique Médéa 1 - 0 NA Hussein Dey
21-05-19 L1 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 1 - 0 Olympique Médéa
26-05-19 L1 Olympique Médéa 0 - 1 JS Saoura
23-08-19 L2 Olympique Médéa 2 - 0 USM El Harrach
31-08-19 L2 Annaba 1 - 3 Olympique Médéa
07-09-19 L2 Olympique Médéa 1 - 0 MO Béjaïa
14-09-19 L2 AS Khroub 2 - 0 Olympique Médéa
21-09-19 L2 Olympique Médéa 2 - 0 DRB Tadjenanet
28-09-19 L2 Olympique Médéa 0 - 2 Tlemcen
05-10-19 L2 RC Arbaâ 14:00 Olympique Médéa

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Annaba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Arzew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 AS Khroub 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 ASM Oran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DRB Tadjenanet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 JSM Béjaïa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 JSM Skikda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 MC El Eulma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MC Saïda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MO Béjaïa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Olympique Médéa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 RC Arbaâ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 RC Relizane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Tlemcen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 USM El Harrach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 USM Alger 30 15 8 7 49 29 15 10 2 3 31 13 15 5 6 4 18 16 20 53
2 JS Kabylie 30 15 7 8 38 25 15 10 4 1 24 12 15 5 3 7 14 13 13 52
3 Paradou AC 30 14 6 10 38 24 15 11 1 3 27 9 15 3 5 7 11 15 14 48
4 JSM Skikda 30 13 8 9 33 22 15 10 3 2 28 10 15 3 5 7 5 12 11 47
5 ES Sétif 30 13 6 11 34 24 15 9 3 3 25 9 15 4 3 8 9 15 10 45
6 MC Alger 30 11 10 9 35 36 15 7 5 3 20 17 15 4 5 6 15 19 -1 43
7 CS Constantine 30 10 10 10 30 24 15 7 7 1 19 9 15 3 3 9 11 15 6 40
8 CR Belouizdad 30 10 11 9 28 27 15 7 4 4 16 12 15 3 7 5 12 15 1 38
9 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 30 9 10 11 22 24 15 8 5 2 17 7 15 1 5 9 5 17 -2 37
10 MC Oran 30 8 12 10 33 38 15 6 7 2 20 15 15 2 5 8 13 23 -5 36
11 NA Hussein Dey 30 9 9 12 22 29 15 6 5 4 9 8 15 3 4 8 13 21 -7 36
12 Aïn M'lila 30 7 15 8 20 30 15 6 9 0 11 4 15 1 6 8 9 26 -10 36
13 USM Bel Abbès 30 9 8 13 24 39 15 7 5 3 17 15 15 2 3 10 7 24 -15 35
14 MO Béjaïa 30 7 12 11 23 36 15 5 7 3 11 11 15 2 5 8 12 25 -13 33
15 Olympique Médéa 30 7 10 13 21 31 15 5 4 6 14 16 15 2 6 7 7 15 -10 31
16 DRB Tadjenanet 30 7 10 13 26 38 15 7 5 3 13 7 15 0 5 10 13 31 -12 31

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