Evenly matched teams: SKAF Khémis Mélina vs Temouchent match preview

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 2
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Khemis Miliana (3000 seats)

Getting nearer the top clubs is the task when these two mid-table clubs duel. Both are targeting to better their league table standing, SKAF Khémis Mélina in 7th and Temouchent in 6th place.

Insights:
  • SKAF Khémis Mélina have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Ligue 2
  • SKAF Khémis Mélina have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Temouchent have scored away.

SKAF Khémis Mélina have less rest than Temouchent in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Algeria Cup game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus JS Kabylie, was also a home game here at Stade Khemis Miliana. The away team is better rested.

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SKAF Khémis Mélina form and stats

18 points is a decent return from 9 Ligue 2 games here at Stade Khemis Miliana for SKAF Khémis Mélina. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. After failing to beat Kouba here at Stade Khemis Miliana, Khémis has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

SKAF Khémis Mélina's previous match was a Algeria Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 2-0 versus JS Kabylie. The home team hope to to build on that result.

Prior to that, an away loss at Ben Aknoun in the Ligue 2.

A decent goal production from SKAF Khémis Mélina in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Khémis are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Khemis Miliana in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Temouchent form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Temouchent so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).

Home advantage was not enough for Temouchent in their previous game as they lost hosting MCB Oued Sly, 1-2. Before that defeat this side had taken at least a draw from six league games in a row.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Kouba with the score of 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Temouchent playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 Temouchent wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Temouchent as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Temouchent in these games.

Head 2 Head

Temouchent have won every one of the 4 most recent battles against this opponent. Another win today?

The two teams involved encountered each other before this match year: Temouchent - SKAF Khémis Mélina 3-1.

SKAF Khémis Mélina missing players

Temouchent missing players

SKAF Khémis Mélina Temouchent
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 1 9 18
7 5 2 Won W 0 2 8
5 3 0 Drew D 0 2 4
6 1 0 Lost L 1 5 6
24 14 5 Scored S 0 6 22
24 6 0 Conceded C 2 10 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
83% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 72%
50% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 11% 44%
28% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
56% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 56%
28% 44% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 22%
17% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 44% 28%
 
5.2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 8 3.6 3.9
2.8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.8 5.3
1.6 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.4 2.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.6 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 7.4 8.7
3.6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.6 4.1
34% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 28%
 
8.2 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 6 11.2 9.2
4.1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.8 3.8
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • SKAF Khémis Mélina have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • SKAF Khémis Mélina have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Temouchent have scored away.
  • SKAF Khémis Mélina have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Ligue 2
  • SKAF Khémis Mélina have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • SKAF Khémis Mélina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Temouchent haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Ben Aknoun 18 12 4 2 34 17 9 8 1 0 22 8 9 4 3 2 12 9 17 40
2 JSM Tiaret 18 12 4 2 27 13 9 9 0 0 15 2 9 3 4 2 12 11 14 40
3 CR Méchria 18 11 5 2 19 4 9 7 2 0 12 1 9 4 3 2 7 3 15 38
4 Mostaganem 18 11 4 3 28 11 9 6 2 1 15 5 9 5 2 2 13 6 17 37
5 MCB Oued Sly 18 9 5 4 29 19 9 6 2 1 19 8 9 3 3 3 10 11 10 32
6 Temouchent 18 8 4 6 22 20 9 6 2 1 16 10 9 2 2 5 6 10 2 28
7 SKAF Khémis Mélina 18 7 5 6 24 24 9 5 3 1 14 6 9 2 2 5 10 18 0 26
8 WA Boufarik 18 7 4 7 21 17 9 6 2 1 18 6 9 1 2 6 3 11 4 25
9 ASM Oran 18 6 6 6 21 18 9 4 3 2 12 7 9 2 3 4 9 11 3 24
10 NA Hussein Dey 18 6 4 8 25 23 9 4 3 2 14 9 9 2 1 6 11 14 2 22
11 MC Saïda 18 4 7 7 15 21 9 4 4 1 13 7 9 0 3 6 2 14 -6 19
12 Olympique Médéa 18 5 4 9 17 24 9 2 3 4 6 11 9 3 1 5 11 13 -7 19
13 Kouba 18 4 3 11 14 28 9 3 2 4 5 7 9 1 1 7 9 21 -14 15
14 Tlemcen 18 3 5 10 14 25 9 3 3 3 11 10 9 0 2 7 3 15 -11 14
15 GC Mascara 18 4 2 12 12 30 9 4 1 4 7 8 9 0 1 8 5 22 -18 14
16 RC Relizane 18 0 4 14 7 35 9 0 2 7 6 19 9 0 2 7 1 16 -28 4