Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Tlemcen welcomes MO Béjaïa

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 2
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Akit Lotfi (18000 seats)

The league table in Ligue 2 tells a story about these teams so far, with Tlemcen leading MO Béjaïa by 10 points. Match preview to follow:

Tlemcen and MO Béjaïa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

This stadium uses grass, unlike MO Béjaïa's home stadium. The visitors last 17 games on grass have ended in 3 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses.

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Tlemcen form and stats

7-0-0 is the performance here at Stade Akit Lotfi so far in the Ligue 2, giving Tlemcen a total of 21 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results!

Tlemcen manager and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Arzew (placed 11th) in the Ligue 2. Ahead of that match, Tlemcen won a home game hosting Annaba (2-1).

Tlemcen are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W3-D0-L0.

Tlemcen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Akit Lotfi with 12 goals in 7 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Tlemcen have only let in 2 goals at home.

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MO Béjaïa form and stats

There's been little loot from MO Béjaïa's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 7 away games in the Ligue 2. MO Béjaïa only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 18 away games in a row.

MO Béjaïa failed to get anything from their last game, a Ligue 2 home match vs Annaba (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Prior to that match, the MO Béjaïa manager A. Michel faced defeat when travelling to USM El Harrach and losing 0-1.

You'll want to know how MO Béjaïa managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 2 home wins.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from MO Béjaïa's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 7 matches. As opposed to that, MO Béjaïa have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: 2 - 0 - 2 (Tlemcen wins - draws - MO Béjaïa wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.

Tlemcen missing players

MO Béjaïa missing players

Tlemcen MO Béjaïa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 2 7 13
8 7 3 Won W 0 0 5
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
4 0 0 Lost L 2 6 7
18 12 4 Scored S 0 1 10
11 2 0 Conceded C 2 7 10
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 92%
71% 57% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 14% 38%
36% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 23%
7% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 23%
50% 71% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 38%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 86% 46%
 
2.8 2 3 Corners For (avg) C F 2.5 2 4.3
4.6 3.3 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 5 3.9
2.5 1.7 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 2
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
79 41 8 Total Shots T S 29 44 106
35 21 5 Shots on Target S O 17 21 56
46% 48% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 16%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • MO Béjaïa has the fewest conceded goals (10)
  • MO Béjaïa has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
  • MO Béjaïa has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
  • MO Béjaïa has the fewest scored goals (1) away
  • MO Béjaïa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • MO Béjaïa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • MO Béjaïa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • MO Béjaïa have yet to win a game away.
  • Tlemcen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Tlemcen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as MO Béjaïa have scored away.
  • Tlemcen have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Tlemcen have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Tlemcen have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Tlemcen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 14 10 1 3 25 11 8 6 1 1 14 6 6 4 0 2 11 5 14 31
2 Tlemcen 14 8 2 4 18 11 7 7 0 0 12 2 7 1 2 4 6 9 7 26
3 RC Relizane 14 7 3 4 19 14 8 7 0 1 16 8 6 0 3 3 3 6 5 24
4 RC Arbaâ 14 7 3 4 18 14 8 5 1 2 11 7 6 2 2 2 7 7 4 24
5 MC El Eulma 14 5 6 3 12 13 8 3 4 1 7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 -1 21
6 JSM Skikda 14 5 5 4 18 18 6 4 2 0 11 5 8 1 3 4 7 13 0 20
7 ASM Oran 14 5 5 4 12 13 6 4 2 0 10 5 8 1 3 4 2 8 -1 20
8 AS Khroub 14 5 4 5 14 17 7 4 3 0 8 3 7 1 1 5 6 14 -3 19
9 Annaba 14 5 3 6 15 17 6 4 0 2 10 7 8 1 3 4 5 10 -2 18
10 DRB Tadjenanet 14 5 2 7 20 17 8 5 2 1 16 5 6 0 0 6 4 12 3 17
11 Arzew 14 4 5 5 15 16 8 3 4 1 9 7 6 1 1 4 6 9 -1 17
12 MC Saïda 14 4 5 5 10 15 6 4 2 0 5 1 8 0 3 5 5 14 -5 17
13 MO Béjaïa 13 5 1 7 10 10 6 5 0 1 9 3 7 0 1 6 1 7 0 16
14 Amal Bou Saâda 14 3 5 6 10 14 6 3 3 0 7 4 8 0 2 6 3 10 -4 14
15 JSM Béjaïa 13 2 4 7 9 14 7 2 2 3 5 5 6 0 2 4 4 9 -5 10
16 USM El Harrach 14 2 4 8 14 25 6 2 3 1 7 7 8 0 1 7 7 18 -11 10