Ligue 1: El Bayadh - USM Alger pre-match thoughts and stats

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 03.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Zakaria Medjdoub (8000 seats)

11th- against 6th place might not sound all that tempting to look into. But: Tipsway has the info that makes El Bayadh - USM Alger (even) more exciting!

Insights:
  • El Bayadh have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Ligue 1
  • USM Alger haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

This could be an entertaining game with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well revitalized since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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El Bayadh form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Zakaria Medjdoub as El Bayadh have scored 9 goals to get 18 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 1 are 5-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade Zakaria Medjdoub.

El Bayadh enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at USM Khenchela's place. The match ended 1-0 with Belmokhtar scoring.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at JS Saoura.

It should be considered that a look at the 17 latest league fixtures shows that 14 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The Bayadh fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. As for guarding their own goal, El Bayadh have only let in {1 goals} at home. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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USM Alger form and stats

There's been little loot from USM Alger's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Ligue 1. USM Alger only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Benchikha, the USM Alger manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

The followers enjoyed Alger's previous game versus Tshakhuma, a CAF Confederations Cup win (2-0) played at home.

Before that match, 1-1 away against Al-Akhdar in the CAF Confederations Cup.

The attacking power of USM Alger when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the sides met previously this campaign; USM Alger - El Bayadh 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

USM AlgerA. Mahious
A. Mahious
4 goals
BayadhI. Moussaoui
I. Moussaoui
3 goals
USM AlgerA. Meziane Bentahar
A. Meziane Bentahar
3 goals

El Bayadh missing players

USM Alger missing players

El Bayadh USM Alger
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 7 15
6 5 1 Won W 1 2 7
4 3 1 Drew D 0 1 4
7 0 0 Lost L 1 4 4
12 9 3 Scored S 4 6 19
13 1 1 Conceded C 3 7 13
82% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
41% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 43% 60%
12% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 29% 40%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 14% 13%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
18% 12% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 43% 53%
53% 88% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 27%
47% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 20%
 
4.8 4.3 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 5.7 5.5
4.9 3.4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.6 3.2
2.6 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.5 8.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.1 11.6
3.8 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 6.2
20% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 23% 20%
 
8 5.4 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5.5 8.1 8.1
3 1.3 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.4 4.9
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • El Bayadh have not yet lost a game at home.
  • El Bayadh have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • El Bayadh have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Ligue 1
  • El Bayadh have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Ligue 1
  • USM Alger haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CR Belouizdad 15 11 4 0 27 8 8 6 2 0 15 4 7 5 2 0 12 4 19 37
2 CS Constantine 17 9 4 4 23 15 8 6 1 1 14 5 9 3 3 3  10.1 9.9
5 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.1
26% 22%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 30%
 
11.4 9.7   Shots against (avg) S A   12.2 11.9
4.5 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 4.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lanús Res. 3 3 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 9
2 Defensa y Justicia Res. 3 2 1 0 8 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 5 3 4 7
3 Belgrano Córdoba Res. 3 2 0 1 7 2 2 1 0 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 6
4 Atletico Tucuman Res. 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
5 River Plate Res. 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
6 Estudiantes La Plata Res 3 2 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 6
7 Colón Res. 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 6
8 Racing Club Res. 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 5
9 Banfield Res. 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 5
10 Boca Juniors Res. 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
11 Instituto Res. 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
12 Unión Santa Fe Res. 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
13 Argentinos Juniors Res. 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
14 San Lorenzo Res. 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 4
15 Rosario Central Res. 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 4
16 Talleres Cordoba Res. 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 4
17 Velez Sarsfield Res. 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
18 Gimnasia Esgrima Res. 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 4
19 Newell's Old Boys Res. 3 1 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
20 Independiente Res. 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 2
21 Arsenal Res. 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 2
22 Huracán Res. 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
23 Sarmiento Res. 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
24 Barracas Central Res. 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 2
25 Godoy Cruz Res. 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
26 Tigre Res. 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 1
27 Platense Res. 3 0 1 2 2 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 1
28 Central Cordoba SdE Res. 3 0 1 2 1 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 8 -8 1
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 Lanús Res. 23 13 7 3 41 25 11 6 4 1 21 13 12 7 3 2 20 12 16 46
2 Independiente Res. 23 11 8 4 32 20 12 5 6 1 16 11 11 6 2 3 16 9 12 41
3 River Plate Res. 23 11 7 5 42 20 11 7 3 1 29 10 12 4 4 4 13 10 22 40
4 Estudiantes La Plata Res 23 11 7 5 29 21 12 8 1 3 18 10 11 3 6 2 11 11 8 40
5 Boca Juniors Res. 23 10 9 4 32 18 12 7 3 2 21 8 11 3 6 2 11 10 14 39
6 Velez Sarsfield Res. 23 12 3 8 38 27 11 8 1 2 23 10 12 4 2 6 15 17 11 39
7 Arsenal Res. 23 10 5 8 29 26 12 5 4 3 15 11 11 5 1 5 14 15 3 35
8 Gimnasia Esgrima Res. 23 10 5 8 29 27 11 5 3 3 14 9 12 5 2 5 15 18 2 35
9 San Lorenzo Res. 23 8 9 6 31 25 12 4 4 4 17 15 11 4 5 2 14 10 6 33
10 Defensa y Justicia Res. 23 7 9 7 25 25 12 3 4 5 10 13 11 4 5 2 15 12 0 30
11 Banfield Res. 23 7 9 7 31 32 12 4 4 4 18 18 11 3 5 3 13 14 -1 30
11 Gimnasia La Plata Res. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Argentinos Juniors Res. 23 8 6 9 28 32 12 5 0 7 13 18 11 3 6 2 15 14 -4 30
13 Godoy Cruz Res. 23 6 11 6 28 26 11 4 5 2 13 6 12 2 6 4 15 20 2 29
14 Patronato Res. 23 6 11 6 26 27 11 2 7 2 15 13 12 4 4 4 11 14 -1 29
15 Racing Club Res. 23 7 8 8 18 27 11 2 7 2 10 10 12 5 1 6 8 17 -9 29
16 Unión Santa Fe Res. 23 6 9 8 25 27 11 4 5 2 13 8 12 2 4 6 12 19 -2 27
17 Talleres Cordoba Res. 23 7 6 10 27 33 12 5 3 4 18 14 11 2 3 6 9 19 -6 27
18 Newell's Old Boys Res. 23 5 11 7 30 32 12 4 8 0 23 14 11 1 3 7 7 18 -2 26
19 Huracán Res. 23 6 8 9 30 34 11 5 4 2 21 13 12 1 4 7 9 21 -4 26
20 Rosario Central Res. 23 8 2 13 24 35 11 6 0 5 15 12 12 2 2 8 9 23 -11 26
21 Central Cordoba SdE Res. 23 6 8 9 30 38 11 3 5 3 15 13 12 3 3 6 15 25 -8 26
22 Colón Res. 23 5 10 8 29 31 12 3 3 6 13 15 11 2 7 2 16 16 -2 25
23 Atletico Tucuman Res. 23 4 5 14 21 35 12 2 3 7 12 18 11 2 2 7 9 17 -14 17
24 Aldosivi Res. 23 3 5 15 16 48 11 3 2 6 9 17 12 0 3 9 7 31 -32 14

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The Argentina Reserve League is a reserve team league that feature reserve lineups from many of the biggest football clubs in Argentina. It currently has 26 teams who play each other once for a total of 25 fixtures per team. The final league table is complete in April.