CAF Champions League match preview: Al Merreikh versus JS Kabylie

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Competition: International CAF Champions League
Date: Fri 23.August
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Merreikh Stadium (43645 seats)

Al Merreikh will battle it out with JS Kabylie in this CAF Champions League game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!

The visiting JS Kabylie played their last game only three days ago, a Ligue 1 match.

JS Kabylie have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 5500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Al Merreikh form and stats

Al Merreikh could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the CAF Champions League. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Al-Merreikh Stadium they witnessed 3 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W8 - D3 - L0 from eleven games.

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JS Kabylie form and stats

It's a day of discovery for JS Kabylie as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which JS Kabylie have played one with the results W0-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games JS Kabylie has scored 0 goals and conceded 0 times.

A job perfectly done for JS Kabylie last season as they secured promotion from Ligue 1. With a grand total of 0 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 0 were in away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; JS Kabylie - Al Merreikh 1-0. Al Merreikh-JS Kabylie H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Al Merreikh 2 wins, JS Kabylie 3 wins, 0 draws. 4 of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Al Merreikh missing players

JS Kabylie missing players

Al Merreikh JS Kabylie
Total Home Home vs no_table Statistic Away vs no_table Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 11
11 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 3
3 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Al Merreikh Last season JS Kabylie
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
21 13 0 Played 0 15 30
15 10 0 Won 0 5 15
6 3 0 Drew 0 3 7
0 0 0 Lost 0 7 8
45 29 0 Scored 0 14 38
12 7 0 Conceded 0 13 25
90% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 87% 90%
71% 77% 0% Over 1.5 0% 53% 63%
48% 54% 0% Over 2.5 0% 27% 30%
43% 46% 0% Over 3.5 0% 7% 13%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 7% 10%
43% 46% 0% BTTS 0% 27% 40%
57% 54% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 40% 40%
10% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 47% 30%
 
5.8 7 0 Corners For (avg) 0 2.8 4
3 2 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 5.2 4.4
1.2 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.5 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats last season:
  • Al Merreikh have not yet lost a game.
  • Al Merreikh have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Merreikh have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Merreikh have scored at least twice as many goals at home as JS Kabylie have scored away.
  • Al Merreikh have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Al Merreikh have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Al Merreikh have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Al Merreikh haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • JS Kabylie have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Al Merreikh
All Uafa Cup Arab Club Championship Sudan Premier League CAF Champions League
All Home Away
22-06-19 SPL Al Merreikh 1 - 0 Hay Al Wadi
25-06-19 SPL Al Merreikh 3 - 1 Hilal Obayed
27-06-19 SPL Al Merreikh 1 - 0 Al Ahly Shendi
01-07-19 SPL Al Merreikh 1 - 0 Al Khartoum
02-07-19 SPL Al Merreikh 3 - 1 Merreikh El-Fasher
06-07-19 SPL Al Hilal Omdurman 0 - 0 Al Merreikh
09-08-19 CCL JS Kabylie 1 - 0 Al Merreikh
23-08-19 CCL Al Merreikh 00:00 JS Kabylie
31-08-19 ACC Al Merreikh 18:00 Wydad Casablanca
18-09-19 ACC Wydad Casablanca 19:00 Al Merreikh
JS Kabylie
All Ligue 1 Algeria Cup CAF Confederations Cup Club Friendlies CAF Champions League
All Home Away
11-05-19 L1 CS Constantine 2 - 0 JS Kabylie
16-05-19 L1 JS Kabylie 2 - 1 USM Alger
21-05-19 L1 NA Hussein Dey 1 - 2 JS Kabylie
26-05-19 L1 JS Kabylie 2 - 0 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
20-07-19 CF Clermont 0 - 0 JS Kabylie
09-08-19 CCL JS Kabylie 1 - 0 Al Merreikh
15-08-19 L1 NA Hussein Dey 0 - 0 JS Kabylie
19-08-19 L1 JS Kabylie 3 - 2 US Biskra
23-08-19 CCL Al Merreikh 00:00 JS Kabylie
31-08-19 L1 Paradou AC 19:00 JS Kabylie

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Al Merreikh 11 8 3 0 27 7 5 3 2 0 13 4 6 5 1 0 14 3 20 27
2 Al Khartoum 13 6 3 4 19 16 7 5 1 1 14 8 6 1 2 3 5 8 3 21
3 Alamal Atbara 12 5 2 5 14 15 6 3 1 2 8 5 6 2 1 3 6 10 -1 17
4 Hay Al Wadi 12 4 5 3 10 14 6 2 4 0 7 4 6 2 1 3 3 10 -4 17
5 Al Mourada 12 5 2 5 13 19 6 4 0 2 9 9 6 1 2 3 4 10 -6 17
6 Hilal Obayed 12 4 3 5 15 16 6 3 1 2 10 6 6 1 2 3 5 10 -1 15
7 Al Ahli Khartoum 12 1 5 6 10 14 6 1 2 3 6 5 6 0 3 3 4 9 -4 8
8 Al-Ahly Merowe 12 1 5 6 10 17 6 1 3 2 4 6 6 0 2 4 6 11 -7 8
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D 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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