It's a new CAF Champions League campaign and USM Alger are eager to get started. Wydad Casablanca are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Wydad Casablanca have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 3-5-4 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches.
Wydad Casablanca have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
USM Alger form and stats
Disaster struck USM Alger last season as they could not defend their status as a Ligue 1 team. With 3 defeats from ten games, and only 5 wins, relegation could not be avoided. USM Alger are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W4 D1 L0.
Wydad Casablanca form and stats
A job perfectly done for Wydad Casablanca last season as they secured promotion from Botola Pro. With a grand total of 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 1 were in away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: USM Alger won 0, Wydad Casablanca won 1 and 1 draw. 1 game with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Meftah 4 goals |  A. Zouari 3 goals |   A. El Kaabi 3 goals |
USM Alger missing players
Wydad Casablanca missing players
| USM Alger | Wydad Casablanca | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.8 | 6 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3.2 | 1 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | 31 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 29 |
| 19 | 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| USM Alger | Last season | Wydad Casablanca | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 10 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 12 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 70% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 70% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | ||
| 30% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 40% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 30% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 50% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | ||
| 5.4 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 91 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 35 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 18 | ||
| 35% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 50% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Petro de Luanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | USM Alger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Wydad Casablanca | 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 | CR Belouizdad | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 |
| 2 | MC Alger | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | MC Oran | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | JS Saoura | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | JS Kabylie | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Ain M'lila | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | CS Constantine | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | USM Alger | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | USM Bel Abbes | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | NA Hussein Dey | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | US Biskra | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
| 13 | ES Setif | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | ASO Chlef | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | NC Magra | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Paradou AC | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | RSB Berkane | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Moghreb Tetouan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Difaa El Jadida | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Wydad Casablanca | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | Mouloudia Oujda | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | CR Khemis Zemamra | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Olympic Safi | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Raja Casablanca | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | FAR Rabat | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | FUS Rabat | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Khouribga | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Hassania Agadir | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Ittihad Tanger | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Rapide Oued Zem | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 15 | Youssoufia Berrechid | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
| 16 | Raja Beni Mellal | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 1 |