📊 Form Guide

USM Alger

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USM Alger will be wanting a better result here after a 1-0 Ligue Professionnelle 1 defeat last time out to Khenchela.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that USM Alger haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that USM Alger have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 9 goals during that time. We shall soon see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

Sétif

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Kabylie in Ligue Professionnelle 1 action, Sétif and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

The forward players for Sétif have been starved of goals over their last 6 encounters, recording the poor return of only 2. In those fixtures, El Kahla have also seen the collective goal tally against them equal 8.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head clashes dating back to 17/06/2022 tells us that USM Alger have won 1 of them & Sétif 3, with the tally of draws being 2.

A sum of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 6 from Ouled El Bahdja and 8 coming from El Kahla. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The last league encounter featuring these sides was Ligue Professionnelle 1 match day 14 on 21/12/2024 when it finished Sétif 1-1 USM Alger.

ℹ️ Team News: USM Alger

Haithem Loucif (Adductor pain) and Ghiles Guenaoui (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing for USM Alger .

📋 Team News: Sétif

In an otherwise available squad, there is only a single fitness problem for the Sétif manager Kheirredine Madoui to be concerned with. Oussama Gatal (Knock) misses out for this game.

💡 Prediction

Our feeling is that Sétif are capable enough to put one past this USM Alger team, but it possibly won’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re tipping a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for USM Alger after 90 minutes. It’s a very tough call.

Victor Martins, 19:01 16/06/2025