Match Report
USM Alger went into the game 1st in the table on 11 points; Al Masry sat 2nd on 12 — a 1-point gap. Recent form told a different story for USM Alger: only 7th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Scoring rates set the scale: USM Alger 1.67 scored and 0.83 conceded per game, Al Masry 1.17 and 0.33, with the league averaging 1.1.
Al Masry's unbeaten run stood at 13, having scored in 11 consecutive games.
J. Bondo officiated: 25 games logged, averaging 1.9 yellow cards each. Stade du 8 Mai 1945 (Stif (Sétif)) in Sétif hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Al Masry led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.