Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Algeria 1st with 25 points, Somalia 6th with 1, 24 apart. On recent form Somalia sat only 53rd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 6th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Somalia 0.3 scored and 2 conceded per game, Algeria 2.4 and 0.8, with the league averaging 1.26.
Somalia arrived off three straight defeats. Algeria were unbeaten in 7. From the last five rounds, Somalia held 1 points of 15 and Algeria 7.
The match was played at Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida (capacity 40,000). On the scoreboard, Algeria led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-3.
Goal scorers
Algeria: Mohamed Amoura (7'), Mohamed Amoura (57'), Riyad Mahrez (19')