| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brest | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6/15 | 5-7 |
| USM Alger | 15 | L3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4/15 | 2-5 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brest | 139 | 2 | 3 | 1 | WL | 941 | -802 |
| USM Alger | 248 | 1 | 0 | -1 | L | 1763 | -1515 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2016-07-13
Brest went into the game 139th in the table on 3 points; USM Alger sat 248th on 0 — a 3-point gap. On recent form USM Alger sat only 1763rd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 248th overall. Per game in the league, Brest were scoring 1 and conceding 0.5, USM Alger 0 and 1, against a competition average of 1.75 goals per team per game.
USM Alger arrived off three straight defeats.
The match was played at Stade Francis-Le Ble in Brest (capacity 15,931).
