Match Report
CA Batna, 11th with 40 points, sat 27 points above JSM Skikda (16th, 13). JSM Skikda ranked just 29th in the league on five-round form despite their 16th table position. Per game in the league, JSM Skikda were scoring 0.37 and conceding 2.23, CA Batna 1.03 and 0.93, against a competition average of 1.18 goals per team per game.
JSM Skikda had been beaten in 11 straight games. From the last five rounds, JSM Skikda held 0 points of 15 and CA Batna 8.
9 meetings are on record — 2 won by JSM Skikda, 7 by CA Batna, 0 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 78% of the meetings went to the host.
Stade du 20 Août 1955 in Skikda hosted the game. On the scoreboard, CA Batna led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 0-4.