Match Report
The table gap was wide: 24 points between USM Khenchela (1st, 67 pts) and CA Batna (4th, 43 pts). The last five rounds placed CA Batna no better than 21st for form, against 4th in the standings. Per game in the league, CA Batna were scoring 1.17 and conceding 1.1, USM Khenchela 2 and 0.73, against a competition average of 1.18 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with USM Khenchela, winners of their last three, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 5/15 points for CA Batna, 13/15 for USM Khenchela.
The match was played at Stade Seffouhi in Batna (capacity 20,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.




