Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — El Bayadh 2nd with 65 points, USM Bel Abbès 15th with 23, 42 apart. USM Bel Abbès had been under-performing their position — 29th on five-round form against 15th in the table. Per game in the league, El Bayadh were scoring 1.5 and conceding 0.43, USM Bel Abbès 0.83 and 1.67, against a competition average of 1.18 goals per team per game.
El Bayadh had not lost in 7 games. From the last five rounds, El Bayadh held 11 points of 15 and USM Bel Abbès 3.
Stade Zakaria Medjdoub in El, capacity 8,000, hosted the game.