Match Report
The table read 5th (JS Kabylie, 45 pts) against 11th (ES Sétif, 39 pts), 6 points apart. ES Sétif ranked 1st in the league on five-round form, well above their 11th table position. Against a league average of 1.13 goals per team per game, JS Kabylie ran at 1.33 scored and 1.03 conceded, ES Sétif at 1.1 and 1.2.
A win had eluded JS Kabylie for 5 matches, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 6 meetings between the two: 1 for JS Kabylie, 3 for ES Sétif and 2 drawn, at 1.83 goals per meeting. Only 17% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Stade du 1er Novembre 1954 staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: JS Kabylie led 2-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 5-1.
Goal scorers
JS Kabylie: Aimen Mahious (44'), Aimen Mahious (63'), Billal Messaoudi (68'), Youcef Izem (27'), Aimen Mahious (81') · ES Sétif: Mohamed Hamek (90')
Key stats
Possession: JS Kabylie 54% · ES Sétif 46% · Total shots: 15-24 · On target: 5-8 · Corners: 1-2