Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: MC Alger (1st, 65 pts) held a 26-point advantage over ES Sétif (11th, 39 pts). Recent form flatters ES Sétif's table spot — 1st league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 11th. Against a league average of 1.13 goals per team per game, ES Sétif ran at 1.1 scored and 1.2 conceded, MC Alger at 1.37 and 0.6.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — ES Sétif 4, draws 1, MC Alger 4, at 2.89 goals per meeting.
Stade du 8 Mai 1945 staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,000. ES Sétif led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
ES Sétif: Merouane Zerrouki (44')
Key stats
Possession: ES Sétif 37% · MC Alger 63% · Total shots: 5-4 · On target: 2-0 · Corners: 3-7