Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: USM Alger (11th, 40 pts) held a 36-point advantage over HB Chelghoum Laïd (16th, 4 pts). On recent form USM Alger sat only 15th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 11th overall. Against a league average of 1.08 goals per team per game, USM Alger ran at 1.03 scored and 1 conceded, HB Chelghoum Laïd at 0.37 and 2.53.
Defeat had followed defeat for HB Chelghoum Laïd — five in succession. The five-game form split read 6/15 points for USM Alger against 0/15 for HB Chelghoum Laïd.
The match was played at Stade Omar Hamadi (al-Jazā’ir (Algiers)) in Algiers (capacity 10,000). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-0 full-time score.




