Match Report
The table gap was wide: 29 points between JS Bordj Ménaïel (3rd, 45 pts) and MC El Eulma (16th, 16 pts). MC El Eulma's recent output lagged their position: 31st on form over five rounds while 16th in the table. Against a league average of 1.16 goals per team per game, MC El Eulma ran at 0.53 scored and 1.9 conceded, JS Bordj Ménaïel at 1.1 and 0.9.
MC El Eulma had gone 5 games without a win. JS Bordj Ménaïel had not won in 7 games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 MC El Eulma win, 4 for JS Bordj Ménaïel, 0 draws, at 2.6 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 80% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings.
Stade Messaoud Zougar in El Eulma hosted the game. JS Bordj Ménaïel led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-2.




