Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: MO Constantine (13th, 39 pts) held a 26-point advantage over JSM Skikda (16th, 13 pts). Recent form told a different story for MO Constantine: only 32nd in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 13th. Per game in the league, JSM Skikda were scoring 0.37 and conceding 2.23, MO Constantine 1.3 and 1.2, against a competition average of 1.18 goals per team per game.
MO Constantine entered with four wins in a row. JSM Skikda had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; MO Constantine, 13.
9 meetings are on record — 4 won by JSM Skikda, 3 by MO Constantine, 2 drawn, at 2.78 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings.
Stade du 20 Août 1955 in Skikda hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.