Match Report
41 points for MC Oran (10th), 36 for RC Arbaâ (15th): a 5-point gap. The last five rounds placed RC Arbaâ 9th in the league for form — higher than their 15th in the standings. Per game in the league, MC Oran were scoring 0.9 and conceding 1.13, RC Arbaâ 1.3 and 1.43, against a competition average of 1.08 goals per team per game.
RC Arbaâ arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 12 consecutive games.
Stade Ahmed Zabana in Oran staged the fixture, a ground that holds 40,000. S. Aouina took charge of the match — our records show 24 games refereed with an average of 1.5 yellow cards per game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.


