About Match
MC Oran go into the game 13th in the table on 0 points; USM Khenchela sit 9th on 1 — a 1-point gap. Victory would move MC Oran to 3 points and up to 1st, overtaking USM Khenchela, with other results unchanged.
Defeat has not touched USM Khenchela in 5 games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 2 MC Oran wins, 2 for USM Khenchela, 2 draws, at 1.5 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings. These meetings skew tight — only 33% saw more than two goals.
The match takes place at Miloud Hadefi Stadium (capacity 40,000).