Match Report
The table gap was wide: 49 points between RC Kouba (2nd, 64 pts) and Olympique Médéa (15th, 15 pts). Olympique Médéa had been under-performing their position — 31st on five-round form against 15th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Olympique Médéa 0.8 scored and 1.9 conceded per game, RC Kouba 1.3 and 0.57, with the league averaging 1.16.
Olympique Médéa had been beaten in three straight games. Over the last five, Olympique Médéa had taken 1 of 15 points to RC Kouba's 10.
7 meetings are on record — 4 won by Olympique Médéa, 2 by RC Kouba, 1 drawn, at 1.71 goals per meeting. 71% of these meetings ended in a home win. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 29% of the meetings went over two goals.
Stade Imam Lyes, capacity 12,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-3.
Goal scorers
Olympique Médéa: Ruigi (38') · RC Kouba: Farès Benabderahmane (42'), 2 goals with no recorded scorer
Key stats
Possession: Olympique Médéa 34% · RC Kouba 66% · Total shots: 4-11 · On target: 3-7 · Corners: 6-6




