Match Report
Olympique Médéa went into the game 15th in the table on 36 points; US Biskra sat 10th on 50 — a 14-point gap. Against a league average of 1.13 goals per team per game, Olympique Médéa ran at 0.97 scored and 1.56 conceded, US Biskra at 1.06 and 0.94.
Olympique Médéa had lost three in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 2 Olympique Médéa wins, 3 for US Biskra, 1 draw, at 2.5 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 83% of the meetings. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings.
Stade Imam Lyes in Médéa staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: US Biskra led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.