Match Report
13 points and 4 places separated them: Olympique Médéa 12th with 36, USM Blida 16th with 23. Olympique Médéa had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 6th in the league over the last five rounds against 12th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Olympique Médéa 0.77 scored and 1.07 conceded per game, USM Blida 0.93 and 1.67, with the league averaging 1.1.
8 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Olympique Médéa 2, draws 4, USM Blida 2, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 38% of the meetings went to the host.
The match was played at Stade Imam Lyes (capacity 12,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: USM Blida led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Olympique Médéa: A. Abdelhafid (77'), Zoubir Motrani (85') · USM Blida: N. El Imam (35')




