Match details. Ligue 1, Regular Season - 4. Kick-off is Wed 7 Oct, 20:00 Lagos time.
What's at stake. CR Belouizdad are 2nd on 7 points after 3 games, level on points with USM Alger, 1 point clear of MC Oran. A win would take them above USM Alger. USM Khenchela are 13th on 2 points after 2 games, 1 point behind MB Rouisset, level on points with US Biskra. A win would take them above MB Rouisset.
Form. CR Belouizdad have won five, drawn four and lost one of their last ten, 1.9 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W D D D. USM Khenchela have won five, drawn three and lost two of their last ten, 1.8 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D D W W D. In this competition USM Khenchela have gone D D W W D W.
The numbers. CR Belouizdad score 1.4 and concede 0.9 a game over their last ten, with five clean sheets and two games without a goal. CR Belouizdad average 9.5 shots (3.9 on target), 5.4 corners and 2.0 cards a game. USM Khenchela score 1.3 and concede 1.1 a game over their last ten, with four clean sheets and two games without a goal. USM Khenchela average 7.5 corners and 0.5 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last eight meetings CR Belouizdad have won three, drawn two and lost three. Five of the eight went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in four. In the last four, CR Belouizdad won two and two were drawn. The last time they met, on 4 May 2026, it finished CR Belouizdad 3-1 USM Khenchela.
Where it pulls both ways. On goals, their goals for and against point to a tight game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 54%; five of the last eight meetings went over 2.5.
The read. No side to back. Nothing separates them clearly enough to back a side.
The bets. No bet on this one: too close to call. Leave: CR Belouizdad or Over 1.5 Goals (no result call). Predicted score: CR Belouizdad 1-1 USM Khenchela (13% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the Model's table).