ES Setif vs JS Kabylie
Match details. Ligue 1, Regular Season - 5. Kick-off is Wed 14 Oct, 18:00 Lagos time.
What's at stake. ES Setif are 10th on 4 points after 4 games, 1 point behind Khenchela, level on points with Olympique Akbou. A win would take them above Khenchela. JS Kabylie are 7th on 6 points after 3 games, level on points with Ben Aknoun, level on points with MB Rouisset. A win would take them above Ben Aknoun.
Form. ES Setif have won five, drawn one and lost four of their last ten, 1.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D W L L W. JS Kabylie have won four, drawn four and lost two of their last ten, 1.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L W D W.
The numbers. ES Setif score 2.4 and concede 0.6 a game in their last five at home, with two clean sheets. ES Setif average 9.6 shots (3.4 on target), 3.4 corners and 2.9 cards a game. JS Kabylie score 1.4 and concede 0.9 a game over their last ten, with three clean sheets and two games without a goal. JS Kabylie average 6.4 shots (3.8 on target), 2.5 corners and 1.3 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings ES Setif have won four, drawn four and lost two. Three of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in five. In the last four, ES Setif won one, one was drawn and JS Kabylie won two. The last time they met, on 8 May 2026, it finished ES Setif 1-5 JS Kabylie.
The case against. JS Kabylie's record still gives them 33% to win.
The read. ES Setif to win. A tight game. Their goals for and against make ES Setif the likelier winners; both teams' records favour ES Setif. Their goals for and against point to a tight game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 43%. Seven of the last ten meetings went under 2.5.
The bets. Best bet: Under 3.5 Goals at 1.15, 73% on the records (ES Setif: under 3.5 goals in 3 of 5 at home; JS Kabylie: under 3.5 goals in 8 of 10). Leave: Over 1.5 Cards (the signs point different ways); Over 0.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read). Predicted score: ES Setif 1-0 JS Kabylie (10% 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 call and a tight game).