Match details. Ligue 2, Regular Season - 7. Kick-off is Sat 24 Oct, 15:00 Lagos time.
What's at stake. CA Batna are 12th on 6 points after 6 games, 1 point behind Paradou AC, 1 point clear of Teleghma. A win would take them above Paradou AC. US Chaouia are 9th on 8 points after 6 games, level on points with Nrb Beni Oulbene, 1 point clear of MO Bejaia. A win would take them above Nrb Beni Oulbene.
Form. CA Batna have won two, drawn five and lost three of their last ten, 1.1 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D W D L L. US Chaouia have won four, drawn three and lost three of their last ten, 1.5 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W L D L.
The numbers. CA Batna score 1.2 and concede 0.8 a game in their last six at home, with two clean sheets. CA Batna average 8.1 shots (2.9 on target), 4.4 corners and 2.0 cards a game. US Chaouia score 0.6 and concede 1.4 a game in their last five away, with no clean sheets and three games without a goal. US Chaouia average 9.5 shots (3.0 on target), 5.2 corners and 2.3 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings CA Batna have won two, drawn four and lost four. Three of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in four. In the last four, one was drawn and US Chaouia won three. The last time they met, on 20 Jan 2026, it finished CA Batna 0-1 US Chaouia.
Where it pulls both ways. It pulls both ways: their goals for and against make CA Batna the likelier winners, but US Chaouia are the stronger side on form and the table; the meetings favour US Chaouia.
The case against. US Chaouia's record still gives them 32% to win. The meetings do not back them.
The read. CA Batna or the draw. A tight game. Their goals for and against make CA Batna the likelier winners; US Chaouia are the stronger side on form and the table; the meetings favour US Chaouia. Their goals for and against point to a tight game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 28%. Seven of the last ten meetings went under 2.5.
The bets. Best bet: Under 3.5 Goals at 1.16, 88% on the records (CA Batna: under 3.5 goals in 4 of 5 at home; US Chaouia: under 3.5 goals in 5 of 5 away). Leave: Over 0.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read). Predicted score: CA Batna 1-0 US Chaouia (14% 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).