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USM Alger

Ligue 1

CAF Confederations Cup Algeria

Algeria Cup

Founded:	1937
Stadium:	Stade Omar Hamadi
Coach:	Lamine Kebir
Ligue 1 Form:
Overall Form:

USM Alger home ground venue is Stade Omar Hamadi.

Lamine Kebir is the current coach for USM Alger.

USM Alger Ligue 1 Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

USM Alger have played a total of 33 matches in Algeria Ligue 1. Their current statistics is 14 win, 10 draw and 9 lose.

USM Alger did not lose their last five matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze USM Alger results for their home or away matches in Ligue 1 2009/2010.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
USM Alger	33	14	10	9

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
28/05/2010	USM Alger	2 - 1	NA Hussein Dey	1-0	H2H	+
Nouri Ouznadji 6'		1 - 0
			34' Walid Boutadjine
Billel Dziri 56'
Mehdi Benaldjia 56'
Hocine Achiou 56'
Ismail Tatem 56'
			58' Faouzi Laouar
			58' Mesbah Reggad
Mouaouia Meklouche 64'
Mouaouia Meklouche 65'		2 - 0
Mouaouia Meklouche 66'
Cheikh Hamidi 66'
			76' Smail Gana
			76' Messaoud Saidoune
			76' Hamza Benayad
			76' A. Aït Ali Yahia
		2 - 1	79' Mesbah Reggad
25/05/2010	USM El Harrach	0 - 1	USM Alger	0-0	H2H	+
Mohamed Zouak 27'
S. Briki 27'
B. Naïli 30'
			32' Noureddine Daham
		0 - 1	60' Noureddine Daham
Abbas Aïssaoui 68'
Messaoud Gherbi 68'
			75' Mouaouia Meklouche
			75' Hamza Annani
			80' Noureddine Daham
			80' Hocine Achiou
Karim Hendou 81'
Mohamed Benai 81'
			89' Hamza Annani
			89' Abdelouadoud Zitouni
			90' N. Khoualed
22/05/2010	USM Alger	2 - 1	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	2-0	H2H	+
Mouaouia Meklouche 1'		1 - 0
Abdelkader Benayada 40'
Nouri Ouznadji 41'		2 - 0
			46' Bilal Behloul
			46' Radwane Mebarki
Nouri Ouznadji 62'
Hocine Achiou 62'
Mouaouia Meklouche 62'
Karim Ghazi 62'
			72' Abderrahmane Hachoud
			72' Abdelmalek Bitam
			76' Slimane Illoul
			76' Houssam Bouharbit
N. Khoualed 78'
Farid Cheklam 78'
		2 - 1	90' Samir Bentayeb
13/05/2010	JS Kabylie	2 - 2	USM Alger	1-0	H2H	+
			28' Farid Cheklam
			28' Nouri Ouznadji
Idrissa Coulibaly 42'		1 - 0
Sid Yahia Chérif 55'		2 - 0
			61' Saïd Sayah
			61' Mouaouia Meklouche
Farès Hemitti 63'
Saàd Tedjar 63'
		2 - 1	72' Nouri Ouznadji
			72' Mohamed Benaldjia
			72' Ismail Tatem
		2 - 2	76' Nouri Ouznadji
Lamara Douicher 78'
Mohamed Meftah 78'
Sid Yahia Chérif 79'
Mohamed Amine Aoudia 79'
Esseid Belkalem 81'
			90' Nouri Ouznadji
04/05/2010	USM Alger	5 - 0	ASO Chlef	2-0	H2H	+
			0' Iles Ziane Cherif
Mohamed Saïdoune 0'
			0' Samir Zaoui
Cheikh Hamidi 32'		1 - 0
Noureddine Daham 34'		2 - 0
			46' M Sellami
			46' Moussa Mekioui
			46' Iles Ziane Cherif
			46' Mohamed Messaoud
Cheikh Hamidi 46'		3 - 0
Cheikh Hamidi 50'		4 - 0
Mohamed Saïdoune 53'
Abdelouadoud Zitouni 53'
Saïd Sayah 71'
Tarek Hammoum 71'
Cheikh Hamidi 75'
Hamza Annani 75'
			76' Yassine Boukhari
			76' Ismail Benettayeb
N. Khoualed 90+3'		5 - 0
24/04/2010	USM Blida	2 - 1	USM Alger	2-0	H2H	+
E. N'Douassel 10'		1 - 0
E. N'Douassel 40'		2 - 0
			56' Saïd Sayah
			56' Tarek Hammoum
Hadj Djilani 62'
A. Djamaouni 62'
			62' Hamza Annani
			62' Nouri Ouznadji
			74' Ismail Tatem
			74' Mouaouia Meklouche
Abdellah Chebira 86'
Abdelghani Chaouaou 86'
		2 - 1	90' Mouaouia Meklouche
E. N'Douassel 90'
Mohamed Abed Bahtsou 90'
09/04/2010	USM Alger	2 - 0	ES Sétif	0-0	H2H	+
			0' Farouk Belkaïd
			0' Lamouri Djediat
N. Khoualed 0'
Amar Layati 0'
			0' Abdelkader Laïfaoui
A. Rial 0'
Mohamed Saïdoune 24'
Amar Layati 24'
Ismail Tatem 33'
Saïd Sayah 33'
Noureddine Daham 64'		1 - 0
			72' Y. Kadri
			72' Francis Ambané Moubourou
Cheikh Hamidi 90'		2 - 0
Noureddine Daham 90+2'
Hamza Annani 90+2'
06/04/2010	USM Alger	2 - 1	Annaba	2-1	H2H	+
A. Rial 0'
Cheikh Hamidi 1'		1 - 0
Cheikh Hamidi 19'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	37' Adlène Bensaïd
Ismail Tatem 57'
Mehdi Benaldjia 57'
			61' Chérif Abdeslam
			61' M. Boudar
Hamza Aït Ouamar 66'
Mohamed Benaldjia 66'
			68' Antar Boucherit
			68' Abdelhamid Dif
Cheikh Hamidi 82'
Mouaouia Meklouche 82'
23/03/2010	USM Alger	1 - 2	MC Alger	0-1	H2H	+
			0' Abdelkader Besseghir
Karim Ghazi 0'
			0' H. Koudri
Saïd Sayah 0'
			0' Hamza Zeddam
		0 - 1	43' Mohamed Derrag
Billel Dziri 58'
Ismail Tatem 58'
			60' A. Mokdad
			60' Billel Attafen
Mehdi Benaldjia 67'
Alain Nebie 67'
Saïd Sayah 72'
Hamza Annani 72'
		0 - 2	73' Mohamed Saïdoune
			82' Abdelkader Besseghir
			82' Benziane Senouci
			88' Mohamed Derrag
			88' Mohamed Amroune
Cheikh Hamidi 90+2'		1 - 2
20/03/2010	MSP Batna	0 - 1	USM Alger	0-1	H2H	+
H. Ziad 0'
		0 - 1	33' Cheikh Hamidi
			42' N. Khoualed
G. Loukili 46'
T. Benamokrane 46'
			46' Karim Ghazi
			46' Alain Nebie
Bruno Lomane 46'
Hamza Yacef 46'
H. Ziad 57'
Samir Lemouadaâ 57'
			63' Saïd Sayah
			63' Ismail Tatem
			75' Cheikh Hamidi
			75' Hamza Annani
05/03/2010	USM Alger	1 - 0	CR Belouizdad	0-0	H2H	+
			0' Amine Aksas
			0' Mohamed Bellat
Karim Ghazi 0'
Ismail Tatem 0'
			49' Ibrahim Bousehaba
			49' Islam Slimani
			51' Youcef Saïbi
			51' Sabri Gharbi
Nouri Ouznadji 60'
Mouaouia Meklouche 60'
Noureddine Daham 65'		1 - 0
			70' Mohamed Aouad
			70' Seddik Berradja
Mohamed Saïdoune 75'
M. Zidane 75'
Mohamed Benaldjia 78'
Ismail Tatem 78'
27/02/2010	MC El Eulma	1 - 0	USM Alger	1-0	H2H	+
Laid Belhamel 0'
			0' Cheikh Hamidi
Farid Mellouli 39'		1 - 0
			46' Alain Nebie
			46' Cheikh Hamidi
			67' Noureddine Daham
			67' Hamza Annani
			74' Billel Dziri
			74' Tarek Hammoum
Aimé Mongolo 86'
Madani Camara 86'
Abdelmoutaleb Ghodbane 90'
T. Bouhafer 90'
06/02/2010	JSM Béjaïa	1 - 0	USM Alger	0-0	H2H	+
Amer Belakhdar 0'
			0' Mehdi Benaldjia
			0' Farid Cheklam
			0' Noureddine Daham
Nassim Hamlaoui 0'
			0' Tarek Hammoum
			0' N. Khoualed
Amine Megateli 0'
			33' Mehdi Benaldjia
			33' Tarek Hammoum
Rafik Boulaïnceur 40'
Hamza Boulemdaïs 40'
			64' Mohamed Benaldjia
			64' Mohamed Saïdoune
			80' Tarek Hammoum
			80' Amar Layati
Mohamed Belkheïr 85'
Mouloud Belatreche 85'
Nassim Hamlaoui 90'		1 - 0
30/01/2010	USM Alger	1 - 1	AS Khroub	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	55' Oussama Mesfar
A. Rial 58'
Mohamed Benaldjia 61'
Karim Ghazi 61'
Billel Dziri 62'
N. Khoualed 64'
N. Khoualed 66'
Abdelkader Benayada 66'
Noureddine Daham 73'		1 - 1
Billel Dziri 75'
Nouri Ouznadji 75'
			78' El Daoudi
			78' Mohamed Mehdaoui
			83' R. Ârâr
			90' Karim Nait Yahia
			90' Mourad Azzioune
23/01/2010	Tlemcen	2 - 2	USM Alger	1-1	H2H	+
Youcef Ghazali 14'
		0 - 1	16' Noureddine Daham
			18' Billel Benmohamed
Redhouane Bachiri 21'
Redhouane Bachiri 29'		1 - 1
Kheireddine-Ennouar Kerris 42'
Kheireddine-Ennouar Kerris 46'
Noureddine Benoradj 46'
			50' Saïd Sayah
		1 - 2	58' Saïd Sayah
Mokhtar Benmoussa 62'		2 - 2
			65' Merouane Abdouni
			66' Billel Benmohamed
			66' M. Zidane
			70' Cheikh Hamidi
			70' Abdelouadoud Zitouni
			75' Mehdi Benaldjia
			75' Billel Dziri
16/01/2010	USM Alger	6 - 0	CA Batna	2-0	H2H	+
			8' Salim Aribi
Abdelkader Benayada 12'
Cheikh Hamidi 32'		1 - 0
Cheikh Hamidi 43'		2 - 0
			46' R. Louanas
			46' Nacerdine Bensaci
			46' Lazhar Benhacene
			46' Ali Kab
Noureddine Daham 50'		3 - 0
Cheikh Hamidi 58'		4 - 0
Abdelkader Benayada 65'
Farid Cheklam 65'
Cheikh Hamidi 65'		5 - 0
Saïd Sayah 70'
Mehdi Benaldjia 70'
			72' Samir Soualah
			72' Ibrahim Kebia
Mehdi Benaldjia 80'		6 - 0
N. Khoualed 80'
M. Zidane 80'
15/12/2009	USM Alger	1 - 1	MC Oran	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	25' Sofiane Bengorine
Mohamed Benaldjia 33'		1 - 1
Alain Nebie 42'
Nouri Ouznadji 42'
Abdelkader Benayada 58'
Mouaouia Meklouche 58'
Farid Cheklam 62'
			65' Zoubir Zmit
			65' Karim Meddahi
Cheikh Hamidi 77'
Noureddine Daham 77'
			90+1' Sofiane Medjahed
			90+1' A. Balegh
11/12/2009	NA Hussein Dey	1 - 2	USM Alger	0-1	H2H	+
Samir Galoul 0'
			0' Mouaouia Meklouche
Youcef Nehari 0'
		0 - 1	9' Mehdi Benaldjia
Samir Galoul 42'
			42' Karim Ghazi
Abdessamad Habbache 46'
A. Siouane 46'
Hamid Chehloul 64'
Tarek Ammoura 64'
Tarek Ammoura 68'		1 - 1
			79' Mehdi Benaldjia
			79' Mouaouia Meklouche
			81' Alain Nebie
			81' Nouri Ouznadji
A. Siouane 87'
Salah Bouhafs 87'
		1 - 2	90' Cheikh Hamidi
			90' Cheikh Hamidi
			90' Abdelkader Benayada
04/12/2009	USM Alger	0 - 0	USM El Harrach	0-0	H2H	+
Billel Dziri 24'
A. Rial 30'
			32' B. Naïli
Nouri Ouznadji 37'
Aghilès Benchaâbane 37'
			42' Rochdi Bouchmal
Mohamed Aouamri 44'
Noureddine Daham 45'
Billel Dziri 46'
Mohamed Benaldjia 46'
			57' Farès Benabderahmane
			57' Hocine Bensalem
Aghilès Benchaâbane 71'
Cheikh Hamidi 71'
			79' Abbas Aïssaoui
			79' Ramzi Bourakba
Hocine Achiou 86'
Noureddine Daham 88'
			90' A. Djeghbala
			90' S. Briki
			90' Abdelmalik Aouameur
01/12/2009	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	1 - 1	USM Alger	0-0	H2H	+
Khaled Bouchetta 0'
Abderrahmane Hachoud 0'
Houssam Bouharbit 59'
Abdelmalek Touati 59'
Abdelmalek Touati 61'		1 - 0
			72' Noureddine Daham
			72' Aghilès Benchaâbane
			73' Mohamed Benaldjia
			73' Cheikh Hamidi
F. Essomba 75'
Jaime 75'
			77' Abdelkader Benayada
			77' Nouri Ouznadji
		1 - 1	79' Mohamed Aouamri
24/11/2009	USM Alger	1 - 1	JS Kabylie	1-0	H2H	+
Cheikh Hamidi 16'		1 - 0
A. Rial 28'
			54' I. Coulibaly
			54' Izu Azuka
Nouri Ouznadji 60'
Issaad Bourahli 60'
			64' N. Oussalah
			64' Sid Yahia Chérif
Cheikh Hamidi 67'
Aghilès Benchaâbane 67'
Karim Ghazi 81'
Issaad Bourahli 84'
Farid Cheklam 84'
			85' Tayeb Marouci
			85' Yassine Akkouche
		1 - 1	87' M. Aoudia
			90' Farès Hemitti
06/11/2009	ASO Chlef	2 - 0	USM Alger	0-0	H2H	+
Ismail Benettayeb 0'
Moussa Mekioui 0'
Mohamed Messaoud 24'		1 - 0
			39' Nouri Ouznadji
			39' Noureddine Daham
Moussa Mekioui 45'		2 - 0
Kheireddine Selama 57'
Omar Slimi 57'
			70' Mohamed Benaldjia
			70' Mehdi Benaldjia
Paul Biyaga 70'
Ismail Benettayeb 70'
H. Soudani 87'
Youssouf Sidibe 87'
31/10/2009	USM Alger	1 - 0	USM Blida	1-0	H2H	+
Billel Dziri 33'		1 - 0
Hocine Achiou 46'
Cheikh Hamidi 46'
			46' Abdelouahab Djahel
			46' Sabri Khellaf
			46' Hamza Guessoum
			46' Hacene Tilbi
A. Rial 49'
Nouri Ouznadji 66'
Nouri Ouznadji 70'
Mehdi Benaldjia 70'
			75' B. Herbache
			75' Mohamed Abed Bahtsou
Mohamed Benaldjia 90'
Abdelkader Benayada 90'
23/10/2009	Annaba	1 - 0	USM Alger	1-0	H2H	+
Antar Boucherit 0'
Belkacem Remache 0'
Samir Zazou 0'
			36' Noureddine Daham
			36' Alain Nebie
M. Boudar 38'		1 - 0
Aboubaker Rebih 67'
Sékou Fadiga 67'
			69' Mohamed Benaldjia
			69' Aghilès Benchaâbane
Adlène Bensaïd 85'
Adil Tebbal 85'
Antar Boucherit 88'
M. Boudar 90'
Abdelaziz Ali Guechi 90'
16/10/2009	MC Alger	0 - 0	USM Alger	0-0	H2H	+
			11' Hamza Aït Ouamar
H. Koudri 21'
			29' M. Zidane
			40' M. Zidane
Abdelkader Besseghir 42'
			46' Noureddine Daham
			46' Cheikh Hamidi
			60' Billel Dziri
			60' Saïd Sayah
Billel Attafen 70'
Salim Boumechra 70'
			77' Nouri Ouznadji
			77' Issaad Bourahli
Zinedine Bensalem 83'
Mohamed Hamrat 83'
03/10/2009	USM Alger	3 - 1	MSP Batna	2-0	H2H	+
Saïd Sayah 29'		1 - 0
Nouri Ouznadji 45'		2 - 0
			46' T. Benamokrane
			46' Hamza Yacef
			46' Adel Bouaraba
			46' H. Ziad
			58' G. Loukili
			58' T. Zeghidi
			62' A. Bourouag
Nouri Ouznadji 63'
Mohamed Benaldjia 63'
Mohamed Aouamri 74'
Noureddine Daham 75'
Karim Ait Tahar 75'
Mohamed Benaldjia 77'
Mohamed Aouamri 79'
Amar Layati 79'
Karim Ait Tahar 83'		3 - 0
			86' A. Bourouag
Hocine Achiou 87'
		3 - 1	88' Bruno Lomane
			88' Rabie Meddour
29/09/2009	ES Sétif	2 - 2	USM Alger	1-2	H2H	+
			0' Merouane Abdouni
			0' Mohamed Aouamri
Mourad Delhoum 0'
			0' N. Khoualed
Hocine Metref 0'
			0' M. Zidane
Abdelkader Laïfaoui 22'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	26' A. Rial
		1 - 2	39' Noureddine Daham
Mourad Delhoum 46'
Mohamed Yekhlef 46'
Francis Ambané Moubourou 53'
B. Feham 53'
M. Seguer 62'
Nabil Hemani 62'
			78' Saïd Sayah
			78' Mouaouia Meklouche
Amine Aksas 80'		2 - 2
26/09/2009	CR Belouizdad	2 - 2	USM Alger	1-1	H2H	+
Youcef Saïbi 2'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	22' Billel Dziri
Mohamed Aouad 50'
Mohamed Lahmar Abbou 50'
Islam Slimani 57'
S. Younès 57'
			67' Nouri Ouznadji
			67' Saïd Sayah
			72' Noureddine Daham
			72' Alain Nebie
Mouhoubé Somian 77'
Redouane Akniouène 78'
Ibrahim Bousehaba 78'
		1 - 2	88' Billel Dziri
			90' Billel Dziri
			90' M. Zidane
Youcef Saïbi 90+2'		2 - 2
18/09/2009	USM Alger	2 - 1	MC El Eulma	1-0	H2H	+
			16' A. Karaoui
			21' Abdenour Mahfoudhi
N. Khoualed 25'		1 - 0
			36' Farid Mellouli
			46' Abdenour Hadiouche
			46' Abdeselam Belkheir
Karim Ghazi 52'		2 - 0
			52' Mourad Boudjelida
Alain Nebie 53'
Saïd Sayah 53'
			60' Laid Belhamel
			63' Farid Mellouli
			63' Antar Bouzdidi
Saïd Sayah 63'
Noureddine Daham 65'
Karim Ait Tahar 65'
			70' Antar Bouzdidi
N. Khoualed 70'
Billel Dziri 84'
Mouaouia Meklouche 84'
		2 - 1	90' Aimé Mongolo
M. Zidane 90'
29/08/2009	USM Alger	1 - 0	JSM Béjaïa	1-0	H2H	+
Akram Benaoumeur 22'
Mohamed Aouamri 22'
			40' Amer Belakhdar
Karim Ghazi 40'
Karim Ait Tahar 41'		1 - 0
			46' Adel El Hadi
			46' Mohamed Belkheïr
			46' Ahcene Lahmer
			46' Hamza Boulemdaïs
Saïd Sayah 61'
Mohamed Benaldjia 61'
Karim Ait Tahar 73'
Sofiane Harkat 73'
			80' Mesbah Deghiche
			80' Fouad Bouguerra
A. Rial 82'
22/08/2009	AS Khroub	1 - 0	USM Alger	0-0	H2H	+
Gil N'Gomo 0'
Djabir Naâmoune 0'
			0' Nouri Ouznadji
			0' M. Zidane
R. Ârâr 0'
			45' Akram Benaoumeur
Oussama Mesfar 46'
Abdelkader Belhadef 46'
			46' Aghilès Benchaâbane
			46' Nouri Ouznadji
A. Hamedi 65'		1 - 0
			67' Akram Benaoumeur
			67' Cheikh Hamidi
Mohamed Mehdaoui 75'
Samir Si Hadj Mohand 75'
			77' Billel Dziri
			77' Mohamed Benaldjia
Djabir Naâmoune 87'
I. El Garnazi 87'
15/08/2009	USM Alger	1 - 2	Tlemcen	1-0	H2H	+
Nouri Ouznadji 4'
Billel Dziri 26'		1 - 0
			26' Anwar Boudjakdji
			46' Kheireddine-Ennouar Kerris
			46' Amine Boulahia
Abdelkader Benayada 51'
Aghilès Benchaâbane 55'
Alain Nebie 55'
			66' Mokhtar Benmoussa
			66' Abou Hadji
		1 - 1	69' Rabie Belgherri
Amar Layati 69'
			70' Abou Hadji
Nouri Ouznadji 82'
Saïd Sayah 82'
Farid Cheklam 82'
		1 - 2	83' Youcef Ghazali
			90' S. Chaïb
			90' Soufyane Saidi
06/08/2009	CA Batna	2 - 0	USM Alger	0-0	H2H	+
Lazhar Benhacene 11'
Saber Chebana 23'
			30' Karim Ghazi
Samir Soualah 47'
			48' Hamza Aït Ouamar
Ahmed Messaâdia 68'
Abdelhak Bouraoui 68'
			70' Abdelkader Benayada
			74' Issaad Bourahli
			74' Aghilès Benchaâbane
Abdelhak Bouraoui 76'		1 - 0
			80' Hamza Aït Ouamar
			80' Cheikh Hamidi
Amine Fezzani 81'
A. Daïra 81'
			81' Nouri Ouznadji
			81' Saïd Sayah
Mohamed Bourahli 84'		2 - 0
Mohamed Bourahli 90'
Amir Melala 90'

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of USM Alger in Ligue 1.

Statistics & Analysis of USM Alger

C. Hamidi is the leading top goal scorer for USM Alger with 14 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	3
Longest losing streak	3
Longest run without loss	8
Longest run without win	4
Clean sheets	10
Matches over 2.25 goals	15
Matches under 2.25 goals	18
Matches First Half Over 0.5	23
Matches First Half Under 0.5	10
Matches odd	18
Matches even	15
Average goals scored	1.39
Average goals allowed	0.97
Failure to score	8
Biggest victory	6 - 0
Biggest defeat	2 - 0
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	3
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	1 (6%)
Goalless draw at away match	1 (6%)
Comeback win	0
Top Goal Scorer	C. Hamidi
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Superior H2H Statistics

Upcoming football matches with excellent head to head records over their opponents.

SAB Spartans vs Queens Park Rangers

H2H Home Team Advantage

Football clubs who play better for their home games H2H.

Chennaiyin vs Odisha FC

H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

Caravel vs La Fama

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.