RC Arba vs USM Alger — Ligue 1 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 32+ matches
RC Arba45%
USM Alger28%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
RC Arba creates 36% more chances
Season form · 32 home / 122 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under56
- Over44
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No52
- Yes48
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
RC Arba ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
RC Arba at home — creates 1.66, concedes 1.19 · 32 matches
USM Alger away — creates 0.88, concedes 1.14 · 122 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
RC Arba attack 1.66 + USM Alger defence 1.14 → ÷2 → 1.40
USM Alger attack 0.88 + RC Arba defence 1.19 → ÷2 → 1.03
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 45%?"
RC Arba at 45% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 45% does not mean "RC Arba will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Events
USM Alger substitutes
USM Alger
JS Kabylie
Paradou AC
JS Saoura
ES Setif
MC Alger
CS Constantine
CR Belouizdad
Bordj BOU Arreridj
MC Oran
Hussein Dey
AS AIN Mlila
USM Bel Abbes
MO Bejaia
Olympique Medea
TadjenantIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
RC Arba host USM Alger on Saturday, 1 July 2023 at 16:00. The match is part of the Ligue 1 2018/2019 season.
RC Arba 2 – 1 USM Alger
RC Arba beat USM Alger 2-1 in Ligue 1 on July 1, 2023.
Goals: Z. Toumi Sief (45+3', 69' pen), Z. Belaïd (66' pen).
The match was played at Stade Smaïl-Makhlouf in Larbaâ.