USM Alger vs RC Relizane — Ligue 1 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 37+ matches
USM Alger66%
RC Relizane14%✓ 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.
USM Alger creates 155% more chances
Season form · 122 home / 37 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over54
- Under46
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- No52
- Yes48
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
USM Alger ↓
Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 95% 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
USM Alger at home — creates 1.68, concedes 0.76 · 122 matches
RC Relizane away — creates 0.84, concedes 2.41 · 37 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
USM Alger attack 1.68 + RC Relizane defence 2.41 → ÷2 → 2.04
RC Relizane attack 0.84 + USM Alger defence 0.76 → ÷2 → 0.80
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 66%?"
USM Alger at 66% 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 66% does not mean "USM Alger 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.
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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
USM Alger host RC Relizane on Saturday, 16 January 2021 at 14:00. The match is part of the Ligue 1 2018/2019 season.
Ligue 1: USM Alger 3–1 RC Relizane
USM Alger beat RC Relizane 3-1 in Ligue 1 on January 16, 2021.
Goals: I. Belkacemi (18'), H. Koudri (52', 85'), H. Aoued (72').
The match was played at Stade Omar Hamadi in Algiers.