ASO Chlef vs El Bayadh Prediction: The home team will secure their first win of the season

Stade Mohamed Boumezrag will host the Algeria Ligue 1 encounter between ASO Chlef and El Bayadh. The two teams are struggling heading into this game. How will this game unfold?

ASO Chlef are coming off a defeat against ES Setif and will look to right their wrong. In that encounter, Imadeddine Bounekeur's lone strike was the difference, securing maximum points for their opponent. In the meantime, that defeat was ASO Chlef's second this season, having lost to Paradou AC in week one. This season, ASO Chlef have accumulated five points, each encounter ending in a draw. Seated 15th in the standings, ASO Chlef have four goals scored and one conceded.

El Bayadh's last encounter was against AC Paradou, and they settled for a 1-1 draw. In that game, El Bayadh needed to come from behind to avoid a defeat, thanks to Abdallah El Mouden's strike from the spot. However, El Bayadh lost two of their last five games against USM Alger and JS Saoura. Yet, this team did well to secure a win over CR Belouizdad and Magra encounters that ended 2-3 and 4-0. This season, El Bayadh have accumulated seven points from seven games, leaving them seated in the 11th spot.

The two teams are unreliable, but they will have to do better to take a win. While this looks like an open one, the home team has been good, and I expect more from them. This should be close, but the El Bayadh have been inconsistent, and I do not trust them on the road. Take ASO Chlef to win, and encounter that should end with goals.