JS Saoura vs El Bayadh Prediction: Saoura will return to winning ways in this fixture

Stade 20 Août 1955 Béchar will host the Algeria Ligue 1 encounter between JS Saoura and El Bayadh. Heading into this game, the home team won the last match of this fixture. Will El Bayadh, on consecutive wins, get things right this time?

JS Saoura faced defeat against US Biskra the previous time out, an encounter that ended 2-1. In what was a road game, JS Saoura opened the game with a goal in the second minute through Ilyes Faical Haddouche’s strike. However, goals from Aymen Chahmat and Abdeljalil Saad’s strikes were enough to turn the game for their opponent. However, from their first five matches of the season, JS Saoura have four points, leaving them 13th spot with six goals scored and nine conceded. 

El Bayadh made it consecutive victories the previous time out, securing a 4-0 win over Magra. In that encounter, El Bayadh took the lead in the 32nd minute through Islam Chahrour’s strike. In the meantime, three second-half goals were good enough to seal maximum points for El Bayadh in that encounter, thanks to Djamel Belalem, Youcef Serraoui, and Mohamed Benchoucha’s strikes. However, this team started their season with back-to-back defeats at the hands of ES Setif, US Biskra, and USM Alger. With six points, El Bayadh sit 8th in the league’s standings, scoring five goals and conceding five. 

JS Saoura remain the favorite team in this game, and I expect them to take maximum points here. While El Bayadh are coming off back-back wins, I still do not see them as good enough to seal a win here. While the visiting El Bayadh side have been a bit better defensively, I expect this game to end with few goals. Yet, at home, I do not see JS Saoura dropping points, as El Bayadh are expected to end on the losing end.