Prediction MC El Bayadh vs USM Khenchela 2025/2026 season – Betting Tips for the Ligue 1 on 13/11/2025

Preview: Two Teams at Opposite Ends but a Tight Fight Expected

MC El Bayadh arrive at this fixture with a sense of urgency that looks more like desperation than confidence. The club sits rock bottom in the table — 16th after 11 rounds — yet their numbers paint a bleaker picture than league position alone: zero wins, three draws and eight defeats, just five goals scored and 18 conceded. Their recent run is damningly poor, a sequence of losses peppered with a handful of draws that leaves the squad without a clean sheet in the campaign so far. On paper this is a side struggling to turn pressure into points and chances into goals.

USM Khenchela, by contrast, occupy mid-table safety at 10th. Their campaign reads as stubborn and pragmatic: three wins, five draws and three defeats, ten goals for and ten against. That balance has delivered 14 points and a team that knows how to grind out results — their most recent success was a narrow 1-0 win, a sign that when they do take three points it’s often by tight margins. In head-to-head memory, Khenchela edged El Bayadh 1-0 in June, a reminder that these meetings rarely explode into goal fests.

Tactical Outlook and What the Numbers Suggest

Both sides tend to produce low-scoring games. MC El Bayadh’s home and away scoring is minimal, while USM Khenchela’s defensive record is tidy enough to keep games tight. Over/under trends back this up: both teams have a low percentage of matches finishing over 2.5 goals this season, which helps explain why many of Khenchela’s wins and most of El Bayadh’s matches have been decided by a single goal or end in stalemate.

MC El Bayadh’s attacking output (five goals in 11 games) looks blunt and short of the quality needed to break down a compact USM Khenchela defense. Meanwhile, Khenchela’s tendency toward draws and one-goal victories suggests a cautious, control-first approach on the road. Recent formlines underline this: El Bayadh’s sequence of defeats contrasts sharply with Khenchela’s more mixed but stabilizing results.

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Betting suggestion: Given the defensive caution from USM Khenchela and MC El Bayadh’s inability to find the net regularly, the clearest value is in the goal market. Back Under 2.5 goals — this fixture is likely to be decided by slim margins rather than a scoring spree.