Algeria host Niger in Tizi Ouzou friendly

Recent meetings favour the hosts

Algeria have dominated this fixture in recent years. They have won four of the last five meetings between the sides, with the other ending goalless. Those five encounters produced eleven goals, and Algeria scored ten of them. The most recent meeting finished scoreless, but the four before that all went Algeria's way, including a five-goal victory in one and two-goal margins in two others.

Contrasting recent form

Algeria have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five recent matches. Their most recent outing ended two-all, and before that they beat their opponents three-one. Niger have struggled for consistency: one win, two draws and two defeats in their last five. They lost their most recent match by two goals and conceded the same margin in the match before their lone victory in that sequence. The market-implied probabilities put Algeria's chances of winning at just over three-quarters, with Niger's win probability below eight per cent.

Confirmed line-ups

Algeria (4-2-3-1): Abdelatif Ramadane, Zineddine Belaïd, Ahmed Touba, Jaouen Hadjam, Sohaib Nair, Mohamed Amoura, Himad Abdelli, Adil Aouchiche, Monsef Bakrar, Ibrahim Maza, Ilan Kebbal

Niger (4-4-1-1): Mahamadou Tanja Djibo, Oumar Sako, Mohamed Abdouramane, Rahim Alhassane, Aboubacar Camara, Ali Mohamed, Youssouf Alio Oumarou, Konan N’Dri, Kairou Amoustapha, Daniel Sosah, Ousseini Soumaila Badamassi

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