Algerian league (Week 20) : ESS beats USMBA 1-0
ALGERIA, Feb. 18, 2017 (AMP) — Algerian league / Match day 20: After four straigth victories against USM El Harrach, CA Batna, NA Hussein Dey and MC Oran, the Scorpions lost 1-0 against ES Setif.
USM Bel-Abbès made ES Setif doubt themselves for forty-five minutes. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with a saving goal by Rachid Nadji in the 68th minute.
ES Setif climbed to first place with 35 points from 19 games, one point ahead of runner-up Mouloudia Club d'Alger, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Algerian league table (as of February 18, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ES Setif | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 35 |
| 2 | MC Alger | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 34 |
| 3 | USM Bel-Abbès | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 33 |
| 4 | O Médéa | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 29 |
| 5 | MC Oran | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 29 |
| 6 | USM Alger | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 28 |
| 7 | NA Hussein Dey | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | JS Saoura | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | USM El Harrach | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 26 |
| 10 | CR Belouizdad | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 23 |
| 11 | RC Relizane | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | CS Constantine | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | DRB Tadjenanet | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | CA Batna | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 20 |
| 15 | JS Kabylie | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 17 |
| 16 | MO Béjaïa | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -14 | 13 |
Fixtures and Results : Algerian league 2016-2017
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Overview
ES Setif
- Position: 1 +2
- Best performance of the season:ES Setif 4-2 MO Béjaïa (2 Dec.)
- Previous game:JS Kabylie 1-1 ES Setif (7 Feb.)
- Next game:MC Alger - ES Setif (24 Feb.)
USM Bel-Abbès
- Position: 3 -1
- Best performance of the season:USM Bel-Abbès 3-1 DRB Tadjenanet (29 Oct.)
- Previous game:USM Bel-Abbès 2-0 MC Oran (9 Feb.)
- Next game:USM Bel-Abbès - CS Constantine (24 Feb.)
ES Setif
1:0
USM Bel-Abbès
1:0 (0:0)
- 18 February 2017
- 16:00
- Sétif
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ES Setif | 35 |
| 2 |  MC Alger | 34 |
| 3 | USM Bel-Abbès | 33 |
| 4 | O Médéa | 29 |
| 5 |  MC Oran | 29 |
Week 20 Results
| Thursday 16 February 2017 | ||||
 | NA Hussein Dey | 3-0 | USM El Harrach |  |
| Friday 17 February 2017 | ||||
 | DRB Tadjenanet | 1-0 | CS Constantine |  |
| Saturday 18 February 2017 | ||||
| ES Setif | 1-0 | USM Bel-Abbès | |
| Monday 20 February 2017 | ||||
 | USM Alger | 18:00 | CR Belouizdad |  |
| Friday 31 March 2017 | ||||
 | MO Béjaïa | 16:00 | O Médéa | |
 | JS Saoura | 18:00 | RC Relizane |  |
| Friday 21 April 2017 | ||||
| CA Batna | 16:00 | JS Kabylie |  | |
| MC Oran | 17:00 | MC Alger | |