Algerian league (Week 21) : USMA beats O Médéa 3-1
ALGERIA, Feb. 25, 2017 (AMP) — Algerian league / Match day 21: Two wins in a row for USM Alger. After their 2-1 win against CR Belouizdad on February 20, Ouled El-Bahdja continued their sensational form in the Algerian league with a 3-1 victory over O Médéa this Saturday.
Meftah Mohamed opened the score in the 29th minute, before seeing O Médéa catch up in the 44th minute thanks to Ouchene Takfarinas. 1-1 at half time. Ouled El-Bahdja eventually won the game in the second period with two more goals by Andriamatsinoro Carolus ('65) and Chafai Farouk ('72).
USM Alger climbed to third place with 34 points from 20 games, 2 points behind USM Bel-Abbès.
View : Full Algerian league table (as of February 25, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ES Setif | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 38 |
| 2 | USM Bel-Abbès | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 36 |
| 3 | USM Alger | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | MC Alger | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | MC Oran | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 30 |
| 6 | NA Hussein Dey | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | O Médéa | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | JS Saoura | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | USM El Harrach | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | RC Relizane | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 22 | -3 | 26 |
| 11 | CR Belouizdad | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 23 |
| 12 | CS Constantine | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 25 | -3 | 21 |
| 13 | CA Batna | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 21 |
| 14 | DRB Tadjenanet | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 20 |
| 15 | JS Kabylie | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 17 |
| 16 | MO Béjaïa | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -15 | 13 |
Fixtures and Results : Algerian league 2016-2017
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Overview
Olympique de Médéa
- Position: 7 -2
- Best performance of the season:O Médéa 4-0 MO Béjaïa (22 Nov.)
- Previous game:O Médéa 1-1 JS Saoura (7 Feb.)
- Next game:NA Hussein Dey - O Médéa (4 Mar.)
USM Alger
- Position: 3 +1
- Best performance of the season:USM Alger 6-0 RC Relizane (27 Aug.)
- Previous game:USM Alger 2-1 CR Belouizdad (20 Feb.)
- Next game:USM Alger - MC Alger (4 Mar.)
- 25 February 2017
- 15:00
- medea
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  ES Setif | 38 |
| 2 | USM Bel-Abbès | 36 |
| 3 | USM Alger | 34 |
| 4 |  MC Alger | 34 |
| 5 |  MC Oran | 30 |
Week 21 Results
| Thursday 23 February 2017 | ||||
 | USM El Harrach | 0-0 | MC Oran | |
 | RC Relizane | 1-0 | MO Béjaïa |  |
| Friday 24 February 2017 | ||||
| CA Batna | 0-0 | NA Hussein Dey |  | |
| USM Bel-Abbès | 1-0 | CS Constantine |  | |
| MC Alger | 1-2 | ES Setif | |
| Saturday 25 February 2017 | ||||
| O Médéa | 1-3 | USM Alger | | |
 | CR Belouizdad | 16:00 | DRB Tadjenanet |  |
 | JS Kabylie | 16:00 | JS Saoura |  |