USM Alger vs Young Africans Predictions - Algerians to win at home to take the cup

USM Alger hold a 2-1 advantage over Yanga across three previous meetings.

These teams met last week as USM Alger won 2-1 away in Tanzania in the first leg. 

USM Alger sit eighth in Algerian Ligue 1, some 18 points off the summit with two games in hand. 

After a 1-0 league defeat at Kabylie, they drew 0-0 away to ASEC Mimosas in their CAF Confederations Cup semi-final first leg. A 2-0 home win against the Ivorian sealed a place in the final. 

A 2-1 loss at Paradou AC followed in Ligue 1 as the entire first XI was rested. Last week, they scored an 84th minute winner to take a 2-1 first leg lead against Yanga in the final.

Coach Hassan Belhadj is set to name an unchanged XI for this match. 

Right winger Khaled Bousseliou has four goals in this tournament and is a key man.

Benbot; Radouani, Belaid, Alilet, Loucif; Chita, Merili; Bousseliou, Benzaza, Orebonye; Mahious.

Yanga have won the Tanzanian Premier League. They have lost just twice in their last 16 matches.

A 90th minute goal put the icing on a 2-0 win against Marumo Gallants in the first leg of the semi-final. A 4-2 home win against Dodoma Jiji followed to seal the league title with three matches spare.

A 2-1 win in South Africa against Marumo sealed their place in the final. They lost 2-1 at home last week in the final first leg despite equalising in the 82nd minute.

Yanga head coach Nasreddine Nabi will lean heavily on striker Fiston Mayele who has seven goals in 11 matches in the CAF Confederations Cup. 

Midfielder Salum Abubakar is pushing for a start. Experienced winger Bernard Morrison may have to settle for a place on the bench.

Diarra; Job, Mwamnyeto, Hamad, Shomari; Kisinda, Bangala, Yahya, Musonda; Ki, Mayele.

The odds for this match are yet to be released. I will be backing a home win with BTTS Yes.