{"id":36220,"date":"2025-12-16T19:13:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=36220"},"modified":"2025-12-16T19:14:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:14:01","slug":"algerian-cup-usm-el-harrach-vs-usm-alger-clash-advanced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=36220","title":{"rendered":"Algerian Cup: USM El Harrach vs. USM Alger Clash Advanced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Algiers<\/strong> \u2013 The Algerian Football Federation&#8217;s Cup Organizing Committee has announced schedule adjustments for the Round of 16 of the 2025-2026 Algerian Cup. The highly anticipated derby between USM El Harrach and USM Alger has been moved forward.<\/p>\n<p>Originally slated for January 15-17, the USM El Harrach vs. USM Alger match will now take place on Monday, January 12, 2026, at 17:00 at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Baraki. This change accommodates USM Alger&#8217;s participation in the Algerian Super Cup final against MC Alger on January 17.<\/p>\n<p>The rescheduling has also impacted other fixtures. The match between MC Alger and NA Hussein Dey has been brought forward to Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 19:00 at the Ali Ammar Stadium in Douira. This adjustment aims to ensure fair play and optimal preparation for all participating clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the updated schedule for the Round of 16:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monday, January 12, 2026 | 17:00<\/strong>: USM El Harrach vs. USM Alger \u2014 Nelson Mandela Stadium (Baraki)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, January 13, 2026 | 19:00<\/strong>: MC Alger vs. NA Hussein Dey \u2014 Ali Ammar Stadium (Douira)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, January 15, 2026 | 14:00<\/strong>: CA Batna vs. Paradou AC \u2014 November 1st Stadium (Batna)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, January 15, 2026 | 16:00<\/strong>: JS Saoura vs. ES Mostaganem \u2014 Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium (Chlef)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, January 15, 2026 | 19:00<\/strong>: ASM Oran vs. CR Belouizdad \u2014 Nelson Mandela Stadium (Baraki)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, January 16, 2026 | 16:00<\/strong>: ASO Chlef vs. MC Saida \u2014 Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium (Chlef)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, January 16, 2026 | 16:00<\/strong>: CS Constantine vs. ES Setif \u2014 Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium (Constantine)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, January 17, 2026 | 14:00<\/strong>: JSM Bejaia vs. USM Alger \u2014 Maghrebi Unity Stadium (Bejaia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The USM El Harrach vs. USM Alger match promises to be a highlight of this round, given the historical rivalry and strong fan base of both teams.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algiers \u2013 The Algerian Football Federation&#8217;s Cup Organizing Committee has announced schedule adjustments for the Round of 16 of the 2025-2026 Algerian Cup. The highly anticipated derby between USM El Harrach and USM Alger has been moved forward.Originally slated for Januar&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36222,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36220\/revisions\/36222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}