- 1 Algeria vs Niger: Hemdani’s third test against a side that has not beaten the Fennecs since 1981
- 2 Algeria: unbeaten at home for over two years, but a back line still searching for calm
- 3 Niger: one win in eight and no away friendly win for five years
- 4 Free Football Prediction: Algeria vs Niger
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Algeria vs Niger: Hemdani’s third test against a side that has not beaten the Fennecs since 1981 
Algeria host Niger on Tuesday 6 October at the Stade Hocine-Ait-Ahmed in Tizi Ouzou. Kick-off is at 19:00 Paris time, after the Algerian federation brought the friendly forward.
This is the last game of the international break for both nations. Neither side gets anything in a table for winning, yet both coaches have reasons to care about the result.
Brahim Hemdani, appointed on 7 September, takes charge of Algeria for the third time. His start reads four points from two AFCON qualifiers, with a 3-1 win over Zambia followed by a 2-2 draw in Burundi.
Across the touchline stands a familiar face for Algerian supporters. Nabil Neghiz, who coached Algeria for a single game in 2016 and later assisted Vladimir Petkovic, now runs Niger and is only in his third match since replacing Zaki Badou.
History weighs heavily on one side here. Across roughly a dozen meetings, Algeria have won ten times and drawn once, while Niger’s only success dates back to a 1-0 win in May 1981.
The ranking gap tells the same story. Algeria sit 29th in the FIFA list, Niger sit around 108th, and the market prices the hosts at 1.21 with the draw at 7.50 and Niger at 15.00.
The real question, then, is not so much who wins. It is how comfortably Algeria get there while Hemdani tests new faces.
Algeria: unbeaten at home for over two years, but a back line still searching for calm
Algeria have not lost on home soil in more than two years. The last defeat came against Guinea, 2-1, during qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.
Friendlies have been even kinder to them. The Fennecs are unbeaten in six warm-up games since November, with five wins and a goalless draw against Uruguay in March.
The competitive picture is less tidy. Algeria have won only three competitive matches in 2026, with two draws and three defeats, a run that includes the World Cup exit against Switzerland (2-0) after a 2-1 win over Jordan and a 3-3 draw with Austria.
The draw in Burundi exposed the main worry. Algeria were two goals down inside 12 minutes before Mohamed Belloumi and Adil Boulbina dragged them back, and former defender Djamel Benlamria has since pointed to defensive uncertainty and a lack of balance in midfield.
Belloumi is the man in form. The Hull City playmaker has been directly involved in five goals in his last six appearances for club and country.
Hemdani is expected to rotate. Sohaib Nair and Zineddine Belaid, both unused against Burundi, could get minutes in defence, and MC Alger goalkeeper Abdelatif Ramdane may replace Melvin Mastil, who started the first two games, with Luca Zidane suspended.
Adil Bourabaa is the name to watch off the bench. The 21-year-old was called up from the Under-23 side to replace the injured Nabil Bentaleb and has three goals and two assists with Le Mans this season.
Himad Abdelli came off injured just before half-time in Burundi. Adem Zorgane should take his place in midfield for what would be his 26th cap.
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Niger: one win in eight and no away friendly win for five years 
Niger arrive with numbers that are hard to dress up. They have won only one of their last eight matches, kept a single clean sheet in that run and failed to score four times.
The September window started brightly. A 2-1 win over Lesotho opened their AFCON 2027 qualifying campaign before a 2-0 defeat in Gabon dropped them to third in Group A.
Away friendlies have been a recurring problem. The Mena have not won any of their last 12 on the road over the past five years.
The recent head-to-head shows they can frustrate Algeria, but rarely more. Their last meeting ended 0-0 at the CHAN in August 2025, while Algeria won both AFCON qualifiers in March 2023 (2-1 at home, 1-0 away) and beat Niger 2-0 in a November 2022 friendly.
Oumar Sako carries most of the attacking threat. He has scored three of Niger’s last four goals, which says plenty about how thin the rest of the scoring options are.
Some changes are likely in defence. Aboubacar Camara shook off an injury scare to play in Gabon, but Najeeb Yakubu could replace him at right-back.
Neghiz knows Algerian football from the inside. That insight can help him organise a compact block, but it cannot close the gap in individual quality on its own.
Probable lineup Algeria: Ramdane; Hadjam, Touba, Abada, Redouani; Chaibi, Zorgane; Boulbina, Maza, Belloumi; Kebbal
Probable lineup Niger: Kassali; Yakubu, Abdouramane, Sako, Alhassane; Mohamed, Oumarou; Amoustapha, Badamassi, Wonkoye; Sosah
Free Football Prediction: Algeria vs Niger
Our prediction: Algeria to win by at least two goals (Asian handicap Algeria -1.5)
The straight Algeria win at 1.21 is too short to be worth backing on its own, so the value sits in the margin. Algeria have the home record, the head-to-head and far more attacking talent, with Belloumi, Boulbina and Maza all capable of creating chances against a side that rarely keeps clean sheets.
Niger have scored in only half of their last eight games and have not won an away friendly in five years. Even with Hemdani rotating, the gap between the two squads should show up on the scoreboard, as it did in the 5-0 CHAN win in 2023 and the 2-0 friendly win in 2022.
The main risk is a slow, experimental Algerian side settling for a narrow result, as in the 0-0 CHAN draw in 2025. We still expect Algeria to score twice or more and to keep Niger at arm’s length, with a 2-0 or 3-0 the most likely scorelines.
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