article_snippet.sent: With four rounds of matches remaining, just 11 points split leaders ES Setif and bottom-placed NA Hussein Dey, meaning, theoretically, that any of the 16 teams in the Algerian League could still be crowned champions.
article_snippet.sent: The top two teams qualify for next year's CAF Champions League, while the team in third make the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's equivalent of the Algerian League.
article_snippet.sent: Last year's champions USM Algier are currently in fifth place but are just four points off the top.
highlights_snippet.sent: 11 points split leaders Setif and bottom-placed Hussein Dey with four rounds of the Algerian League to play .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Top two qualify for the Algerian League while three are relegated .
  