The Ligue 1 standings tell a story about these sides up until now, with Monastir in front of CS Sfaxien by 8 points. Match preview to follow:
- Monastir have the most scored goals (22) in Ligue 1
- CS Sfaxien have the most points from losing position (8) in Ligue 1
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Monastir form and stats
Monastir have performed here at Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet this season with 4 wins from 6 Ligue 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2.
It's back home for Monastir, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Olympique Beja away with the result 3-1.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Ben Guerdane in a game that was won 3-1.The Monastir fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Monastir have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
CS Sfaxien form and stats
There's been little loot from CS Sfaxien's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the Ligue 1. CS Sfaxien only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 0 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Sfaxien's last three away games as they have all been lost.
CS Sfaxien had fun at their own home (Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet) last time out, beating Tataouine 4-0. As mentioned above, Sfaxien was the only team on the pitch versus Tataouine in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
A 0-1 defeat away at ES Tunis before that.Lacking goals? 25 of this side's latest 27 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the CS Sfaxien manager Badry as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Al Hilal Omdurman.
The attacking power of CS Sfaxien when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. CS Sfaxien have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Monastir have won at least one point in the last 4 matches (1-3-0) against CS Sfaxien.The latest reported scoreline between these contenders is the CS Sfaxien - Monastir 0-0 played earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Oumarou Alio 9 goals | H. Chikhaoui 8 goals |  A. Habbassi 6 goals |
Monastir missing players
CS Sfaxien missing players
| Monastir | CS Sfaxien | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 39 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 20 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 19 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 81% |
| 56% | 38% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 48% |
| 37% | 31% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 8% | 7% |
| 22% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 7% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 15% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 23% | 22% |
| 48% | 54% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 23% | 44% |
| 30% | 31% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 62% | 52% |
| 3.6 | 4.7 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | 3 |
| 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.2 | 9.2 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.5 | 7.5 | 9 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| 43% | 40% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 24% |
| 7.6 | 5.8 | 4.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| 3.2 | 2.4 | 0.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.7 |
- CS Sfaxien have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- CS Sfaxien have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Ligue 1
- CS Sfaxien have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Ligue 1
- CS Sfaxien have the most matches under the total-line (24) in Ligue 1
- CS Sfaxien have the most points from losing position (8) in Ligue 1
- Monastir have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Monastir have scored at least twice as many goals at home as CS Sfaxien have scored away.
- Monastir have the most scored goals (22) in Ligue 1
- Monastir have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Ligue 1
- Monastir have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Monastir haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Monastir is in the best form (4-1-1) in Ligue 1
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Etoile du Sahel | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Monastir | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | ES Tunis | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | Club Africain | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Ben Guerdane | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | CS Sfaxien | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Olympique Beja | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 8 | Tataouine | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 22 | -31 | 4 |
