All the facts and stats for the CAF Champions League clash: ES Tunis - Al Merreikh

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Olympique de Radès (60000 seats)

International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both ES Tunis and Al Merreikh are looking forward to this CAF Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.

ES Tunis's stadium, Stade Olympique de Radès, has a grass surface. Al Merreikh have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Al Merreikh when playing on grass; 9 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from 21 matches. They have scored {31 goals} in these games and conceded 26.

It's quite the trip for Al Merreikh when visiting Tunis as the cities are 4900 kilometers apart.

These are busy days for the host team, as they had a game only three days ago in the Ligue 1. This match was also played here at Stade Olympique de Radès. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Al Merreikh have had more rest.

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ES Tunis form and stats

ES Tunis was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the CAF Champions League. ES Setif was too strong.

This stadium, Stade Olympique de Radès, has been a fortress for ES Tunis in the Ligue 1 so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-1-0.

ES Tunis's last game was hosting Hammam-Sousse and winning 2-0.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Tataouine that finished 2-2.

The ES Tunis manager Maâloul has got the team scoring with 16 from 7 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Tunis have only let in {2 goals} at home.

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Al Merreikh form and stats

Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Sudan Premier League. When we have look at the CAF Champions League statistics, we find 2W-1D-1L. This is both home and away.

It's the second away game in a row for Al Merreikh, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Hay Al Wadi last time out.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Al Zoma Khartoum at their stadium, the result 1-0.

The visiting Merreikh have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. Al Merreikh are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {2 goals} away.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the prior four meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for ES Tunis, one draw and one win for Al Merreikh. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

ES TunisM. Ben Romdhane
M. Ben Romdhane
7 goals
ES TunisA. Badri
A. Badri
6 goals
TunisA. Ben Hmida
A. Ben Hmida
2 goals

ES Tunis missing players

Al Merreikh missing players

Total First Half Second Half
ES Tunis Al Merreikh
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   11 25
15 10   Won W   7 19
7 1   Drew D   2 4
3 0   Lost L   2 2
44 23   Scored S   14 43
18 4   Conceded C   6 13
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 92%
84% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   55% 68%
48% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 40%
16% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   9% 16%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
52% 36%   BTTS BTTS   27% 36%
48% 64%   Clean Sheets C S   64% 60%
4% 0%   Failed to Score F T   18% 12%
 
5.5 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3 3
2.7 2.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3 3
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 1
3 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.8 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   10 10
5.3 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3
33% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   67% 67%
 
5.2 3.5   Shots against (avg) S A   6 6
2.1 0.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CR Belouizdad 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
2 Zamalek 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
3 ES Tunis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Al Merreikh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ES Tunis 14 9 4 1 25 8 7 6 1 0 16 2 7 3 3 1 9 6 17 31
2 Etoile du Sahel 14 9 2 3 23 11 7 4 1 2 11 8 7 5 1 1 12 3 12 29
3 Tataouine 14 4 6 4 13 15 7 2 4 1 8 7 7 2 2 3 5 8 -2 18
4 CS Sfaxien 14 3 7 4 9 10 7 2 3 2 5 4 7 1 4 2 4 6 -1 16
5 Stade Tunisien 14 4 4 6 14 17 7 3 1 3 7 7 7 1 3 3 7 10 -3 16
6 CA Bizertin 14 4 4 6 12 17 7 1 3 3 7 8 7 3 1 3 5 9 -5 16
7 Hammam-Sousse 14 3 5 6 9 18 7 2 3 2 5 8 7 1 2 4 4 10 -9 14
8 Chebba 14 3 2 9 8 17 7 3 1 3 6 4 7 0 1 6 2 13 -9 11
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Hilal Omdurman 17 14 2 1 42 12 9 8 1 0 24 3 8 6 1 1 18 9 30 44
2 Al Merreikh 17 13 3 1 27 8 9 8 1 0 18 6 8 5 2 1 9 2 19 42
3 Hay Al Arab 17 11 2 4 25 16 9 8 1 0 17 7 8 3 1 4 8 9 9 35
4 Haidob En Nahud 17 7 4 6 16 13 9 6 2 1 9 3 8 1 2 5 7 10 3 25
5 Al Ahli Khartoum 17 7 4 6 20 18 8 5 2 1 11 5 9 2 2 5 9 13 2 25
6 Tuti 17 7 4 6 21 21 9 3 2 4 10 11 8 4 2 2 11 10 0 25
7 Hay Al Wadi 17 6 6 5 17 18 7 4 0 3 6 6 10 2 6 2 11 12 -1 24
8 Alamal Atbara 17 7 3 7 15 17 7 4 1 2 10 7 10 3 2 5 5 10 -2 24
9 Al Ahly Shendi 17 6 4 7 10 12 8 3 3 2 5 5 9 3 1 5 5 7 -2 22
10 Wad Nubawi 17 4 9 4 13 16 10 3 5 2 8 7 7 1 4 2 5 9 -3 21
11 Al Fallah 17 5 5 7 18 16 8 4 1 3 14 7 9 1 4 4 4 9 2 20
12 Al Hilal Port Sudan 17 4 7 6 16 19 9 2 5 2 9 9 8 2 2 4 7 10 -3 19
13 Al Shorta 17 5 3 9 13 18 7 2 2 3 4 4 10 3 1 6 9 14 -5 18
14 Hilal El-Fasher 17 4 6 7 14 20 10 4 4 2 13 10 7 0 2 5 1 10 -6 18
15 Kober 17 3 6 8 17 24 9 2 3 4 11 13 8 1 3 4 6 11 -7 15
16 Al-Ahly Merowe 17 2 9 6 11 23 9 1 6 2 6 9 8 1 3 4 5 14 -12 15
17 Al Rabta Kosti 17 3 4 10 9 22 9 3 2 4 5 7 8 0 2 6 4 15 -13 13
18 Al Zoma Khartoum 17 2 5 10 11 22 7 1 2 4 7 9 10 1 3 6 4 13 -11 11

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CR Belouizdad 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
2 Zamalek 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
3 ES Tunis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Al Merreikh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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