It's ground zero in CAF Champions League - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how the teams did in their pre-season friendlies!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at El Gounah. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Al Ahly have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Etoile du Sahel form and stats
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Etoile du Sahel, as the Ligue 1 home game vs CS Sfaxien is only one day away.
It's the first season at a new level for Etoile du Sahel as they were promoted from Ligue 1 last season. Happy days that were secured through 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss from seven games. The team scored 4 goals at home last season and conceded 2. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
Al Ahly form and stats
The Al Ahly goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 457 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
After this away game Al Ahly return home for a Premier League game against Haras El Hodood. That game is only three sleeps after this.
A job perfectly done for Al Ahly last season as they secured promotion from Premier League. With a grand total of 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 3 were in away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's 3 Etoile du Sahel victories, 3 draws and 2 Al Ahly wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Hannachi 6 goals |  M. Ben Larbi 5 goals |  Y. Chikhaoui 4 goals |
Etoile du Sahel missing players
Al Ahly missing players
| Etoile du Sahel | Al Ahly | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 8 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 14 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 106% |
| Etoile du Sahel | Last season | Al Ahly | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 7 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 10 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | ||
| 29% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 75% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | ||
| 43% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | ||
| 57% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 75% | ||
| 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7.7 | 8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 30 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 15 | ||
| 55% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 67% | ||
| 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 Ahly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Hilal Omdurman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Etoile du Sahel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Platinum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Monastir | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | CS Sfaxien | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | ES Tunis | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | Ben Guerdane | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Club Africain | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 15 |
| 6 | Etoile du Sahel | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Stade Tunisien | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Chebba | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | CA Bizertin | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 10 | Slimane | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Hammam-Lif | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 12 | Kairouan | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 6 |
| 13 | Metlaoui | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 2 |
| 14 | Tataouine | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -10 | 2 |
| Last season | 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 Ahly | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 12 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Al Mokawloon | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Zamalek | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Al Masry | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Al Ittihad | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Misr Lel Makasa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Haras El Hodood | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Ismaily | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | El Entag El Harby | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Smouha | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Tanta | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Aswan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | El Gounah | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 4 |
| 15 | ENPPI | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 16 | El Geish | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 17 | Wadi Degla | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Masr | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 3 |