The Ben Guerdane & Etoile du Sahel managers K. Zaïem and L. Dridi are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Ligue 1 league table.
- Ben Guerdane have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Ligue 1
- Etoile du Sahel have the most scored goals (42) 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.
Ben Guerdane's stadium, Stade de Ben Guerdane, has a artifical turf surface. Etoile du Sahel have grass 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 Etoile du Sahel when playing on artifical turf; 5 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses from 13 matches. They have scored 16 goals in these games and conceded 13.
Guerdane are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Etoile have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 2nd place no matter what happens.
Ben Guerdane form and stats
Ben Guerdane are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Stade de Ben Guerdane. 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Guerdane.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Stade Tunisien.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ligue 1 game versus CA Bizertin in only three days. This game is also played here at Stade de Ben Guerdane.
Ben Guerdane are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 11 games. Defensively Guerdane have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 11 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Etoile du Sahel form and stats
6 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Etoile du Sahel, who have the most scored goals (42) in Ligue 1, playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.
A new game in only three days for Etoile, the Ligue 1 home match versus Olympique Béja. Busy days.
Etoile have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 17 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Etoile du Sahel have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Ben Guerdane and Etoile du Sahel have met before this season: Etoile du Sahel - Guerdane 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Guerdane victories, two draws and six Etoile du Sahel wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Ben tarcha 7 goals |  S. Coulibaly 7 goals | A. Safxi 7 goals |
Ben Guerdane missing players
Etoile du Sahel missing players
| Ben Guerdane | Etoile du Sahel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 24 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 17 | 42 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 21 |
| 75% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 50% | 55% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 21% | 18% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 50% |
| 12% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 38% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 54% |
| 50% | 64% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 33% |
| 38% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6.5 | 7.7 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1.5 | 8.2 | 8.8 |
| 2.6 | 3.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 39% | 35% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 200% | 31% | 37% |
- Ben Guerdane have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Ben Guerdane have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Ligue 1
- Etoile du Sahel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Etoile du Sahel have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Ligue 1
- Etoile du Sahel have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Ligue 1
- Etoile du Sahel have the most scored goals (42) in Ligue 1
- Etoile du Sahel have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Ligue 1
- Etoile du Sahel haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 24 | 60 |
| 2 | Etoile du Sahel | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 49 |
| 3 | Ben Guerdane | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | CS Sfaxien | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Slimane | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 36 |
| 6 | Rejiche | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Monastir | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 30 |
| 8 | Stade Tunisien | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Olympique Béja | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 29 |
| 10 | Club Africain | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 29 |
| 11 | Tataouine | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 27 |
| 12 | Métlaoui | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 26 |
| 13 | CA Bizertin | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 25 |
| 14 | Kairouan | 24 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 27 | -43 | 3 |