Ligue 1: Two contenders in reasonably good shape get together for this game. ES Tunis with a slight advantage with their 2nd spot in the table?
- CS Sfaxien have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Ligue 1
- ES Tunis have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Ligue 1
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
CS Sfaxien form and stats
CS Sfaxien have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Ligue 1. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
The home team returns to Stade Taïeb Mhiri after drawing with Tataouine (placed 6th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.
Ahead of that match, CS Sfaxien won a home game hosting CA Bizertin (1-0).Gamblers who enjoy looking for low-scoring matches might be interested to know that this club have played 7 league rounds in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for CS Sfaxien here at Stade Taïeb Mhiri in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). As for guarding their own goal, Sfaxien have only let in {1 goals} at home.
ES Tunis form and stats
Things could have gone better for ES Tunis in their Ligue 1 away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
ES Tunis had fun at their own home (Stade Taïeb Mhiri) last time out, beating Etoile du Sahel 2-0. Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone three league rounds without winning.
A 1-2 defeat away at Stade Tunisien before that.The attacking power of Tunis when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have fought previously this season: ES Tunis - CS Sfaxien 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sfaxien two wins, four draws and ES Tunis four victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Ben Romdhane 5 goals |   I. Diakité 2 goals | H. Elhouni 2 goals |
CS Sfaxien missing players
ES Tunis missing players
| CS Sfaxien | ES Tunis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 6.4 | 9.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 13 | 7.3 | 6 |
| 3.6 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| 3.2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.4 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.7 | 12.3 |
| 2.6 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 20% | 36% |
| 6.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| 2.6 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
- CS Sfaxien have not yet lost a game at home.
- CS Sfaxien have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Ligue 1
- CS Sfaxien have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Ligue 1
- CS Sfaxien have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Ligue 1
- CS Sfaxien have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- CS Sfaxien have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- ES Tunis have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- ES Tunis have scored more than double the goals of CS Sfaxien.
- ES Tunis have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Ligue 1
- ES Tunis have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Ligue 1
- ES Tunis have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Ligue 1
- ES Tunis have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligue 1
- ES Tunis have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- ES Tunis have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | ES Tunis | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Stade Tunisien | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Chebba | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 5 | CS Sfaxien | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 6 | Tataouine | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 7 | Hammam-Sousse | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 7 |
| 8 | CA Bizertin | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
