CS Sfaxien vs Etoile du Sahel match preview: Even contest expected at Stade Taïeb Mhiri

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Competition: Tunisia Ligue 1
Competition: Wed 25.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Taïeb Mhiri

Faithful supporters at Stade Taïeb Mhiri haven’t watched many wins this season, with CS Sfaxien rotting in the 5th position. The visiting Etoile du Sahel will believe to guard their higher league spot in this match.

Insights:
  • CS Sfaxien have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Etoile du Sahel have the most scored goals (12) 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.

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CS Sfaxien form and stats

CS Sfaxien must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Ligue 1 games here at Stade Taïeb Mhiri.

CS Sfaxien drew their last game, also a home match. ES Tunis (placed 1st) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Monastir.

CS Sfaxien has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Defensively Sfaxien have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Etoile du Sahel form and stats

Etoile du Sahel have six points from their first three away games in the Ligue 1, meaning two victories and a loss.

258 minutes! That's how long the Etoile du Sahel goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Etoile are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the fixture against Ben Guerdane (placed 6th).

Prior to that result Etoile du Sahel won their away game at Club Africain. The scoreline was 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Etoile du Sahel in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Etoile du Sahel, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

It's not easy to score on Etoile du Sahel as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have met each other before in this season, with the final score Etoile du Sahel - Sfaxien 1-1 entered in the official records. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two teams are: three wins for CS Sfaxien, six draws and one win for Etoile du Sahel. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

SfaxienA. Harzi
A. Harzi
5 goals
CS SfaxienW. Karoui
W. Karoui
5 goals
Etoile du SahelY. Amri
Y. Amri
4 goals

CS Sfaxien missing players

Etoile du Sahel missing players

CS Sfaxien Etoile du Sahel
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 1 Played P 1 10 20
7 5 1 Won W 1 4 8
6 3 0 Drew D 0 3 8
7 2 0 Lost L 0 3 4
18 12 3 Scored S 5 12 26
15 5 0 Conceded C 1 6 15
85% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 85%
55% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 60%
25% 20% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 20% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 10% 15%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 10% 10%
35% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 20% 35%
45% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
35% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 30%
 
3.7 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.3 3.7
4.3 3.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.1 3
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
5.6 7.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6.5 7.1
2.6 3.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.2 2.6
32% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 56% 51%
 
8.7 9.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6.6 5.4
3.3 4.2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.2 2
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • CS Sfaxien have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Etoile du Sahel have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in Ligue 1
  • Etoile du Sahel have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Ligue 1
  • Etoile du Sahel have the most points (6) away in Ligue 1
  • Etoile du Sahel have the most scored goals (12) in Ligue 1
  • Etoile du Sahel have the most scored goals (6) away in Ligue 1
  • Etoile du Sahel have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Ligue 1
  • Etoile du Sahel have the the best goal difference (+4) away in Ligue 1
  • Etoile du Sahel have won significantly less corners away then 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 ES Tunis 6 4 2 0 8 2 3 3 0 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 4 1 6 17
2 Monastir 6 3 1 2 7 5 3 2 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 5 5 2 12
3 Etoile du Sahel 6 3 1 2 12 7 3 1 1 1 6 5 3 2 0 1 6 2 5 11
4 Club Africain 6 2 1 3 3 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 2 1 4 -3 10
5 CS Sfaxien 6 1 3 2 6 5 3 1 2 0 4 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 8
6 Ben Guerdane 6 0 2 4 1 12 3 0 0 3 1 9 3 0 2 1 0 3 -11 3