A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and 11th place in the table will show on the pitch.
ES Tunis and Stade Gabésien should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Stade Gabésien's home stadium. The visitors last 26 games on grass have ended in 3 wins, 11 draws and 12 losses.
ES Tunis form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Olympique d'El Menzah as ES Tunis, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Ligue 1, have scored 15 goals to get 24 points from 10 games. The overall stats are 7-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). The team is doing great wherever they are playing as ES Tunis has won four games in a row. The Raja Casablanca match was the last time out without a victory. ES Tunis has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade Olympique d'El Menzah, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.ES Tunis's last game was hosting Hammam-Lif and winning 1-0. Ahead of that match, ES Tunis won a home game hosting CS Constantine (3-1).
The ES Tunis fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 matches. ES Tunis have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.
Stade Gabésien form and stats
Stade Gabésien have only collected 8 points from their away games after 2-2-6 (10 played).There were no winners in Stade Gabésien's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 1-1 vs Gabes. Prior to that match, the Stade Gabésien manager M. Okbi faced defeat when travelling to Etoile du Sahel and losing 1-2.
The attacking power of Stade Gabésien when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored in 10 matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Stade Gabésien - ES Tunis 0-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: ES Tunis won 7, Stade Gabésien won 0 and 3 draws.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Khenissi 10 goals |  A. Badri 5 goals |  H. Jouini 3 goals |
ES Tunis missing players
Stade Gabésien missing players
| ES Tunis | Stade Gabésien | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | Played | 10 | 19 |
| 28 | 15 | Scored | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | 4 | Conceded | 9 | 17 |
| 95% | 90% | Over 0.5 | 90% | 84% |
| 68% | 70% | Over 1.5 | 40% | 47% |
| 32% | 30% | Over 2.5 | 20% | 21% |
| 5% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 5% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 37% | 40% | Both teams to score | 30% | 37% |
| 58% | 60% | Clean Sheet | 30% | 32% |
| 11% | 10% | Failed To Score | 50% | 47% |
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Corners For (avg) | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 3.1 | 3.9 | Corners Against (avg) | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | ES Tunis | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 46 |
| 2 | CS Sfaxien | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 37 |
| 3 | Etoile du Sahel | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | CA Bizertin | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Ben Guerdane | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 28 |
| 6 | Club Africain | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 28 |
| 7 | Tataouine | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Monastir | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Kairouan | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 23 |
| 10 | Stade Tunisien | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 11 | Stade Gabésien | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | Métlaoui | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 16 |
| 13 | Hammam-Lif | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 14 | Gabès | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 14 |
