The Etoile du Sahel & Club Africain bosses Benzarti and Saibi are both afraid of and feeling excited about this key game in the upper regions of the Ligue 1 table.
- Etoile du Sahel have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Ligue 1
- Club Africain have the the best goal difference (+3) away in Ligue 1
Both participants have had adequate rest since their previous match. Let's wish for an in-your-face fixture!
Etoile du Sahel form and stats
Etoile du Sahel have collected 13 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 4-1-0.
Etoile du Sahel are confident in defense, having played 276 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Etoile du Sahel drew their last game, also a home match. ES Tunis (placed 3rd) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
Before that match, a win away at Monastir.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Etoile handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 3 draws and 0 defeats.
It should be added that a look at the 14 most recent league fixtures shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Etoile du Sahel as they are travelling to their away game against Ben Guerdane in the Ligue 1. That match is three days after this one.
The Etoile du Sahel fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Defensively Etoile have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Club Africain form and stats
2-3-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Club Africain in their Ligue 1 matches away. Club Africain are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.
There were no winners in Club Africain's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Monastir (placed 5th).
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Tataouine.Club Africain are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's latest 11 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Ligue 1 trip to ES Tunis.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Africain have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. Club Africain are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Curiously enough, Club Africain have scored at least one goal in every league fixture they've played since failing to score against today's home team; the Africain - Etoile du Sahel 0-1 game seven rounds ago. Last ten meetings with these teams: Etoile du Sahel won four, Club Africain were winners in one and we saw five draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Labidi 8 goals |  O. Abid 7 goals | Z. Boutmene 4 goals |
Etoile du Sahel missing players
Club Africain missing players
| Etoile du Sahel | Club Africain | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 12 | 25 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 35 | 19 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 13 | 31 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 88% | 92% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 60% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 58% | 56% |
| 36% | 58% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 28% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 28% | 42% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 42% | 36% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 52% |
| 24% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 3 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5.7 | 10.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.2 | 4.4 |
| 58% | 56% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | 28% |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6.4 | 7.8 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
- Club Africain have the the best goal difference (+3) away in Ligue 1
- Club Africain have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Etoile du Sahel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Etoile du Sahel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Etoile du Sahel have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Ligue 1
- Etoile du Sahel have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Ligue 1
- Etoile du Sahel have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ligue 1
- Etoile du Sahel have the most clean sheets (15) in Ligue 1
- Etoile du Sahel have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Etoile du Sahel is in the best form (3-3-0) in Ligue 1
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 27 |
| 2 | Club Africain | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | ES Tunis | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Ben Guerdane | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Monastir | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | CS Sfaxien | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | Olympique Beja | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -5 | 13 |
| 8 | Tataouine | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | -26 | 4 |
