The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Etoile du Sahel are in the 6th position while the guesting Métlaoui worry at 14th.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Métlaoui have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 5-5-19 (win-draw-loss) from 29 matches.
Etoile du Sahel form and stats
Overall Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Etoile du Sahel are 3-4-1 (wins-draw-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Etoile du Sahel.
Happy days for Etoile du Sahel in their previous game, a Ligue 1 match away at Monastir (placed 3rd) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that, Etoile du Sahel drew at home versus Chebba.
Etoile du Sahel has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Etoile du Sahel have only let in 4 goals at home.
Métlaoui form and stats
Métlaoui have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 0-3-5 (8 played).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ligue 1 home defeat versus CS Sfaxien with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Before that, Métlaoui travelled to Ben Guerdane and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
Métlaoui are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 8 away games. As opposed to that, Métlaoui have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Métlaoui - Etoile du Sahel 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Etoile du Sahel victories, two draws and two Métlaoui wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Ben Ouannes 5 goals |  D. González Mendoza 4 goals |   I. Minyeoui 3 goals |
Etoile du Sahel missing players
Métlaoui missing players
| Etoile du Sahel | Métlaoui | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 17 | 10 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 87% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 60% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 38% | 40% |
| 33% | 25% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 12% | 20% |
| 13% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 12% | 13% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 47% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 27% |
| 40% | 62% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 75% | 60% |
| 5.7 | 6.3 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.4 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 87 | 45 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 40 | 86 |
| 35 | 17 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 18 | 37 |
| 43% | 47% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 17% | 19% |
- Etoile du Sahel have created more than twice as many corners as Métlaoui.
- Etoile du Sahel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Etoile du Sahel have scored more than double the goals of Métlaoui.
- Métlaoui has the fewest scored goals (3) away
- Métlaoui have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Métlaoui have yet to win a 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 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 38 |
| 2 | CS Sfaxien | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Monastir | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | Stade Tunisien | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Club Africain | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 6 | Etoile du Sahel | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Ben Guerdane | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 8 | Chebba | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Slimane | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Hammam-Lif | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 13 |
| 11 | Tataouine | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 12 |
| 12 | Kairouan | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -16 | 12 |
| 13 | CA Bizertin | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 11 |
| 14 | Métlaoui | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 10 |