It's early days in the Ligue 1 and both Etoile du Sahel and Monastir are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a CAF Confederations Cup game only four days ago.
Etoile du Sahel form and stats
The hosts won their first Ligue 1 game here at Stade Municipale Bou Ali-Lahouar, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Etoile du Sahel last season were 7 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss from 13 games.
Etoile travelled for their previous game, a trip to Al Mokawloon that ended 0-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Slimane in the Ligue 1.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Etoile's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won one match, drawn two and lost zero.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Etoile du Sahel at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Monastir form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Ligue 1 ended in defeat. Last season Monastir had these away match statistics: Played 13; won 6, drew 4 and lost 3.
I. Jelassi was the last player to score for the away team. Monastir haven't scored a league goal in the last 211 minutes.
Monastir had fun at their own home (Stade Municipale Bou Ali-Lahouar) last time out, beating Al Ahli Tripoli 2-0. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Ben Guerdane.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Monastir playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, one draw and one home win.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Monastir has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Etoile du Sahel won seven games, two matches ended with a draw and Monastir has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  S. Coulibaly 2 goals | W. Kechrida 1 goals | A. Soumah 1 goals |
Etoile du Sahel missing players
Monastir missing players
| Etoile du Sahel | Monastir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9 | 7.3 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 1.7 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 20% |
| Etoile du Sahel | Last season | Monastir | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 25 | 7 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 85% | ||
| 69% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 65% | ||
| 42% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 38% | ||
| 23% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 19% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 54% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 46% | ||
| 31% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 42% | ||
| 23% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 27% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.4 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 42% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stade Tunisien | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | CS Sfaxien | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | ES Tunis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Etoile du Sahel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Ben Guerdane | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Olympique Béja | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Club Africain | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Rejiche | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Métlaoui | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Slimane | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | CA Bizertin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Tataouine | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 2 |
| 13 | Monastir | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Kairouan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 29 | 62 |
| 2 | CS Sfaxien | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 51 |
| 3 | Monastir | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 45 |
| 4 | Etoile du Sahel | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 43 |
| 5 | Club Africain | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 40 |
| 6 | Stade Tunisien | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -1 | 36 |
| 7 | Ben Guerdane | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 34 |
| 8 | Chebba | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 9 | Slimane | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 28 |
| 10 | Tataouine | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 28 |
| 11 | Métlaoui | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 22 | -11 | 25 |
| 12 | CA Bizertin | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 18 | -17 | 23 |
| 13 | Hammam-Lif | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -20 | 22 |
| 14 | Kairouan | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 27 | -22 | 22 |