An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 11th place.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Kairouan play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Kairouan when playing on artificial turf are 2 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats from 16 matches. They have scored 8 goals and conceded 13 times in these games.
Gabès form and stats
Gabès, who have the most conceded goals (39) in Ligue 1, have played 12 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).Gabès lost their last game at CS Sfaxien after a 0-3 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Etoile du Sahel.
Gabès are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 12 goals in 12 matches. Gabès have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Kairouan form and stats
There's been little loot from Kairouan's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 12 away games. Kairouan only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on S. Hidoussi, the Kairouan manager, as the last three away games were defeats.Two away games in a row for Kairouan, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus ES Tunis in the Ligue 1. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Club Africain's place.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kairouan as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games. As opposed to that, Kairouan have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Kairouan - Gabès 2-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Gabès victories, 3 draws and 3 Kairouan wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Sassi 5 goals |   M. Ghoufa 3 goals |  M. Saidi 3 goals |
Gabès missing players
Kairouan missing players
| Gabès | Kairouan | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Lost | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 20 | 12 | 2 | Scored | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 39 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | 2 | 17 | 29 |
| 92% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 80% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | 67% | 58% | 60% |
| 52% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 24% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 32% |
| 12% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | 33% | 8% | 24% |
| 40% | 42% | 67% | Failed To Score | 33% | 58% | 52% |
| 4.3 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | 6.5 | 5.9 | 4.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | 0 | 2 | 3 |
- Gabès have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Kairouan have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Kairouan have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kairouan have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Kairouan haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 10-03-19 | | Métlaoui | 1 - 0 | Gabès |
| 10-04-19 | | Gabès | 0 - 1 | ES Tunis |
| 14-04-19 | | Stade Gabésien | 1 - 1 | Gabès |
| 21-04-19 | | Stade Tunisien | 3 - 1 | Gabès |
| 28-04-19 | | Gabès | 2 - 0 | Club Africain |
| 18-05-19 | | Monastir | 3 - 1 | Gabès |
| 22-05-19 | | Gabès | 0 - 0 | Hammam-Lif |
| 26-05-19 | | Etoile du Sahel | 3 - 0 | Gabès |
| 30-05-19 | | CS Sfaxien | 3 - 0 | Gabès |
| 15-06-19 | | Gabès | 15:00 | Kairouan |
| 26-03-19 | | Bouselem | 0 - 0 | Kairouan |
| 06-04-19 | | Kairouan | 1 - 0 | Stade Tunisien |
| 14-04-19 | | Tataouine | 2 - 2 | Kairouan |
| 20-04-19 | | Kairouan | 1 - 0 | CA Bizertin |
| 28-04-19 | | Ben Guerdane | 1 - 0 | Kairouan |
| 18-05-19 | | Kairouan | 0 - 0 | Métlaoui |
| 26-05-19 | | Kairouan | 1 - 1 | CS Sfaxien |
| 30-05-19 | | Club Africain | 1 - 0 | Kairouan |
| 03-06-19 | | ES Tunis | 4 - 0 | Kairouan |
| 15-06-19 | | Gabès | 15:00 | Kairouan |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | ES Tunis | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 23 | 56 |
| 2 | Etoile du Sahel | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 51 |
| 3 | CS Sfaxien | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 49 |
| 4 | Ben Guerdane | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 38 |
| 5 | Club Africain | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 37 |
| 6 | CA Bizertin | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 35 |
| 7 | Monastir | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Tataouine | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -7 | 31 |
| 9 | Stade Tunisien | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -7 | 28 |
| 10 | Métlaoui | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 27 |
| 11 | Kairouan | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 25 |
| 12 | Stade Gabésien | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 23 |
| 13 | Hammam-Lif | 25 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Gabès | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 27 | -19 | 18 |
