Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Métlaoui languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Monastir will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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.
This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Monastir's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Monastir have performed like this: Played twelve matches resulting in 4 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats with the goal stats 8-5 (scored/conceded).
Métlaoui form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Métlaoui have to build on here.The fans are hoping that Métlaoui will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Ligue 1 game against Ben Guerdane. Heartbreak before that as Métlaoui lost 0-1 at Club Africain's place.
Métlaoui have scored 7 goals here in 9 matches, not a lot. Métlaoui have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Monastir form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. In general it has been a productive period now for Monastir as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the CA Bizertin game have they lost an away game, meaning Monastir has taken points from eight away matches in a row.Monastir play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting CS Sfaxien. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Hammam-Lif.
Monastir are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Monastir have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Monastir - Métlaoui 0-2, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Métlaoui won 6 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Monastir has 1 win.Top Goalscorers
  H. Messadi 4 goals |  A. Diarra 3 goals |  A. Amri 3 goals |
Métlaoui missing players
Monastir missing players
| Métlaoui | Monastir | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | Played | 10 | 19 |
| 13 | 7 | Scored | 12 | 23 |
| 22 | 9 | Conceded | 11 | 21 |
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 80% | 84% |
| 61% | 56% | Over 1.5 | 50% | 63% |
| 28% | 22% | Over 2.5 | 40% | 42% |
| 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 20% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 10% | 5% |
| 44% | 44% | Both teams to score | 30% | 42% |
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheet | 50% | 37% |
| 33% | 22% | Failed To Score | 40% | 37% |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | Corners For (avg) | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 4.5 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.4 | 3.4 |
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 2 |
- Métlaoui hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 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 |
