Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Monastir - Club Africain!
Monastir and Club Africain should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Monastir form and stats
Monastir are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
Monastir are returning here after visiting Zitouna Chommakh in a Tunisia Cup game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Stade Tunisien.
Monastir have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Defensively Monastir have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Club Africain form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Club Africain, who have the most clean sheets (12) in Ligue 1, have produced an overall stat of 4-2-2 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Club Africain have lost on their last two travels.
180 minutes! That's how long the Club Africain goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two travels in a row for Club Africain, whose manager L. Dridi could celebrate last time after the Tunisia Cup win against Kairouan. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Chebba in the Ligue 1.
The visiting Club Africain have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. Club Africain are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 4 goals away.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Club Africain - Monastir 0-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Monastir wins - draws - Club Africain wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Okpotu 11 goals |   B. Compaore 6 goals | Y. Chamakhi 5 goals |
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| Monastir | Club Africain | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 62% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 56% |
| 38% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 12% | 12% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 31% | 29% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 12% |
| 56% | 71% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 62% | 75% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 3.9 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 6.4 | 5.8 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 125 | 61 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 43 | 118 |
| 52 | 24 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 21 | 62 |
| 42% | 38% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 43% | 32% |
- Club Africain has the fewest conceded goals (5)
- Club Africain has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- Club Africain has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
- Club Africain has the most clean sheets (12)
- Club Africain has the most matches under the total-line (14)
- Club Africain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Monastir have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Monastir have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Monastir have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | CS Sfaxien | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 34 |
| 3 | Monastir | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | Club Africain | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| 5 | Stade Tunisien | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 6 | Etoile du Sahel | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 7 | Ben Guerdane | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | Slimane | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 9 | Chebba | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 10 | Tataouine | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 13 |
| 11 | Hammam-Lif | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -12 | 13 |
| 12 | Kairouan | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 12 |
| 13 | CA Bizertin | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -17 | 11 |
| 14 | Métlaoui | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 10 |