National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Club Africain or CS Sfaxien that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Club Africain form and stats
Last season their Tunisia Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.4 victories, 7 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Club Africain have to build on here at Stade Arkou in the Ligue 1. On the other hand, in the Tunisia Cup, Club Africain has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Africain haven’t lost a league-game in 14 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Olympique Beja, 144 days ago.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Club Africain, who played 0-0 against Monastir. That match was also played at this venue (Stade Arkou).
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Slimane.Club Africain has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. On the other hand, Africain have conceded 15 goals.
CS Sfaxien form and stats
Sfaxien was sent out of Tunisia Cup in the semi-finals last season.As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, CS Sfaxien have produced an overall stat of 3-7-3 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Tunisia Cup stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Two points from the last two away games for Sfaxien, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
It's the second away game in a row for Sfaxien, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus CO Transports in the Tunisia Cup last time out.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Olympique Beja.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sfaxien as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
Club Africain-CS Sfaxien H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Africain three wins, CS Sfaxien five wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  F. Chaouat 7 goals |   Y. Chamakhi 6 goals | E. Kingsley 5 goals |
Club Africain missing players
CS Sfaxien missing players
| Club Africain | CS Sfaxien | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 7 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 12 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.1 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | ||
| 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 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 21 | 60 |
| 2 | Etoile du Sahel | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 50 |
| 3 | Ben Guerdane | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 41 |
| 4 | CS Sfaxien | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 40 |
| 5 | Slimane | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 40 |
| 6 | Rejiche | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | Club Africain | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 33 |
| 8 | Tataouine | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 33 |
| 9 | Metlaoui | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 32 |
| 10 | Monastir | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -1 | 31 |
| 11 | Olympique Beja | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 31 |
| 12 | CA Bizertin | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -6 | 31 |
| 13 | Stade Tunisien | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 29 |
| 14 | Kairouan | 26 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 29 | -46 | 3 |