Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kairouan & Métlaoui face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Tunisia Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Métlaoui have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-7-18 (win-draw-loss) from 29 matches.
Kairouan form and stats
Last season, Kairouan's Tunisia Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.Kairouan's results here in the Ligue 1 have been very modest with 0 victories, 1 draw and 12 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for Kairouan who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 29 attempts. Their previous win was against Hammam-Lif, 269 days ago.
Stress levels are on the rise for Kairouan's attacking players as they have now played 180 minutes without scoring in a league game. O. Bouraoui was their last goal scorer.
The Kairouan fans got no joy from their last match, a Ligue 1 game also here: A 0-1 defeat against Tataouine.
Prior to that, an away loss at CS Sfaxien in the Ligue 1.Kairouan have scored 7 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. Kairouan are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (31 from 13 played).
Métlaoui form and stats
Métlaoui's mission in Tunisia Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.There's been little loot from Métlaoui's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 13 away games in the Ligue 1. Métlaoui only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws.
Two travels in a row for Métlaoui, whose manager M. Al Moalej could celebrate last time after the Ligue 1 win against ES Tunis.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Monastir in the Ligue 1.Métlaoui are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 6 goals from 13 away games. It's not easy to score on Métlaoui as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Kairouan, three draws and four wins for Métlaoui. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Salhi 6 goals |  C. Abogho 4 goals | L. Ameur 3 goals |
Kairouan missing players
Métlaoui missing players
| Kairouan | Métlaoui | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | ||
| 58 | 29 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 48% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 7.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | ||
| 27% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | ||
| 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 | Métlaoui | 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 Béja | 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 |