The league table is allowed to rest as Al Ahli Benghazi and ES Tunis battle for CAF Champions League honors in this first 1st Round leg of two fixtures.
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.
It's quite the trip for ES Tunis when visiting Benghazi as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.
Al Ahli Benghazi form and stats
Al Ahli Benghazi participated in CAF Champions League the last season, where they reached the 1st round and lost against Mamelodi Sundowns.17 points is a decent return from 7 Premier League games here for Al Ahli Benghazi. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. The Benghazi fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Al Ahli Benghazi has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat. Benghazi has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Mamelodi Sundowns defeat 732 days ago.
A decent goal production from Benghazi in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Benghazi have only let in 3 goals at home.
ES Tunis form and stats
They also participated in CAF Champions League last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Zamalek drew the shortest straw.The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1. Things are running smoothly for Tunis who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 14 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Zamalek.
ES Tunis have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Moez Ben Cherifia. It's been 201 minutes since they last conceded in Ligue 1.
ES Tunis go into this game after a win, the home game against Tataouine that ended 1-0. Preceding that game was the away Ligue 1 victory against Monastir with the score of 1-0.
1 goal so far away for ES Tunis, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Al Ahli Benghazi one win, zero draws and ES Tunis one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Al Ahli Benghazi missing players
ES Tunis missing players
| Al Ahli Benghazi | ES Tunis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Scored | S | 15 | 29 | ||
| 27 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 38% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 14% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 44% | 15% | BTTS | BTTS | 21% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 85% | Clean Sheets | C S | 71% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3 | ||
| 10% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Ahli Benghazi | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 2 | Al-Nasr | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Al-Akhdar | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 5 | Al Ta'awon | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 6 | Shabaab Al Jabal | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Al Sadaqa | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Ngom Egdabya | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 9 | Al-Tahaddi | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Darnes | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 11 | Khaleej Sart | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 6 |
| 12 | Al-Anwar | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -11 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stade Tunisien | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | CS Sfaxien | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | ES Tunis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Etoile du Sahel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Ben Guerdane | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Olympique Béja | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Rejiche | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Slimane | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Metlaoui | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Club Africain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Monastir | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Tataouine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 13 | CA Bizertin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 14 | Kairouan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |