Get ready for the return leg of the CAF Champions League Quarter-finals between ES Tunis and CR Belouizdad. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
Tunis have less rest than CR Belouizdad in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Ligue 1 game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Metlaoui, was also a home game here at Stade Olympique de Radès. The away team is better rested.
9-6-6 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for CR Belouizdad when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 21 matches are 18-12 (scored/conceded).
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
ES Tunis form and stats
Last season, ES Tunis's CAF Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals against Zamalek.ES Tunis have performed here at Stade Olympique de Radès this season with 10 wins from 13 Ligue 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. 4W-3D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the CAF Champions League for ES Tunis.
The ES Tunis fans got no joy from their last match, a Ligue 1 game also here at Stade Olympique de Radès: A 1-2 defeat against Metlaoui.
A CAF Champions League defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at CR Belouizdad.Tunis are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found ten matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won eight, drew two and lost zero.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Tunis, as the Tunisia Cup home game vs Etoile du Sahel is only three days away.
Tunis are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 13 games. Tunis have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
CR Belouizdad form and stats
The visitors are W4-D5-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the CAF Champions League stats, they have 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
The supporters enjoyed Belouizdad's previous game versus ES Tunis, a CAF Champions League 2-0 win played at home.
Before that, Belouizdad secured a home win against Ain M'lila with the score 5-1.You'll want to know how Belouizdad managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.
The visiting Belouizdad have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 10 games. The Belouizdad defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (5 goals in 10 games). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: CR Belouizdad - Tunis 2-0.Top Goalscorers
  H. Bellahouel 10 goals |  T. Khenissi 7 goals | A. Sayoud 7 goals |
ES Tunis missing players
CR Belouizdad missing players
| ES Tunis | CR Belouizdad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Scored | S | 13 | 36 | ||
| 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 7.4 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 7.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 52% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 44% | ||
| 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 |
| 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 Setif | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | MC Oran | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 39 |
| 3 | JS Saoura | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 36 |
| 4 | CR Belouizdad | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 36 |
| 5 | USM Alger | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 35 |
| 6 | JS Kabylie | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | MC Alger | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 34 |
| 8 | Paradou AC | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 33 |
| 9 | Olympique Medea | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
| 10 | CS Constantine | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 31 |
| 11 | Ain M'lila | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 31 |
| 12 | RC Relizane | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 13 | ASO Chlef | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -12 | 23 |
| 14 | NC Magra | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 22 |
| 15 | Tlemcen | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 21 |
| 16 | NA Hussein Dey | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 17 | US Biskra | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | -14 | 20 |
| 18 | USM Bel Abbes | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -17 | 16 |
| 19 | JSM Skikda | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 22 | -18 | 14 |
| 20 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 21 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -24 | 7 |