CAF Champions League match preview: ES Tunis versus MC Alger

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Competition: World CAF Champions League
Competition: Sat 10.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Olympique de Radès (60000 seats)

MC Alger have traveled here for an interesting CAF Champions League fight against ES Tunis. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

Tunis have less rest than MC Alger in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Ligue 1 game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Stade Olympique de Radès. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, MC Alger have had more rest.

This stadium uses grass, unlike MC Alger's home stadium. The visitors last 18 games on grass have ended in 10 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses.

These teams have little in common geographically as MC Alger have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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ES Tunis form and stats

ES Tunis participated in CAF Champions League the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals and lost against Zamalek.

Home games in the Ligue 1 have been a walk in the park for ES Tunis so far, with 28 points won from 10 matches; 9 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. On the other hand, in the CAF Champions League, ES Tunis has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. The ES Tunis fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stade Olympique de Radès and will expect new points from this game. Tunis has played 23 games in a row here without a defeat.

The Tunis goalkeeper Farouk Ben Mustapha is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 309 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Tunis's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won three matches, drawn one and lost zero.

There will be little rest for Tunis after this match as they are travelling to Tataouine for a Ligue 1 game in only four days.

Tunis are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. As for guarding their own goal, Tunis have only let in 3 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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MC Alger form and stats

Alger's mission in CAF Champions League last season failed in the group stage.

Playing away, MC Alger have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the CAF Champions League stats, they have 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses both home and away. Alger has drawn their two previous away games.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus ASO Chlef in the Ligue 1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and MC Alger playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

The attacking power of MC Alger when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result MC Alger - Tunis 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Tunis won one game, two matches ended with a draw and MC Alger has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two

Top Goalscorers

ES TunisT. Khenissi
T. Khenissi
6 goals
MC AlgerS. Frioui
S. Frioui
6 goals
ES TunisM. Ben Romdhane
M. Ben Romdhane
4 goals

ES Tunis missing players

MC Alger missing players

Total First Half Second Half
ES Tunis MC Alger
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 25
20 12   Won W   4 10
2 0   Drew D   5 10
3 0   Lost L   3 5
37 20   Scored S   9 31
14 5   Conceded C   8 20
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 92%
56% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   33% 60%
32% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   17% 24%
12% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 12%
8% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
32% 33%   BTTS BTTS   33% 44%
60% 67%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 40%
12% 0%   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
1.7 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2
2 0   Red cards R C   0 2
 
9.4 10.6   Shots (avg) S (   5.5 6.1
3.5 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.3 2.8
43% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 38%

  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 5 3 1 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 10
2 MC Alger 5 2 2 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 8
3 Zamalek 5 1 2 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 -1 5
4 Teungueth 5 1 1 3 3 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 4
  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 19 16 1 2 28 9 10 9 1 0 14 3 9 7 0 2 14 6 19 49
2 Etoile du Sahel 20 13 4 3 38 16 12 9 2 1 25 6 8 4 2 2 13 10 22 43
3 Ben Guerdane 23 9 10 4 23 14 11 7 3 1 14 5 12 2 7 3 9 9 9 37
4 CS Sfaxien 19 9 6 4 23 10 8 6 1 1 15 5 11 3 5 3 8 5 13 33
5 Slimane 23 9 6 8 30 31 12 7 3 2 17 11 11 2 3 6 13 20 -1 33
6 Rejiche 22 8 8 6 22 17 10 5 3 2 11 5 12 3 5 4 11 12 5 32
7 Club Africain 23 6 10 7 23 28 11 4 5 2 15 13 12 2 5 5 8 15 -5 28
8 Monastir 22 7 6 9 22 21 11 4 4 3 12 7 11 3 2 6 10 14 1 27
9 Olympique Beja 22 7 6 9 19 20 12 4 4 4 13 12 10 3 2 5 6 8 -1 27
10 Stade Tunisien 22 5 11 6 20 18 10 3 6 1 10 6 12 2 5 5 10 12 2 26
11 Metlaoui 23 6 8 9 13 19 12 5 3 4 9 10 11 1 5 5 4 9 -6 26
12 Tataouine 22 5 9 8 17 25 10 2 6 2 6 6 12 3 3 6 11 19 -8 24
13 CA Bizertin 22 5 6 11 14 26 12 4 5 3 11 11 10 1 1 8 3 15 -12 21
14 Kairouan 22 0 3 19 12 50 11 0 1 10 6 26 11 0 2 9 6 24 -38 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 17 11 3 3 31 8 9 6 2 1 19 4 8 5 1 2 12 4 23 36
2 JS Saoura 18 11 3 4 28 12 9 8 1 0 16 3 9 3 2 4 12 9 16 33
3 MC Oran 19 8 9 2 26 16 9 6 3 0 16 4 10 2 6 2 10 12 10 33
4 Olympique Medea 19 9 5 5 23 18 10 5 4 1 11 7 9 4 1 4 12 11 5 32
5 JS Kabylie 17 9 4 4 18 12 10 5 2 3 9 9 7 4 2 1 9 3 6 31
6 Ain M'lila 19 8 7 4 20 20 10 5 3 2 11 9 9 3 4 2 9 11 0 31
7 Paradou AC 19 7 9 3 28 19 9 5 4 0 17 8 10 2 5 3 11 11 9 30
8 CS Constantine 19 8 6 5 21 14 10 5 2 3 13 9 9 3 4 2 8 5 7 30
9 USM Alger 18 8 4 6 29 19 10 6 1 3 21 10 8 2 3 3 8 9 10 28
10 CR Belouizdad 15 6 8 1 21 11 7 3 4 0 12 7 8 3 4 1 9 4 10 26
11 MC Alger 16 6 7 3 20 14 8 3 4 1 13 8 8 3 3 2 7 6 6 25
12 RC Relizane 19 6 6 7 13 18 10 4 4 2 7 4 9 2 2 5 6 14 -5 24
13 Tlemcen 19 4 8 7 18 23 9 2 5 2 8 10 10 2 3 5 10 13 -5 20
14 ASO Chlef 19 6 2 11 20 32 9 5 0 4 13 16 10 1 2 7 7 16 -12 20
15 NA Hussein Dey 19 4 7 8 16 22 10 2 5 3 9 9 9 2 2 5 7 13 -6 19
16 US Biskra 19 4 7 8 9 22 10 4 4 2 7 5 9 0 3 6 2 17 -13 19
17 NC Magra 17 3 6 8 14 25 9 3 3 3 8 10 8 0 3 5 6 15 -11 15
18 USM Bel Abbes 18 3 6 9 14 25 8 2 3 3 8 10 10 1 3 6 6 15 -11 15
19 JSM Skikda 17 2 2 13 10 29 7 2 1 4 3 7 10 0 1 9 7 22 -19 8
20 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 17 0 5 12 11 31 7 0 2 5 5 15 10 0 3 7 6 16 -20 5

Table
  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 5 3 1 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 10
2 MC Alger 5 2 2 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 8
3 Zamalek 5 1 2 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 -1 5
4 Teungueth 5 1 1 3 3 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 4

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