MC Alger and ES Tunis get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this CAF Champions League Group Stage fixture.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
ES Tunis play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for ES Tunis when playing on artifical turf are 11 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats from 17 matches. They have scored 18 goals and conceded 7 times in these games.
These teams have little in common geographically as ES Tunis have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
MC Alger form and stats
Alger participated in CAF Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.MC Alger have collected 9 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 2-3-0. This match is a CAF Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in this competition. The home fans are hungry for more even though Alger have been steadily collecting points here at Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 through three straight draws.
Alger travelled for their previous game, a trip to Zamalek that ended 0-0. Heartbreak before that as Alger lost 0-1 at JS Saoura's place.
MC Alger have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 with 9 goals in 5 league matches. MC Alger have conceded 5 in these home matches.
ES Tunis form and stats
Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Zamalek.The strength of ES Tunis on their travels this season is incredible with 15 points collected from 6 Ligue 1 away games. ES Tunis has 5-0-1 on the road, with 11 goals scored and 4 conceded. Total CAF Champions League statistics for ES Tunis: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. ES Tunis have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena. Having won their last three away games Tunis has no reason to fear anyone.
Two travels in a row for Tunis, whose manager M. Chaabani could celebrate last time after the Ligue 1 win against Kairouan. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Teungueth in the CAF Champions League.
Tunis are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Tunis as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Alger victories, one draw and one ES Tunis win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Frioui 4 goals |  T. Khenissi 4 goals |  A. Badri 4 goals |
MC Alger missing players
ES Tunis missing players
| MC Alger | ES Tunis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 30 | 22 | Scored | S | 16 | 37 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6.2 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 34% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 43% | ||
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 27 |
| 2 | Olympique Medea | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | JS Saoura | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Ain M'lila | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | MC Oran | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | JS Kabylie | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | CR Belouizdad | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 8 | MC Alger | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | USM Alger | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Paradou AC | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 11 | RC Relizane | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | ASO Chlef | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | CS Constantine | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | NA Hussein Dey | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Tlemcen | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | NC Magra | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 17 | USM Bel Abbes | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 10 |
| 18 | US Biskra | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 10 |
| 19 | JSM Skikda | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 8 |
| 20 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -14 | 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 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Etoile du Sahel | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | CS Sfaxien | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | Ben Guerdane | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Rejiche | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Slimane | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 7 | Monastir | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Olympique Beja | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Stade Tunisien | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Tataouine | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 11 | Metlaoui | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | CA Bizertin | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 13 | Club Africain | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 8 |
| 14 | Kairouan | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -24 | 2 |