Match Report
The table gap was wide: 21 points between CS Sfaxien (3rd, 62 pts) and Etoile du Sahel (7th, 41 pts). On recent form Etoile du Sahel sat only 11th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. Against a league average of 0.86 goals per team per game, CS Sfaxien ran at 1.43 scored and 0.43 conceded, Etoile du Sahel at 0.93 and 1.
CS Sfaxien carried a 12-game unbeaten run into this. The last-five ledger: CS Sfaxien 13/15, Etoile du Sahel 6/15.
8 meetings are on record — 4 won by CS Sfaxien, 1 by Etoile du Sahel, 3 drawn, at 1.13 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 13% of the meetings went to the host. Historically tight: 13% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Stade Taïeb Mhiri staged the fixture, a ground that holds 16,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: CS Sfaxien led 3-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-1.
Goal scorers
CS Sfaxien: O. Ben Ali (1'), O. Ben Ali (29'), Ali Maâloul (45') · Etoile du Sahel: Oussama Abid (81')
Key stats
Possession: CS Sfaxien 61% · Etoile du Sahel 39% · Total shots: 8-6 · On target: 6-3 · Corners: 5-4