Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: CS Sfaxien (3rd, 62 pts) held a 22-point advantage over ES Métlaoui (8th, 40 pts). Per game in the league, CS Sfaxien were scoring 1.43 and conceding 0.43, ES Métlaoui 0.63 and 0.83, against a competition average of 0.86 goals per team per game.
Five consecutive wins preceded this game for CS Sfaxien, having scored in 6 consecutive games. ES Métlaoui carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this. The last-five ledger: CS Sfaxien 15/15, ES Métlaoui 7/15.
6 meetings are on record — 1 won by CS Sfaxien, 4 by ES Métlaoui, 1 drawn, at 2.33 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 83% of the meetings won by the home side. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 67% of the meetings.
Stade Taïeb Mhiri, capacity 16,000, hosted the game. CS Sfaxien led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
CS Sfaxien: O. Ben Ali (42'), O. Ben Ali (55')
Key stats
Possession: CS Sfaxien 64% · ES Métlaoui 36% · Total shots: 17-2 · On target: 4-1 · Corners: 6-1