Match Report
The table gap was wide: 15 points between ES Tunis (2nd, 63 pts) and Stade Tunisien (4th, 48 pts). Stade Tunisien's recent output lagged their position: 13th on form over five rounds while 4th in the table. Against a league average of 0.86 goals per team per game, ES Tunis ran at 1.5 scored and 0.37 conceded, Stade Tunisien at 0.93 and 0.47.
Defeat had not touched Stade Tunisien in 6 games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 3 ES Tunis wins, 2 for Stade Tunisien, 1 draw, at 1.83 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 17% of the meetings went over two goals.
Hammadi Agrebi Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 60,000. ES Tunis led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
ES Tunis: Houssem Tka (21')
Key stats
Possession: ES Tunis 47% · Stade Tunisien 53% · Total shots: 12-7 · On target: 7-2 · Corners: 3-4