Match Report
The table gap was wide: 18 points between ES Tunis (2nd, 63 pts) and US Monastir (5th, 45 pts). US Monastir ranked just 11th in the league on five-round form despite their 5th table position. Per game in the league, US Monastir were scoring 0.93 and conceding 0.6, ES Tunis 1.5 and 0.37, against a competition average of 0.86 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched US Monastir in 6 games. ES Tunis carried a 15-game unbeaten run into this.
The sides have met 10 times in the GioScore results database: 0 wins for US Monastir, 3 draws and 7 for ES Tunis, at 1.7 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. Historically tight: 10% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet staged the fixture, a ground that holds 30,000. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
US Monastir: F. Ben Youssef (31'), Youssef Abdelli (47') · ES Tunis: Jack Diarra (10')
Key stats
Possession: US Monastir 46% · ES Tunis 54% · Total shots: 6-11 · On target: 3-4 · Corners: 5-2