AS Marsa vs Metlaoui Prediction: Metlaoui to end the season with a win

Stade Abdelaziz Chtioui will host this relegation group game between AS Marsa and Metlaoui in the Tunisia Ligue Professionnelle 1. In their last meeting, Metlaoui picked up a 3-1 win at the home venue. Can the hosts, AS Marsa, replicate this feat here?

AS Marsa are off a defeat at the hands of Gafsa the previous weekend in a game that ended 1-0. In that game, Alkhaly Bangoura’s strike for Gafsa was the difference, denying AS Marsa a fourth consecutive win. In the previous games to that loss, AS Marsa defeated US Tataouine, CS Sfaxien and Ben Guerdane. This season in the relegation group, AS Marsa have just nine points from 9 games, positioning this side in the bottom spot of the standings, a span where they scored 8 goals while conceding 13.

Metlaoui are off back-to-back draws in the league and will hope for a more positive result in this match. In those matches, Metlaoui played Bizertin to a 2-2 draw, while they played to a goalless draw with US Tataouine. However, prior games to those encounters saw Metlaoui lose to Monastir and Gafsa while they defeated Slimane and Ben Guerdane. In the relegation group standings, Metlaoui have 15 points accumulated from 9 matches, scoring 10 and conceding 9.

This is a tough one to predict, as both team's chances are high. However, AS Marsa cannot avoid relegation, while Metlaoui are safe. Therefore, this encounter is not crucial for either team. Regardless, I expect them to approach this game with their best performance. Take the visiting team to win here as the better team, while this game is expected to end with goals.