CS Sfaxien vs Monastir Prediction: Expect goals from both teams

This round of the match in the Tunisia Ligue Professionnelle 1 between CS Sfaxien and Monastir will take place at the Stade Taieb Mhiri. 

CS Sfaxien's previous games resulted in two wins against Ben Guerdane and ES Tunis, a loss at the hands of Ben Guerdane, and draws with Club Africain and Olympique Béja. CS Sfaxien were able to score six goals in that span while only allowing three goals to be scored against them. During the current league season, CS Sfaxien have scored a total of 0.64 goals on average per match. This season, CS Sfaxien have maintained an average possession of the ball of 53.25 percent, indicating that they are good at maintaining the ball.

Monastir will come into this match having won one of their previous five matches against Olympique Béja, lost to Etoile du Sahel, Club Africain, and Ben Guerdane, and drawn with Esperance Tunis. The visiting club were responsible for nine goals while only scoring five. When Monastir played their matches away from home, they had a goal differential of 0.36 while scoring 1.21 goals per game on average. The team was shown a total of 16 yellow cards, but none of the more serious red cards for disciplinary reasons. The percentage of time that Monastir spends with the ball in possession is above average, coming in at 52.00% on a season-long basis.

Sfaxien and Monastir have played each other a total of 27 times in the previous seasons, with Sfaxien claiming victory in 8 of those games and Monastir claiming victory in 7 of those games. There were a total of 12 games that ended in a tie. In the head-to-head matchups, Sfaxien scored 32 goals, while Monastir were only able to score 30.

We expect the two teams to be offensive here. However, we do not think there is a serious difference between the two sides' levels of play. Therefore, we expect this match to end in a draw.