US Tataouine vs Metlaoui Prediction: Hosts to bounce back to winning ways

Stade Néjib Khattab will host this relegation group game between US Tataouine and Metlaoui in the Tunisia Ligue Professionnelle 1. Last weekend, the two sides could not secure a win in their respective games. Which side gets the maximum points here? 

US Tataouine are coming off a defeat at the hands of AS Marsa in their last game, which ended 3-1. In that game, US Tataouine took the lead early in the 2nd minute, with Zied Ounalli’s strike putting them ahead, but then gave up three goals in the later minutes. With that defeat, US Tataouine has now lost consecutive games, as the prior encounter to that loss saw them being eliminated in the Tunisia Cup by Jeunesse Sportive. In the relegation of the Tunisia Ligue Professionnelle 1 standings, US Tataouine are seated 3rd with 17 points accumulated from 8 games.

Metlaoui will hope to get a winning result following a 2-2 draw with Bizertin the previous weekend. In that game, Metlaoui came from behind twice to take a point from that game, with Chance Mondzenga and Cherif Bodian’s strikes canceling Taieb Ben Zitou and Alassane Kante’s strikes for Bizertin. However, a look at Metlaoui’s recent games shows that this side has not been impressive, losing twice, coming against Gafsa and Monastir, while they did well to defeat Ben Guerdane and Slimane. This season, in the Tunisia Ligue Professionnelle 1 relegation group, Metlaoui are seated 4th spot with 14 points, scoring ten goals and conceding 9 in 8 games.

The hosts have been consistent lately, but their last two games have failed. On the other hand, Metlaoui have always struggled, but they salvaged a draw against Bizertin at least. Both teams have a lot to give here, and because their prior meetings have ended with few goals, we can expect a similar result here. In the meantime, the hosts, US Tataouine, are the better side now and should be able to pick maximum points in this game.