Esperance Tunis – Platinum SOCCER PICKS
Esperance Tunis :
Esperance of Tunisia qualified directly for the group stage, debuted with a draw away from home in the African Champions League and now goes in search of 3 points in their stadium to try to reach the leadership of Group B.
The team has a good quality attack, which scored goals in 6 of their last 7 matches for all competitions, but the defense needs more solidity, since they suffered goals in 4 of their last 5 matches, since they usually adopt a posture quite offensive, but ends up leaving many spaces in his defense and is a team that takes time to rebuild defensively. Playing at home, as in this Friday’s game, Espérance of Tunisia is usually a team of enormous strength in the Champions League, since it won 7 of its last 8 home games and it should be noted that it scored at least 2 goals in 5 of the last 6 matches in the continental competition, but suffered goals in 5 of the last 6 matches, showing again the offensive strength and certain defensive fragility.
For the confrontation with the Platinum, the coach Chaabani has no problems in the team considered a starter and goes to the field with what he has better, so he must keep the team in a 4-2-3-1 quite offensive, in the that all players support the attack enough, but leave many spaces in defense, because of this style of play.
Platinum:
Platinum is unbeaten in the African Champions League, after 5 games, but it should be noted that they drew 4 of these matches, even having debuted in the group stage with a draw. The team needs to win more victories, to effectively fight for the title of the competition.
The visiting team’s main characteristic is the good strength of their defense, which has averages of only 0.4 goals suffered per game, so much that they did not suffer goals in 3 of their last 4 matches for the continental competition, but the attack is inefficient, has an average of only 0.6 goals scored per game and failed to score more than one goal in any of the 5 matches he did for this Cup and all these matches had a maximum of 2 goals on the scoreboard. Playing at home, as in the game this Friday, the Platinum comes from 5 games of invincibility for all competitions, in which he won 2 and tied 3 and 3 of these games had, at most, 2 goals scored, showing again that the final markers are usually quite low away from their domains.
Coach Mapeza has no problems with injuries or suspensions and goes to the field with maximum force, having to keep the team in a defensive 4-1-4-1, in which, with the exception of Spearhead, all help in defensive marking.
