Espérance Tunis vs Al-Swehly Predictions - Tunisian giants backed to bounce back

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Espérance Tunis must overcome a 1-0 first-leg deficit against Al-Swehly to advance in the CAF Champions League.
Al-Swehly have won all three tournament matches this season without conceding a goal.
Espérance are favourites at home due to their experience, despite Al-Swehly's strong start.

ES Tunis backed to win at home (Getty Images)

Espérance Tunis vs Al-Swehly Predictions

Espérance Tunis will look to overturn a 1-0 first-leg deficit when they host Libya's Al-Swehly in the CAF Champions League second preliminary round on Saturday.

Espérance Tunis vs Al-Swehly Predictions
Head to Head
Espérance Tunis Form
Al-Swehly Form

The four-time African champions suffered a surprise defeat in Misrata last weekend but will be favourites to win the return fixture in Radès. Al-Swehly have impressed in their first Champions League campaign, although this will be their toughest away assignment yet.

Espérance Tunis have won the CAF Champions League 4 times.
Espérance Tunis beat Olympique Béja 3-1 in their last match.
Al-Swehly have won all 3 of their CAF Champions League matches this season.
Al-Swehly have scored 5 goals and conceded 0 in their three CL matches this campaign.

Head to Head

The teams met competitively for the first time on Sunday, 18 October, when Al-Swehly claimed a surprise 1-0 victory in Misrata.

Espérance Tunis Form

Espérance entered the Champions League in the second preliminary round after receiving a bye, but their campaign began with a disappointing defeat in Libya.

Pablo Franco's side were unable to find a breakthrough against Al-Swehly and now face the possibility of missing out on the group stage.

Their most recent Tunisian league fixture produced a 3-1 home victory over Olympique Béja on 10 October. Espérance will need to reproduce that attacking form on Saturday, although a narrow victory may not be sufficient to secure qualification.

Al-Swehly Form

Al-Swehly have made an impressive start to their first CAF Champions League campaign, winning all three matches without conceding.

They opened with a 1-0 home victory over Zanzibar's KVZ in September before winning the return leg 3-0 to advance 4-0 on aggregate.

The Libyan club followed those results with their 1-0 victory over Espérance, secured through Ayoub Ayed's second-half penalty.

Al-Swehly have now scored five goals and kept three clean sheets in continental competition this season.

Verdict

ES Tunis v Asswehly

Espérance should be stronger at home and have the experience to respond to their first-leg defeat. Al-Swehly have shown they are difficult to break down, but the Tunisian side are backed to win the match.

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Ralph Staniforth is a South African sports journalist, editor and betting writer who has worked in sports media since 2012.

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