Espérance de Tunis, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-1 FIFA Club World Cup triumph vs Los Angeles FC.
In that match, Espérance de Tunis had 40% possession and 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Espérance de Tunis was Youcef Belaïli (70'). For their opponents, Los Angeles FC had 10 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.
A common characteristic of more recent Espérance de Tunis games is seeing a zero in the scoreline.
From their previous 6 matches leading up to this one, in 5 of them a bet on "Both Teams to Score" would've been a loser.
Since a loss in their previous game against Flamengo in FIFA Club World Cup action, Chelsea will be aiming to make amends here.
In that game, Chelsea managed 48% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Chelsea was Neto (13'). For their opponents, Flamengo had 13 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Henrique (62'), Danilo (65') and Yan (83') scored for Flamengo.
In the course of their 6 latest matches, Enzo Maresca's Chelsea have fired home 9 times therefore earning them the goals per game average of 1.5.
From a largely available squad, there is only the lone fitness issue for the Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca to be concerned about. Wesley Fofana (surgery) won’t be in action.
For this match, we think that Chelsea will most probably get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.
Conversely, Espérance de Tunis might well find it difficult to make a breakthrough- but, we do see them managing to get on the scoresheet here.
Accordingly, we see a comfortable 1-3 victory for Chelsea when the referee blows the final whistle.