SFAX (Interstat) — CS Sfaxien and visiting Esperance Tunis played to a 0-0 draw Thursday in their competition match, with neither team able to score. The home side and the visitors each finished with a clean sheet as the game ended level. CS Sfaxien scored no goals in the match, and Esperance Tunis also scored no goals. The result left the teams with a share of the points in the competition, and the scoreline remained unchanged through the full match.

Esperance Tunis’s season record in the competition is now one win, no losses and one draw. CS Sfaxien’s season record in the competition is now no wins, one loss and one draw. Across all competitions, Esperance Tunis is now three wins, one loss and one draw. CS Sfaxien is now one win, one loss and two draws across all competitions. Those records reflect the teams’ results in the competition and in their other matches this season.

The first yellow card went to CS Sfaxien’s Mhadhebi M. S. in the 36th minute. Esperance Tunis’s Castillo J. was cautioned in the 66th minute. CS Sfaxien’s Maaloul A. received a yellow card in the 84th minute. Esperance Tunis’s Chikhaoui R. was booked in the 86th minute. Those were the only yellow cards listed in the match report, and they came in that order. Mhadhebi M. S. was later substituted in the 60th minute.

CS Sfaxien made the first substitutions of the match in the 46th minute, with Ogbole E. and Trayi L. listed as the changes. Esperance Tunis made a substitution in the 53rd minute for Belhadj M. In the 60th minute, Esperance Tunis made a change for Rafia H., and CS Sfaxien made a substitution for Mhadhebi M. S. Esperance Tunis then made substitutions for Faraj I. and Mastouri H. in the 78th minute. Those moves closed out the substitution list for the match. The substitution list included seven changes in all, with CS Sfaxien making three and Esperance Tunis making four.

The result followed several previous matches for both sides. Esperance Tunis had beaten Asswehly 2-0 at home, lost 0-1 at Asswehly, beaten Olympique de Beja 3-1 at home and beaten Military Union 3-1 at home in its earlier competition matches. CS Sfaxien had beaten Academie de FAD 1-0 at home, drawn 1-1 at Academie de FAD and lost 0-1 at PS Sakiet Eddaier in its previous competition matches. Those results were part of the buildup to the Thursday match and were included in the records each team carried into the fixture. Esperance Tunis entered the match with three wins, one loss and one draw across all competitions. CS Sfaxien entered with one win, one loss and two draws overall. The competition records for both clubs also included the results of their earlier matches in the tournament.

The match itself remained without a goal through the full 90 minutes. CS Sfaxien and Esperance Tunis both finished the game with no goals scored. The teams completed the match with the 0-0 scoreline unchanged. The match report listed no goals for either side and noted the yellow cards and substitutions that took place during the game. Neither side added a goal after the substitutions, and the game ended in a draw. The final whistle confirmed the draw and the clean sheets for both teams.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of CS Sfaxien 1, Esperance Tunis 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected CS Sfaxien with a 94.9 percent probability to win. Esperance Tunis had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 0 went over the over/under line of 1.5.