Esperance Tunis vs Chelsea prediction: WORLD: FIFA Club World Cup betting tips on match 2025-06-24 01:00.
[p]It’s winner takes all at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia as Espérance de Tunis battle English giants Chelsea, with a place in the last 16 of the FIFA Club World Cup (CWC) on the line.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]After a comfortable defeat against Flamengo on matchday one, Espérance kept their hopes of progression alive with a 1-0 win over LAFC on matchday two. The record 34-time Tunisian champions survived a 101st minute penalty to seal just their second victory in competition history (D1, L5), while that result also extended their solid run of form to ten wins from 13 matches across all competitions (D2, L1). A much bigger challenge awaits here, and only a win will be enough to see them sneak into the runners-up spot in Group D.[/p]
[p]Chelsea have matched Espérance’s results thus far but in reverse order, as they collapsed to a 3-1 defeat to Flamengo most recently. The Blues surrendered the lead, conceding twice in three minutes before seeing Nicolas Jackson sent off to end their four-match winning streak across all competitions, making them the first English side to lose a game at the CWC since 2012. A whopping 2.6 xG faced was their highest such figure since a 4-3 victory over Tottenham in December, so Chelsea have improvements to make here, even if they only need a point to advance.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]This will not only be a first-ever meeting between these two sides, but also the first time that either has faced a club from the other’s continent.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Just two of Espérance’s last 14 matches have seen both teams score.[/p]
[p]The last four goals Espérance have scored came beyond the 65th minute.[/p]
[p]Chelsea have not lost back-to-back matches since February.[/p]
[p]Four of Chelsea’s last five wins were accompanied by a clean sheet.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Espérance goalkeeper Bechir Ben Saïd could be in for a busy game, but he’s sure to be buoyed by a superb penalty save to preserve victory against LAFC which made him the first keeper in his club’s history to keep a CWC clean sheet. Pedro Neto has opened the scoring in both of Chelsea’s CWC games so far, with those marking his first set of back-to-back goals since joining the club.[/p]
[p]Nicolas de la Cruz is Espérance’s only notable absentee while Chelsea will have to do without Jackson here after he was sent off for the second time in four club appearances.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Chelsea are understandably big favourites here, but they’ve netted over 2.5 goals just once in their last seven matches, so a large winning margin perhaps isn’t on the cards. Backing the Blues to win with under 2.5 goals in the match could be a smart move.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Ryan Fisher[/i][/p]
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