Esperance Sportive De Tunis vs AL Ahly SC (EGY) Prediction & Betting Tips - CAF Champions League

Prediction published on 11/05/2023, 23:46  by Daniel Ngulu in CAF Champions League Predictions

Africa’s most successful club, Al Ahly are set to travel to Tunisia to take on their North African rivals Esperance in the first leg of the CAF Champions league semi finals. The two sides come into this game on the back of contrasting runs in recent matches. Esperance, also a big name in African football, haven't really done well in matches against Al Ahly. In the last five meetings, they have one win and four losses, and they failed to score in the last two meetings, in 2021. Coming into this game, Esperance will be looking to rise from a run of three games without a win, and they have lost the last two. It will be a tall order for the side that has failed to score in the last two matches, while in the last six, they haven't managed more than a goal a game. A 2-1 aggregate win over Kabylie saw them advance to this round but they have just one win in five Champions League games.

Al Ahly will feel confident, having gone undefeated in their last eight matches. The Red Devils are favored to win another top accolade, coming from their 1-0 Super Cup win over Pyramids in Egypt. That win was their fourth in five matches and they haven't conceded a goal in the five matches. In their last 10 matches, Al Ahly have suffered just one defeat, won eight, and kept eight clean sheets while failing to score in just two. They are also unbeaten in the last four Champions League matches, winning three and keeping clean sheets in all four. Away from home, they are unbeaten in the last four matches, keeping clean sheets in all.