Club Athlétique Bizertin

Match report

Bizertene and Olympique de Béja drew 1:1 in the third round of Ligue 1 on Saturday. The home side took the lead through M. H. Hadouchi in the fortieth minute before A. Chaabane rescued a point for the visitors with a second-half strike. M. A. Gasmi was sent off for Bizertene in the eighty-second minute, leaving the hosts to defend a draw with ten men.

Hadouchi's goal came after thirty-two minutes when he picked up a yellow card, a sign of the physical nature from the outset. Bizertene pushed forward after the interval and doubled their pressure with three substitutions within twenty-six minutes. The visitors came back through Chaabane in the seventy-second minute, though they had already seen M. Ba booked and replaced.

Gasmi's dismissal changed the shape of the game. By then the score was level and Bizertene had to throw bodies in the way rather than chase a winner. The visitors made two changes in the eighty-sixth minute, perhaps sensing the match was drifting toward a stalemate. Two more yellow cards arrived in stoppage time, adding to a tally of seven bookings across both sides.

The statistics tell a familiar story. Bizertene dominated possession at sixty-four per cent and registered ninety-seven attacks to the visitors' seventy-four. They shot eight times on target and missed fifteen more, while Olympique de Béja managed just three shots on target from seventy-four attacks. A fourth straight win would have been nice for the hosts, but they had to settle for a point after all that dominance.

The result keeps Bizertene in second place with seven points from three games, though they have not yet built much of a cushion. Olympique de Béja remain fifteenth with just one point, and they are running out of games before things get difficult. The goal difference tells the same story: two points separate the sides, but the table suggests the visitors have more to prove.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 64 – 36

Shots on target 8 – 3

Shots off target 15 – 2

Attacks 97 – 74

🟨 32' M. H. Hadouchi — Yellow card 🟨 37' M. Ammar — Yellow card ⚽ 40' M. H. Hadouchi — Goal ⇄ 46' B. Hasni — Substitution ⇄ 52' M. Ammar — Substitution ⇄ 54' A. Mouelhi — Substitution 🟨 58' H. Mabrouk — Yellow card 🟨 61' M. Ba — Yellow card 🟨 62' A. Dridi — Yellow card ⇄ 70' M. W. Djoumekou R. — Substitution ⇄ 71' M. Ba — Substitution ⚽ 72' A. Chaabane — Goal 🟥 82' M. A. Gasmi — Red card ⇄ 86' B. Mejri — Substitution ⇄ 86' M. Ben Rajeh — Substitution 🟨 90+1' M. Azaiez — Yellow card 🟨 90+1' C. Smaoui — Yellow card

Match events

32' 0:0 Olympique Béja Yellow card M. H. Hadouchi
37' 0:0 Olympique Béja Yellow card M. Ammar
40' 0:1 Olympique Béja Goal M. H. Hadouchi
46' 0:1 Olympique Béja Substitution B. Hasni off: I. Ogoulola
52' 0:1 Olympique Béja Substitution M. Ammar off: C. Camara
54' 0:1 Club Athlétique Bizertin Substitution A. Mouelhi off: A. Chaabane
58' 0:1 Olympique Béja Yellow card H. Mabrouk
61' 0:1 Club Athlétique Bizertin Yellow card M. Ba
62' 0:1 Club Athlétique Bizertin Yellow card A. Dridi
70' 0:1 Olympique Béja Substitution M. W. Djoumekou R. off: O. Mekni
71' 0:1 Club Athlétique Bizertin Substitution M. Ba off: O. Ayinde
72' 1:1 Club Athlétique Bizertin Goal A. Chaabane
82' 1:1 Club Athlétique Bizertin Red card M. A. Gasmi
86' 1:1 Club Athlétique Bizertin Substitution B. Mejri off: B. Ouni
86' 1:1 Olympique Béja Substitution M. Ben Rajeh off: E. H. Gafsi
90+1' 1:1 Club Athlétique Bizertin Yellow card M. Azaiez
90+1' 1:1 Olympique Béja Yellow card C. Smaoui

Statistics

64 Possession, % 36

8 Shots on target 3

15 Shots off target 2

97 Attacks 74

13 Corners 1

2 Yellow cards 4

1 Red cards 0

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