Tunisia Ligue 1: US Monastir run up the score on hopeless JS Omrane

Photo Credit: Union Sportive Monastirienne

JS Omrane, promoted to Tunisia's top flight Ligue 1 for the 2024-25 season, suffered at the hands of US Monastir on Thursday in a 7-0 thrashing at the Mustapha Ben Jannet Stadium in Monastir.

Moez Haj Ali opened the scoring for the hosts in the 13th minute and it only got worse for visitors JSO. Former Paris Saint-Germain youth player Mehdi Ganouni scored his first two goals since moving to Tunisian football and league top scorer Hazem Mastouri added another goal to his tally from the penalty spot.

USM are in third place, level on 40 points with Club Africain who did well to earn a 1-0 victory at CS Sfaxien in the other match played on Thursday. Hamza Khadhraoui produced an excellent finish for the only goal close to the half hour mark, keeping CA five points back of league leaders Espérance.

Defending champions Espérance remain the club that every team is chasing in Ligue 1 as the Blood and Gold continue to win matches. With ten rounds remaining the matches increase in importance and opportunities may arise with EST set for more matches with the CAF Champions League knockout stage approaching in March.

The league resumes action on Saturday with the majority of the clubs involved including EST.

League Table (20 matches played)

	Points
Espérance ST	45
Etoile du Sahel	42
US Monastir	40
Club Africain	40
ES Zarzis	38
Stade Tunisien	36
ES Métlaoui	28
CS Sfaxien	28
Olympique Béja	28
JS Omrane	19
CA Bizertin	17
US Ben Guerdane	16
AS Soliman	16
AS Gabès	15
US Tataouine	13
EGS Gafsa	9

• The bottom two clubs at the end of the season are relegated to Ligue 2.