Tunisia Ligue 1: Étoile du Sahel continue excellent form against Soliman

Étoile du Sahel forward Firas Chaouat celebrates his latest goal. Photo Credit: Etoile Sportive du Sahel 

The 19th round is complete in Tunisia's top flight Ligue 1 Professionelle and the participants from the Tunisia Classico now sit first and second on the table after second placed Étoile du Sahel joined rivals Espérance ST in achieving victory.

Thursday's result saw Étoile win their fifth consecutive match and extend their unbeaten streak to twelve matches with a 2-0 victory over AS Soliman. Houssem Dagdoug opened the scoring for ESS with a brilliantly struck free kick just before halftime to deal a crushing blow to visitors Soliman.

Soliman provided more of a threat in the second half but could not create any clear chances against the strong ESS defense, which has only conceded seven goals in twelve matches during their unbeaten run. Former Tunisia international Firas Chaouat put the result beyond doubt for the hosts when he fired in a penalty kick for his 8th goal of the season following a hand ball in the Soliman penalty area.

The other results on Thursday featured a couple of draws with JS Omrane and Olympique Béja playing to a 2-2 draw while US Ben Guerdane and US Monastir neutralized each other in a 0-0 result. Round 20 will begin next Tuesday and conclude on Thursday.

Round 19 Results

Tuesday

CA Bizertin 1-1 Stade Tunisien

Wednesday

EGS Gafsa 0-1 CS Sfaxien

Espérance ST 3-2 ES Métlaoui

ES Zarzis 1-0 Club Africain

Thursday

US Ben Guerdane 0-0 US Monastir

Étoile du Sahel 2-0 AS Soliman

AS Gabès 0-1 US Tataouine

JS Omrane 2-2 Olympique Béja

League Table (through 19 matches)

	Points
Espérance ST	42
Étoile du Sahel	39
ES Zarzis	38
US Monastir	37
Club Africain	37
Stade Tunisien	36
CS Sfaxien	28
ES Métlaoui	25
Olympique Béja	25
JS Omrane	19
CA Bizertin	17
US Ben Guerdane	16
AS Soliman	15
AS Gabès	14
US Tataouine	10
EGS Gafsa	9

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