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Avenir Sportif De La Marsa come into this Ligue 1 meeting with a far sturdier home profile than their overall table position suggests. They have taken five wins, one draw and six defeats at home, and that matters against an Olympique Béja side who have scored only six goals in 11 away league matches. The visitors have also gone three games without a goal before their goalless draw at ES Métlaoui on 7 March, so their attacking output on the road still looks thin.
Olympique Béja’s away record is respectable in points terms, but the underlying numbers lean against them here. Their 6-13 away goal difference is a poor fit for a match at Avenir Sportif De La Marsa, whose home figures are at least competitive even if not dominant. Avenir’s recent home defeats have mostly been narrow or situational, and the exception was the 0-4 loss to Stade Tunisien, while their 2-0 away win at AS Soliman shows they can still get the job done against lower-ranked opposition.
The recent head-to-heads also give Avenir a useful edge on this ground. They beat Olympique Béja 1-0 in a friendly in December 2025 and had already thumped them 6-0 away in the league in October 2025, so Béja have struggled to contain this opponent. Even so, the 2-1 correct score lean feels more realistic than a runaway home win, because Avenir’s own xG projection is only 1.1 and Béja’s is 0.8.
There is a slight tension in the numbers because both teams are more comfortable in low-scoring games than in open shootouts. Avenir have gone under 2.5 goals in eight of their last 10 league matches, while Olympique Béja have stayed under 2.5 in six of their last eight. That said, Béja’s lack of cutting edge away from home and Avenir’s stronger record at their own ground still point the match toward the home side rather than a stalemate.
My prediction is Home Win at 17/20. Avenir Sportif De La Marsa have five home wins already this season, while Olympique Béja have lost seven of their 11 away league matches and scored just six times on the road. The visitors have also gone three matches without a goal, and the head-to-head trend at Avenir’s venue has recently favoured the hosts.
