TUNIS: Club Sportif Sfaxien defeated Etoile Sportive du Sahel 2-1 at a Tunisia’s soccer Ligue 1 Championship phase day-9 game played on Saturday afternoon in Sousse.
The home side opened the scoring in the 9th minute through Hamza Jelassi’s penalty, before Sfaxien equalised through Baraket Hmidi in the 18th minute. Youssef Becha then doubled the lead and scored the winner in the 21st minute.
The referee sent off CSS’ Guinean FodĂ© Camara in the 36th minute.
CS Sfaxien moved up to third on 12 points, level with Stade Tunisien, while Etoile du Sahel remain second from bottom in fifth place with nine points.
Results and fixture
Played Saturday, June 15
Sousse:
ES Sahel 1 Hamza Jelassi 9′ pen.
CS Sfaxien 2 Barakat Hmidi 18′, Youssef Becha 21′
Played Friday, June 14
Bardo:
S. Tunisien 1 Wael Ouerghemi 57′
C.Africain 1 Ghaith Seghaier 16′
Playing now
Rades (behind closed doors):
Esperance ST
US Monastir
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse