Before the match

seven goals for and five against accompanied Stade Tunisien's three wins and two defeats across five outings. On 29 October, Stade Tunisien recorded a 1-0 win hosting ES Zarzis.

Tunisia Ligue Pro 1, 29 October brought a home meeting with ES Zarzis; Stade Tunisien won 1-0, a return of one goal scored and zero conceded. Stade Tunisien visited US Ben Guerdane on 23 October (Tunisia Ligue Pro 1) and lost 0-1; their goals totalled zero, compared with one conceded. ES Metlaoui hosted Stade Tunisien (Tunisia Ligue Pro 1) on 11 October. For Stade Tunisien, the score was 2-1: two goals scored, one allowed. 3-1 was Stade Tunisien's result against ES Hammam-Sousse on 12 September (Tunisia Ligue Pro 1), playing away from home; Stade Tunisien won, with three scored to one conceded. The 29 August fixture (Tunisia Ligue Pro 1) paired Stade Tunisien with US Monastirienne. Stade Tunisien lost 1-2 away from home, netting one goal while conceding two.

Club Africain came into the game with three wins, one draw and one defeat from their last five outings, scoring seven goals and conceding five. A 3-2 win at home to CA Bizertin (29 October) was their most recent result.

29 October: Club Africain won 3-2 against CA Bizertin at home in Tunisia Ligue Pro 1, scoring three goals and allowing two. Against TP Mazembe in CAF Champions League, Club Africain scored one and conceded zero on 25 October; the at home result was 1-0. Club Africain's away from home game on 17 October (CAF Champions League) ended 1-1 against TP Mazembe, with one goal for and one against. On 10 October, US Ben Guerdane faced Club Africain in Tunisia Ligue Pro 1: Club Africain lost 1-2 away from home, having scored one and conceded two. Tunisia Ligue Pro 1, 20 September brought a home meeting with ES Zarzis; Club Africain won 1-0, a return of one goal scored and zero conceded.

The teams' recorded encounters ended in a 2-0 home win for Club Africain on 3 May and a 0-0 draw at Stade Tunisien on 6 November 2025.

After the match

S. Kadida opened the scoring inside the first 12 minutes for Club Africain to make it 1-0. S. Sghaier levelled it 48 minutes into the game for Stade Tunisien, set up by Y. Saafi, to make it 1-1. Stade Tunisien went in front in the 94th minute to make it 2-1. 7 players were booked, among them M. Zaddem (16'), H. Khadhraoui (24'), (30'), I. Simpara (36'), S. Kadida (37') and S. Sghaier (48'). two yellow cards went to Stade Tunisien. Stade Tunisien: three substitutions. Club Africain: five yellow cards. Club Africain made two changes. The lead changed hands once in the scoring sequence. Stade Tunisien turned a deficit into victory.