vs Prediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

This is an international friendly with no table behind it, so recent matches carry the picture. Tunisia arrive on five straight defeats: the latest is the 1-3 against Netherlands, and before that the 0-4 against Japan, the 1-5 at Sweden, the 0-5 at Belgium and the 0-1 at Austria. In five games they have scored two goals and conceded eighteen. Mali have three draws and two defeats in their last five: the 0-2 at Iran in the last outing, preceded by the 0-0 at Russia, the 0-1 against Senegal, the 1-1 against Tunisia and the 0-0 at Comoros. No wins and just one goal scored. The direct meetings number five and point to balance: three draws and one win each. The most recent is the 1-1 of 3 January 2026, and further back the 1-1 of 20 January 2024 and the 0-0 of 29 March 2022; on 25 March 2022 Tunisia won 1-0 at Mali, while on 12 January 2022 Mali had taken a 1-0 win in Tunisia. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.