Thursday , 2 July 2026

CR Flamengo vs Esperance de Tunis, Club World Cup 2025 GROUP STAGE

FIFA Club World Cup · 2025
CR Flamengo
2 – 0
Full Time
Esperance de Tunis
Tue 17 Jun 2025 · 01:00 UTC Lincoln Financial Field HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 25' Mohamed Ben Ali
Y 38' Youcef Belaili
Y 64' Khalil Guenichi
Y 69' Amine Tougai
Bruno Henrique 84' Y

Overview

Match Preview

CR Flamengo vs Esperance de Tunis — Club World Cup at Lincoln Financial Field.

Match Details

  • Referee Danny Makkelie
18 games this season 🟨 2.3/game ⚽ 7.6 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 SE Palmeiras 3 5
2 Internacional CF Miami 3 5
3 FC Porto 3 2
4 Al Ahly SC 3 2
5 Paris Saint-Germain FC 3 6
6 Botafogo FR 3 6
7 Club Atletico de Madrid 3 6
8 Seattle Sounders FC 3 0
9 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3 7
10 FC Bayern München 3 6
11 CA Boca Juniors 3 2
12 Auckland City FC 3 1
13 CR Flamengo 3 7
14 Chelsea FC 3 6
15 Esperance de Tunis 3 3
16 Los Angeles FC 3 1
17 FC Internazionale Milano 3 7
18 CF Monterrey 3 5
19 CA River Plate 3 4
20 Urawa Red Diamonds 3 0
21 Borussia Dortmund 3 7
22 Fluminense FC 3 5
23 Mamelodi Sundowns FC 3 4
24 Ulsan HD FC 3 0
25 Manchester City FC 3 9
26 Juventus FC 3 6
27 Al Ain FC 3 3
28 Wydad AC 3 0
29 Real Madrid CF 3 7
30 Al Hilal 3 5
31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3 4
32 CF Pachuca 3 0

Head-to-Head

1
CR Flamengo 1 games · Avg 2.0 goals Esperance de Tunis
Last 5 meetings
2025-06-17 CR Flamengo 2–0 Esperance de Tunis

Recent Form

CR Flamengo
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Jun Esperance de Tunis H 2–0 W
01 Jun Fortaleza EC H 5–0 W
25 May SE Palmeiras A 2–0 W
18 May Botafogo FR H 0–0 D
11 May EC Bahia H 1–0 W
04 May Cruzeiro EC A 1–2 L
Esperance de Tunis
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Jun CR Flamengo A 0–2 L

Season Stats

CR Flamengo Esperance de Tunis
#13 Position #15
7 Points 3
3 Played 3
2 / 1 / 0 W / D / L 1 / 0 / 2
6 Scored 1
2 Conceded 5
+4 GD -4
2.33 PPG 1.00
67% Win % 33%

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
25% Clean Sheets
CR Flamengo this season
33% Clean Sheets
Esperance de Tunis this season

CR Flamengo are 13th (7 pts). Esperance de Tunis are 15th (3 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

CR Flamengo
0-15
1/2
16-30
1/–
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/–
61-75
3/1
76+
2/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Esperance de Tunis
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/1
31-45
–/2
46-60
–/–
61-75
1/1
76+
–/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

CR Flamengo
Yan 2 G
Giorgian De Arrascaeta 1 G 1 A
Luiz Araujo 1 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for CR Flamengo to score. At the same time, Esperance de Tunis does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Pedro, as he is very good at scoring at Lincoln Financial Field with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 10' CR Flamengo is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 15' The travelling Esperance de Tunis supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 17' CR Flamengo is taking the lead after the goal scored by Giorgian De Arrascaeta on 17.
  • 22' Esperance de Tunis is showing some good football. However, Esperance de Tunis are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 25' Mohamed Ben Ali is having his name booked by the referee on 25.
  • 30' Esperance de Tunis seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. CR Flamengo needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 38' Esperance de Tunis receives a card for a hard tackle on 38.
  • 43' It looks surprising Esperance de Tunis does not make any changes. Guillermo Varela has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 46' Another change for Esperance de Tunis made on 46 minute. Yan Sasse leaves to be changed by Elias Mokwana.
  • 51' Erick Pulgar needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 56' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Chiheb Jebali suffering a number of foals already.
  • 61' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 61 minutes.
  • 64' Khalil Guenichi is having his name booked by the referee on 64.
  • 65' Gonzalo Plata has so much to prove this time. He replaces Gerson on 65 minute.
  • 69' The referee shows Esperance de Tunis player a card on 69.
  • 70' What a strike from Luiz Araujo! The score is 2-0.
  • 73' The CR Flamengo manager makes a substitution. Giorgian De Arrascaeta departs to be replaced by Michael.
  • 74' The CR Flamengo manager makes a substitution. Jorginho departs to be replaced by Allan.
  • 75' Esperance de Tunis manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Mohamed Derbali is hanging Rodrigo Rodrigues on the field on 75 minute.
  • 80' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 84' Bruno Henrique was booked on 84.
  • 84' The whistle greets Mohamed Ben Ali as he departs to be replaced by Raed Bouchniba.
  • 89' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 90' It is a substitution in CR Flamengo team. Luiz Araujo is replaced by Everton on 90 minute.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-0.

Lineups

CR Flamengo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Esperance de Tunis Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.36 CR Flamengo xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.3 Esperance de Tunis xG
I would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 76% + CR Flamengo to win 75%

Match Result

✓ Correct
CR Flamengo75% Draw17% Esperance de Tunis8%
Actual: CR Flamengo win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes24% 0% No76%
Avg goals/match: 2.66
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 73%
27%
± 2.5 49%
51%
± 3.5 28%
72%
± 4.5 14%
86%

Double Chance

CR Flamengo or Draw
92%
Draw or Esperance de Tunis
25%
CR Flamengo or Esperance de Tunis
83%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
CR Flamengo59% Draw38% Esperance de Tunis3%
Actual: CR Flamengo win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
Actual
1 – 0
16.7%
3 – 0
14.7%
4 – 0
8.6%
0 – 0
8.5%
2 – 1
5.6%
1 – 1
5.1%
3 – 1
4.6%
5 – 0
4.1%
4 – 1
2.9%
6 – 0
1.7%
0 – 1
1.6%

Asian Handicap — CR Flamengo

Handicap CR Flamengo covers Push Esperance de Tunis covers
-2.5 35% — 65%
-2 35% 24% 40%
-1.5 60% — 40%
-1 60% 23% 17%
-0.5 83% — 17%
+0.5 97% — 3%
+1 97% 2% 0%
+1.5 100% — 0%
+2 100% — 0%
+2.5 100% — 0%

Clean Sheet

CR Flamengo keeps clean sheet
74% ✓
Esperance de Tunis keeps clean sheet
10% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.