Sunday , 16 August 2026

Los Angeles FC vs Esperance de Tunis, Club World Cup 2025 GROUP STAGE

FIFA Club World Cup · 2025
Los Angeles FC
0 – 1
Full Time
Esperance de Tunis
Fri 20 Jun 2025 · 22:00 UTC Fairgrounds Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Timothy Tillman 23' Y
Y 52' Youcef Belaili
Y 65' Yan Sasse

Overview

Match Preview

Los Angeles FC vs Esperance de Tunis — Club World Cup at Fairgrounds Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Espen Eskas (Norway)
10 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 6.1 goals/game

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 Atlético 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
Los Angeles FC 1 games · Avg 1.0 goals Esperance de Tunis
Last 5 meetings
2025-06-20 Los Angeles FC 0–1 Esperance de Tunis

Recent Form

Los Angeles FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 Jun Esperance de Tunis H 0–1 L
16 Jun Chelsea FC A 0–2 L
09 Jun Sporting Kansas City H 3–1 W
24 May Montreal Impact FC A 2–2 D
19 May Los Angeles Galaxy A 2–2 D
15 May Seattle Sounders FC H 4–0 W
Esperance de Tunis
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 Jun Los Angeles FC A 1–0 W
17 Jun CR Flamengo A 0–2 L

Season Stats

Los Angeles FC Esperance de Tunis
#16 Position #15
1 Points 3
3 Played 3
0 / 1 / 2 W / D / L 1 / 0 / 2
1 Scored 1
4 Conceded 5
-3 GD -4
0.33 PPG 1.00
0% Win % 33%

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season
33% Clean Sheets
Esperance de Tunis this season

Los Angeles FC are 16th (1 pts). Esperance de Tunis are 15th (3 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/–
31-45
–/1
46-60
–/–
61-75
–/1
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Esperance de Tunis
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/1
31-45
–/2
46-60
–/–
61-75
1/1
76+
–/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. Los Angeles FC host Esperance de Tunis — let the battle begin!
  • 5' Ryan Hollingshead is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Los Angeles FC so far.
  • 10' It looks surprising Los Angeles FC does not make any changes. Esteban David Martinez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 15' Timothy Tillman has been relatively quiet despite scoring 10 goals in his last 295 appearances.
  • 20' The home supporters are growing impatient. Los Angeles FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 23' It’s a booking for Los Angeles FC player. Timothy Tillman gets a card.
  • 28' 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.
  • 33' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 38' Esperance de Tunis are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 43' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 46' The Los Angeles FC manager makes a substitution. Esteban David Martinez departs to be replaced by Javairo Dilrosun.
  • 51' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 52' It’s gonna be a card for Youcef Belaili.
  • 57' The energy levels are beginning to show. Wassim Nawara might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 62' Esperance de Tunis make a change. Rodrigo Rodrigues trudges off to be replaced by Achref Jebri on 62 minutes.
  • 65' The referee calls foul for Yan Sasse. He receives a card.
  • 70' Goal! Youcef Belaili scores his 1 goal in 444 matches.
  • 75' The whistle greets Abdramane Konate as he departs to be replaced by Mohamed Derbali.
  • 80' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 81' Los Angeles FC make a change. Marky Delgado trudges off to be replaced by Marlon on 81 minutes.
  • 86' 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.
  • 87' Fresh legs for Los Angeles FC! Jeremy Ebobisse comes on to replace Olivier Giroud.
  • 90' The Esperance de Tunis manager makes a substitution. Youcef Belaili departs to be replaced by Hamza Jelassi.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 0-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Steven Cherundolo

Esperance de Tunis Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Wassim Nawara

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
0.66 Los Angeles FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.55 Esperance de Tunis xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 87% + Under — clean sheet likely 77%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Los Angeles FC32% Draw41% Esperance de Tunis27%
Actual: Esperance de Tunis win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes23% 0% No77%
Avg goals/match: 1.21
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 67%
33%
± 1.5 35%
65%
± 2.5 13%
87%
± 3.5 4%
96%
± 4.5 1%
99%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw
73%
Draw or Esperance de Tunis
68%
Los Angeles FC or Esperance de Tunis
59%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Los Angeles FC18% Draw68% Esperance de Tunis14%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
32.5%
1 – 0
17.8%
0 – 1
Actual
1 – 1
12%
2 – 0
5.9%
0 – 2
4.1%
2 – 1
3.8%
1 – 2
3.1%
3 – 0
1.3%
2 – 2
1.2%
3 – 1
0.9%
0 – 3
0.7%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap Los Angeles FC covers Push Esperance de Tunis covers
-2.5 2% — 98%
-2 2% 7% 92%
-1.5 8% — 92%
-1 8% 22% 70%
-0.5 30% — 70%
+0.5 76% — 24%
+1 76% 18% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 5% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet
58% ✗
Esperance de Tunis keeps clean sheet
52% ✓

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