Tunisia will start their 2018 World Cup next Monday (June 18th, 2018) with England in the first round of the Group Stage. The match will be hosted by Volgograd Arena.
Tunisia arrived in the World Cup after being the first group in the African qualifiers with 14 points, one point from Congo, the fiercest rival in the group, and after qualifying, the Eagles played a series of strong games in preparation for the strongest tournament in football, the most recent against Spain and ended with the victory of Almatador Clean.
On the other hand, the England team arrived in the World Cup after the Group Six in the European qualifying with 26 points, collected from 8 wins and two draws, while not losing any match during the liquidation period, during the preparation period of the World Cup Southgate friendly matches to prepare well, most recently against Costa Rica And ended the victory of the team of three lions with two goals.
The expected absence and formation of Tunisia
Goalkeeper Farouk Ben Mustapha, Ayman Al-Mathlouthi, Moez Hassan
Defense Siam Ben Youssef, Johan Ben Alwan, Yassin Meriah, Usama Haddadi, Rami Badawi, Dylan Braun, Ali Maaloul, Hamdi Al-Naqaz
Saif al-Din al-Khawi, Farjani Sassi, Mohammed Amin bin Omar, Ahmed Khalil, Elias Sukhairi, Basem al-Sarrafi, Ghilan Shaalali, Naeem al-Saliti, Anis Badri
The attack Fakhr al-Din bin Yusuf, Wahbi al-Khazri, Saber Khalifa
Tunisia will not be absent from the injury or absence of the only Youssef Al-Masakeni, who did not participate in the World Cup because of injury suffered at the end of last season with Al-Dahil.
The Nabil Maaloul will rely on the same tactical form in the game against England, which is (4-3-3), which turns to (4-5-1) in the defensive situation, and is expected to be the formation as follows:
Formation 4.3.3
Moez Hassan
Ali Maaloul - Yassin Mariah - Siam Ben Youssef - Dylan Braun
Naeem Al-Saliti - Farajani Sassi - Elias Sukhairi - Saif al-Din Al-Khawi - Anis Al-Badri
Wehbe al-Khazri
England's expected absence and integration
Goalkeeper Jack Putland, Jordan Beckford, Nick Pope
Defense Kyle Walker, Danny Rose, John Stones, Harry Maguire, Kieran Tribier, Gary Cahill, Phil Jones, Fabian Delph, Ashley Young, Trent Alexander-Arnold
Midfield Daily Mail, Eric Dyer, Jesse Lengard, Jordan Henderson, Robin Lofts-Czech
The attack is Harry Kane, Jimmy Fardy, Rahim Stirling, Danny Welbeck, Markus Rushford
England will travel to Russia without first goalkeeper Joe Hart, and the trio who is called Jack Putland, Jordan Beckford and Nick Bob.
Alex Oseld-Chamberlain and Adam Lalana will also miss the World Cup, while Trent Alexander Arnold will appear for the first time in the tournament at the expense of Liverpool's Nathaniel Klein.
Formation 5.3.2
Jordan Beckford
Ashley Young - John Stones - Gary Cahill - Kyle Walker - Kieran Tribier
Daily Mechanism - Jordan Henderson - Jesse Lengard
Rahim Stirling - Harry Kane
The last meeting between Tunisia and England was in the 1998 World Cup group stage - the English won 2-0 in Marseille.
The three lions have not lost to an African team at the World Cup by P3T3 maintaining a clean sheet five times in six meetings.
The Carthage Eagles qualified for their fifth World Cup and the first since 2006. They have not reached the playoffs in 4 previous posts.
Tunisia won their last 11 World Cup matches (4 x 7) after winning their first match in the competition (3-1 against Mexico in 1978).
Tunisia kept their net clean just once in 12 matches at the World Cup.