World Cup Head-to-Head focus: Tunisia

by Graeme Jackson

Wednesday Nov 09, 2022. 11:00

The World Cup kicks off in 12 days and we begin our countdown to the purest distillation of the ‘Beautiful Game’ by looking at Tunisia’s head-to-head record against their Group D opponents at the 2022 World Cup.

Tunisia’s Group D fixtures:

– v Denmark, Tuesday 22 November, Education City Stadium, 3pm CAT

– v Australia, Saturday 26 November, Al Janoub Stadium, 12pm CAT

– v France, Wednesday 30 November, Education City Stadium, 5pm CAT

Tunisia’s overall World Cup record: P15 W2 D4 L9

Denmark’s overall World Cup record: P20 W9 D5 L6

Australia’s overall World Cup record: P16 W2 D4 L10

France’s overall World Cup record: P66 W34 D13 L19

Record v Denmark: P1 W0 D0 L1

– Denmark 2-1 Tunisia – 26 May 2022, Wakayama, friendly

Tunisia’s record v European opposition at the World Cup: P10 W0 D3 L7

– Poland 1-0 Tunisia – 6 June 1978, Rosario, group stage

– West Germany 0-0 Tunisia – 10 June 1978, Cordoba, group stage

– England 2-0 Tunisia – 15 June 1998, Marseille, group stage

– Romania 1-1 Tunisia – 26 June 1998, Paris, group stage

– Russia 2-0 Tunisia – 5 June 2002, Kobe, group stage

– Tunisia 1-1 Belgium – 10 June 2002, Oita, group stage

– Spain 3-1 Tunisia – 19 June 2006, Stuttgart, group stage

– Ukraine 1-0 Tunisia – 23 June 2006, Berlin, group stage

– Tunisia 1-2 England – 18 June 2018, Volgograd, group stage

– Belgium 5-2 Tunisia – 23 June 2018, Moscow, group stage

Denmark’s record v African opposition at the World Cup: P4 W2 D2 L0

– South Africa 1-1 Denmark – 18 June 1998, Toulouse, group stage

– Nigeria 1-4 Denmark – 28 June 1998, Paris, round of 16

– Denmark 1-1 Senegal – 6 June 2002, Daegu, group stage

– Cameroon 1-2 Denmark – 19 June 2010, Pretoria, group stage

Record v Australia: P2 W1 D0 L1

– Tunisia 0-3 Australia – 1 October 1997, Tunis, friendly

– Australia 0-2 Tunisia – 21 June 2005, Leipzig, Confederation Cup

Tunisia’s record v Asian opposition at the World Cup: P2 W0 D1 L1

– Tunisia 0-2 Japan – 14 June 2002, Osaka, group stage

– Tunisia 2-2 Saudi Arabia – 14 June 2006, Munich, group stage

Australia’s record v African opposition at the World Cup: P1 W0 D1 L0

– Ghana 1-1 Australia – 19 June 2010, Rustenburg, group stage

Record v France: P5 W1 D2 L2

– Tunisia 2-1 France – 7 October 1971, Izmur, Mediterranean Games

– France 2-0 Tunisia – 19 May 1978, Villeneuve D’Ascq, Friendly

– Tunisia 1-1 France – 21 August 2002, Rades, friendly

– France 3-1 Tunisia – 14 October 2008, Paris, friendly

– Tunisia 1-1 France – 30 May 2010, Rades, friendly

France’s record v African opposition at the World Cup: P5 W3 D0 L2

– France 3-0 South Africa – 12 June 1998, Marseille, group stage

– France 0-1 Senegal – 31 May 2002, Seoul, group stage

– Togo 0-2 France – 23 June 2006, Cologne, group stage

– France 1-2 South Africa – 22 June 2010, Bloemfontein, group stage

– France 2-0 Nigeria – 30 June 2014, Brasilia, round of 16