Tunisia have never made it past the group stage of any World Cup and an extremely tough draw means history could repeat itself.
The Africans could be out after two matches as they face England and Belgium in the space of five days, with their final game against Panama seemingly a dead rubber.
2018 World Cup Qualification
Tunisia avoided an upset against Mauritania in their first round of qualifying, edging them out 4-2 over two legs, before being handed a relatively kind group consisting of DR Congo, Libya and Guinea.
It was fairly plain sailing from there for the North Africans, who won three of their first four games and qualified on matchday five thanks to Youssef Msakni's hat-trick against Guinea.
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They conceded just four goals in their six group matches whilst scoring 11, although nobody except Msakni managed more than one strike.
Tournament History
Tunisia's only World Cup victory came in their first ever finals game, back in 1978 against Mexico.
They qualified for three consecutive tournaments between 1998 and 2006 but failed to record a single victory, losing two and drawing one each time.
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2018 World Cup Squad
| GK | DEF | MID | ST |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farouk Ben Mustapha | Rami Bedoui | Mohamed Amine Ben Amor | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef |
| Mouez Hassan | Yohan Benalouane | Ghailene Chaalali | Saber Khalifa |
| Aymen Mathlouthi | Syam Ben Youssef | Ahmed Khalil | Wahbi Khazri |
| Dylan Bronn | Saif-Eddine Khaoui | ||
| Oussama Haddadi | Ferjani Sassi | ||
| Ali Maaloul | Ellyes Skhiri | ||
| Yassine Meriah | Naim Sliti | ||
| Hamdi Nagguez | Anice Badri | ||
| Bassem Srarfi | |||
Latest World Cup odds
| Market | Price |
|---|---|
| To win the World Cup | 500/1 (501.0) |
| To make the World Cup final | 200/1 (201.0) |
| To win Group G | 16/1 (17.0) |
| To qualify from Group G | 4/1 (5.0) |
| To be the Top African team | 15/2 (8.50) |
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