National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Masry or Haras El Hodood that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Al Masry form and stats
Masry participated in Egypt Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.The story so far in the Premier League for Al Masry at their home stadium (Borg El Arab Stadium) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Al Masry's last game was hosting Coca-Cola and winning 2-0. Al Masry goalkeeper Tharwat did an outstanding job against Coca-Cola with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. The goalie Tharwat was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.4 out of ten. Tharwat topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Coca-Cola that ended 0-0.Al Masry has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Masry have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Haras El Hodood form and stats
Haras El Hodood's mission in Egypt Cup last season failed in the 16th finals.Haras El Hodood have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-4-11 (16 played).
Haras El Hodood's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Al Ittihad that finished 2-2. As mentioned above, Hodood drew the match against Al Ittihad. Manager Mekki brought on Mamdouh to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfield player Khaled was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10. Khaled dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.
A loss against Al Ahly was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Haras El Hodood as they have only managed to score 9 times from 16 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Hodood have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Al Masry have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) versus Haras El Hodood.Al Masry missing players
Haras El Hodood missing players
| Al Masry | Haras El Hodood | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 28 | 19 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 15 | 33 | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 64% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 19% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Ahly | 26 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 44 | 68 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 31 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 30 | 67 |
| 3 | Coca-Cola | 31 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 57 |
| 4 | Zamalek | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 56 |
| 5 | Al Masry | 31 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 44 |
| 6 | Al Mokawloon | 32 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 43 |
| 7 | Al Ittihad | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | -2 | 42 |
| 8 | ENPPI | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 42 |
| 9 | Pharco | 32 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 41 |
| 10 | Smouha | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -9 | 36 |
| 11 | National Bank of Egypt | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 40 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -6 | 35 |
| 12 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 32 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 34 |
| 13 | Ismaily | 31 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -6 | 34 |
| 14 | El Geish | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -11 | 33 |
| 15 | Aswan | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 20 | -11 | 33 |
| 16 | El Daklyeh | 32 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -12 | 32 |
| 17 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -20 | 32 |
| 18 | Haras El Hodood | 32 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 24 | -25 | 21 |
