It's finally time for the League Cup season debut for these participants, whom at last are competing for points again. Will Al Masry or Ceramica Cleopatra get that vital first three points?
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Al Masry form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Masry as they were promoted from Premier League last season. Happy days that were secured through 11 wins, 14 draws and 8 losses from 33 games. The team scored 18 goals at home last season and conceded 17. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
This is expected to be a close game, with Al Masry perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Masry as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Al Masry has won 5 of these, drawn 5 and lost 4.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Al Masry as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Al Ahly are visiting.
Ceramica Cleopatra form and stats
The last season was not a pleasant experience for Ceramica Cleopatra as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 7 victories from 34 games, relegation was a fact. Ceramica Cleopatra's manager Toulan are hoping to lead the team right back to Premier League at the first attempt.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Cleopatra in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Ceramica Cleopatra, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Al Masry-Ceramica Cleopatra H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Al Masry two wins, Ceramica Cleopatra two wins, two draws. five of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Al Masry missing players
Ceramica Cleopatra missing players
| Al Masry | Ceramica Cleopatra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3.3 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 19 | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 6.5 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Al Masry | Last season | Ceramica Cleopatra | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 16 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Drew | D | 8 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Scored | S | 15 | 31 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Conceded | C | 17 | 32 | ||
| 79% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 74% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 56% | ||
| 42% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 35% | ||
| 15% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 15% | ||
| 3% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 41% | ||
| 42% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 35% | ||
| 30% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 50% | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 22% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.1 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| Last season | 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 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 53 | 81 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 31 | 70 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 52 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 60 |
| 4 | Coca-Cola | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 58 |
| 5 | Al Masry | 33 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 34 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 47 |
| 6 | ENPPI | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 24 | -6 | 45 |
| 7 | Al Mokawloon | 34 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 44 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 43 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 29 | -7 | 43 |
| 9 | Pharco | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 42 |
| 10 | Smouha | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -7 | 42 |
| 11 | Ismaily | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 35 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -3 | 40 |
| 12 | National Bank of Egypt | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 40 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -5 | 39 |
| 13 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 34 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 31 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 17 | -1 | 37 |
| 14 | El Geish | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 45 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -12 | 36 |
| 15 | El Daklyeh | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 32 | 43 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -11 | 35 |
| 16 | Aswan | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 45 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 21 | -14 | 33 |
| 17 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 24 | -21 | 33 |
| 18 | Haras El Hodood | 33 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 20 | 44 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 24 | -24 | 24 |
