It's finally time for the League Cup season opener for these contenders, whom at last are competing for points again. Will Al Mokawloon or National Bank of Egypt get that very important first three points?
Al Mokawloon form and stats
Disaster struck Al Mokawloon last season as they could not defend their status as a Premier League team. With 4 defeats from eight games, and only 1 win, relegation could not be avoided. Mokawloon are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W1 D2 L1.
Mokawloon are traveling soon after this match as the League Cup match at El Gounah awaits in four days.
National Bank of Egypt form and stats
The last season was not a pleasant experience for National Bank of Egypt as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 3 victories from seven games, relegation was a fact. National Bank of Egypt's manager Galal are hoping to lead the team right back to Premier League at the first attempt.
After this away game National return home for a League Cup game against Smouha. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the prior three meetings featuring these two contenders are: two wins for Mokawloon, zero draws and one win for National Bank of Egypt. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.Al Mokawloon missing players
National Bank of Egypt missing players
| Al Mokawloon | National Bank of Egypt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Mokawloon | Last season | National Bank of Egypt | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 8 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | ||
| 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 75% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.4 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 7.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.6 | ||
| 45% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | ||
| 11.5 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Al Mokawloon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | El Gounah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ismaily | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | National Bank of Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Smouha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | Zamalek | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Pyramids FC | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| 4 | Al Masry | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Pharco | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Smouha | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Al Ittihad | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | National Bank of Egypt | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | ENPPI | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Coca-Cola | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | El Gounah | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Misr Lel Makasa | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Al Mokawloon | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | El Geish | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 5 |
| 17 | Ismaily | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 2 |
| 18 | El Sharqia Dokhan | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -16 | 1 |