It's match two of the League Cup campaign and all to play for. Don't miss our thorough preview of El Gounah-Al Mokawloon!
It's no vacation for neither El Gounah nor Al Mokawloon as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
El Gounah form and stats
The season before, El Gounah's league statistics were 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, producing 13th place in the Premier League. During these seven matches they scored 5 goals and let in 8. Performing as the home side in the former season El Gounah managed 1-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 3 goals and 5 conceded.
The home team returns to Cairo International Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Al Ahly (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the League Cup game ended 0-0.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus ENPPI that ended 1-1.There will be little rest for Gounah after this match as they are travelling to Smouha for a League Cup game in only four days.
Al Mokawloon form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Mokawloon performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 1 victory, 3 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 9 and conceded 12 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 1 and lost 3 with 5/8 goals scored/conceded.
Al Mokawloon go into this game after a win, the home game against National Bank of Egypt that ended 1-0.
Ahead of that match was the Premier League away draw versus Ceramica Cleopatra that ended 2-2.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Al Mokawloon manager Ouda as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Al Ahly.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these teams: El Gounah won three, Al Mokawloon triumphed in five and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Kamar 3 goals |  M. Samir 3 goals | M. Salem 3 goals |
El Gounah missing players
Al Mokawloon missing players
| El Gounah | Al Mokawloon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| El Gounah | Last season | Al Mokawloon | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 7 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 12 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | ||
| 14% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | ||
| 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 43% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | ||
| 6.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 7.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | ||
| 18% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 45% | ||
| 8.9 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 11.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | ||
| 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 Mokawloon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Ismaily | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Ahly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | El Gounah | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | National Bank of Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | Smouha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 |
