Football betting preview: Al Ahly favourites when Ismaily visit

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Wed 05.Jul
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: WE Al-Ahly Stadium (30000 seats)

Statistics people will highlight a considerable gap in performance between these sides based on table positions so far, with Al Ahly in front of Ismaily by 35 points.

Insights:
  • Al Ahly have the most scored goals (51) in Premier League
  • Ismaily have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Al Ahly saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Coca-Cola, so at least Ahly are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Al Ahly form and stats

Al Ahly have performed here at WE Al-Ahly Stadium this season with 10 wins from 14 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0. Ever since the El Daklyeh game Al Ahly has been unbeatable here at WE Al-Ahly Stadium producing five straight wins.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy not having conceded a league goal in 857 minutes.

Al Ahly drew their last game, 0-0 away at Coca-Cola (placed 3rd). Midfielder Tau was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.41 (out of ten) in that game. Tau hit the woodwork once, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 44 successful passes (of 52 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting National Bank of Egypt and winning 3-0.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Ahly home games with this odds we find 18 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 12 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 7 matches were won by at least two goals.

It should be considered that a look at the 10 latest league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Al Ahly are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Al Ittihad awaits in three days.

A decent goal production from Al Ahly in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 14 league matches. Al Ahly have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {4 goals}. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Ismaily form and stats

3 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Ismaily playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

There were no winners in Ismaily's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Aswan (placed 15th). Attacker Shamy got a player rating of 7.21 in the game. "Man of the match" Shamy scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus El Geish.

Ismaily find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. 21 goals have been conceded by Ismaily in these games. Ismaily has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Al Ahly have not lost in the last 20 matches (12-8-0) against Ismaily.

The latest head-to-head game ended Ismaily - Al Ahly 0-1, played this season.

Al Ahly missing players

Ismaily missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Ahly Ismaily
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 5 15 31
21 10 3 Won W 1 3 7
6 4 1 Drew D 2 7 13
0 0 0 Lost L 2 5 11
51 23 7 Scored S 6 16 30
7 4 2 Conceded C 9 21 36
89% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 87% 84%
74% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 87% 68%
44% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 47% 39%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 27% 23%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
26% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 73% 61%
74% 71% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 13% 19%
11% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 27% 35%
 
6.7 6.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.6 4.9 4.9
3.8 4.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.7 4.4
1.1 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
13.2 13.1 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9 8.8
5.4 5 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.5 3
35% 33% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 30% 33%
 
6.3 6.6 6.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 10.5 9
2.4 2.8 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.8 3.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Ahly have not yet lost a game.
  • Al Ahly have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the fewest matches under the total-line (15) in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the most clean sheets (20) in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the most scored goals (51) in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the the best goal difference (+44) in Premier League
  • Ismaily have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 27 21 6 0 51 7 14 10 4 0 23 4 13 11 2 0 28 3 44 69
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 32 15 13 4 32 19 16 7 8 1 13 5 16 8 5 3 19 14 13 58
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

Table
  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 27 21 6 0 51 7 14 10 4 0 23 4 13 11 2 0 28 3 44 69
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 32 15 13 4 32 19 16 7 8 1 13 5 16 8 5 3 19 14 13 58
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

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