Match guide: Zamalek the probable winner when Pharco visit

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Sun 16.Jul
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Cairo International Stadium (75000 seats)

Most experts are most impressed by Zamalek so far, with the 3rd spot in the Premier League table and welcoming Pharco (who are sitting at 9th).

Insights:
  • Zamalek have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Premier League
  • Pharco have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Premier League

Zamalek are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Pharco is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

These are hectic days for the home side, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Al Ahly, so at least Zamalek are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Zamalek form and stats

36 points is a decent return from 16 Premier League games here at Cairo International Stadium for Zamalek. The data says 11 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. Zamalek has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Cairo International Stadium. We remember; it was Al Mokawloon.

In their previous game, the manager Arbeláez led his Zamalek to a defeat away at Al Ahly. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Cairo International Stadium. Up until that loss this team had gone six consecutive league games without a loss. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Zizo, having scored in five games in a row. Midfielder Zizo was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.34 (out of ten) in that game. Zizo scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 45 successful passes (of 50 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Coca-Cola and winning 3-2.

A decent goal production from Zamalek in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 16 league matches. From these home matches, Zamalek have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Pharco form and stats

There's been little loot from Pharco's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 16 away games in the Premier League. Pharco only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 9 draws. It's a growing despair in Pharco as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

The manager Romão was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue. Pharco suffered a 0-3 loss to Al Masry (placed 5th). Ghouma was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.14. The defender Ghouma hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting ENPPI's place.

Pharco are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {8 goals} from 16 away games. It's not easy to score on Pharco as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other previously this season, with the match result Pharco - Zamalek 3-0 written in the official records. Last five meetings featuring these sides: Zamalek won two, Pharco were winners in two and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Zamalek missing players

Pharco missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Zamalek Pharco
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
17 11 4 Won W 1 2 9
8 3 0 Drew D 2 9 14
8 2 1 Lost L 2 5 10
50 26 8 Scored S 2 8 29
34 13 4 Conceded C 7 14 32
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 56% 76%
76% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 44% 55%
52% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 31% 36%
27% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 12%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
45% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 20% 25% 39%
45% 50% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 50% 39%
18% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 80% 69% 45%
 
4.7 4.1 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.1 4.1
4.7 4.4 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.4 5.2 4.6
1.3 1.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.9 12.2 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.7 8.7
4.2 4.2 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.7 2.8
36% 39% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 19% 32%
 
10.8 11 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 9.6 9
3.9 3.6 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 3.9 3.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Pharco have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Premier League
  • Zamalek have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Pharco have scored away.
  • Zamalek have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Premier League
  • Zamalek haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 30 24 6 0 58 8 16 12 4 0 28 5 14 12 2 0 30 3 50 78
2 Pyramids FC 32 20 7 5 51 22 15 12 3 0 32 7 17 8 4 5 19 15 29 67
3 Zamalek 33 17 8 8 50 34 16 11 3 2 26 13 17 6 5 6 24 21 16 59
4 Coca-Cola 33 15 13 5 34 22 17 7 8 2 15 8 16 8 5 3 19 14 12 58
5 Al Masry 32 11 14 7 34 32 15 6 5 4 18 16 17 5 9 3 16 16 2 47
6 Al Mokawloon 33 9 17 7 34 29 16 4 10 2 13 11 17 5 7 5 21 18 5 44
7 Al Ittihad 33 12 7 14 35 39 17 7 4 6 17 14 16 5 3 8 18 25 -4 43
8 ENPPI 33 12 6 15 33 40 16 6 5 5 16 16 17 6 1 10 17 24 -7 42
9 Pharco 33 9 14 10 29 32 17 7 5 5 21 18 16 2 9 5 8 14 -3 41
10 Smouha 33 9 12 12 35 43 17 4 6 7 20 26 16 5 6 5 15 17 -8 39
11 Ceramica Cleopatra 33 7 16 10 31 31 17 5 8 4 16 15 16 2 8 6 15 16 0 37
12 Ismaily 33 8 13 12 31 37 16 4 6 6 14 15 17 4 7 6 17 22 -6 37
13 National Bank of Egypt 33 8 12 13 34 40 16 7 5 4 24 19 17 1 7 9 10 21 -6 36
14 El Geish 33 8 12 13 31 41 17 6 5 6 19 21 16 2 7 7 12 20 -10 36
15 Aswan 33 8 9 16 29 41 16 4 6 6 16 20 17 4 3 10 13 21 -12 33
16 Ghazl El Mehalla 33 8 9 16 25 45 17 6 3 8 15 23 16 2 6 8 10 22 -20 33
17 El Daklyeh 33 6 14 13 28 41 17 2 8 7 14 21 16 4 6 6 14 20 -13 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 30 24 6 0 58 8 16 12 4 0 28 5 14 12 2 0 30 3 50 78
2 Pyramids FC 32 20 7 5 51 22 15 12 3 0 32 7 17 8 4 5 19 15 29 67
3 Zamalek 33 17 8 8 50 34 16 11 3 2 26 13 17 6 5 6 24 21 16 59
4 Coca-Cola 33 15 13 5 34 22 17 7 8 2 15 8 16 8 5 3 19 14 12 58
5 Al Masry 32 11 14 7 34 32 15 6 5 4 18 16 17 5 9 3 16 16 2 47
6 Al Mokawloon 33 9 17 7 34 29 16 4 10 2 13 11 17 5 7 5 21 18 5 44
7 Al Ittihad 33 12 7 14 35 39 17 7 4 6 17 14 16 5 3 8 18 25 -4 43
8 ENPPI 33 12 6 15 33 40 16 6 5 5 16 16 17 6 1 10 17 24 -7 42
9 Pharco 33 9 14 10 29 32 17 7 5 5 21 18 16 2 9 5 8 14 -3 41
10 Smouha 33 9 12 12 35 43 17 4 6 7 20 26 16 5 6 5 15 17 -8 39
11 Ceramica Cleopatra 33 7 16 10 31 31 17 5 8 4 16 15 16 2 8 6 15 16 0 37
12 Ismaily 33 8 13 12 31 37 16 4 6 6 14 15 17 4 7 6 17 22 -6 37
13 National Bank of Egypt 33 8 12 13 34 40 16 7 5 4 24 19 17 1 7 9 10 21 -6 36
14 El Geish 33 8 12 13 31 41 17 6 5 6 19 21 16 2 7 7 12 20 -10 36
15 Aswan 33 8 9 16 29 41 16 4 6 6 16 20 17 4 3 10 13 21 -12 33
16 Ghazl El Mehalla 33 8 9 16 25 45 17 6 3 8 15 23 16 2 6 8 10 22 -20 33
17 El Daklyeh 33 6 14 13 28 41 17 2 8 7 14 21 16 4 6 6 14 20 -13 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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