All the facts and stats for the Egypt Cup clash: Al Ahly - Al Ittihad

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Competition: Egypt Egypt Cup
Competition: Tue 01.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: New Suez Stadium (27000 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Ahly or Al Ittihad that keep their silverware dream alive.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the CAF Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Zamalek, was also a home game here at New Suez Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Al Ahly form and stats

Ahly participated in Egypt Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.

This stadium, New Suez Stadium, has been a fortress for Al Ahly in the Premier League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 14-3-0. On the other hand, in the Egypt Cup, Al Ahly has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. The Ahly fans aren't used to losing league-games here at New Suez Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Al Ahly has played 28 games in a row here without a defeat. Ahly has a nice streak going on as they have played 16 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Zamalek defeat 100 days ago.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy not having conceded a league goal in 1170 minutes.

Ahly's previous game was a CAF Champions League match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Zamalek. The home side are looking to build on that result. Previous to that game, a Egypt Cup home match hosting Abu Qir Semad in a game that was won 2-1.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (38 in 17 games), Ahly's attacking play is working. Ahly have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Al Ittihad form and stats

Ittihad was sent out of Egypt Cup in the semi-finals last season.

6 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Al Ittihad playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Egypt Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.

Al Ittihad play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Aswan. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Al Mokawloon.

Ittihad find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Ittihad have conceded 17 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Ahly victories, three draws and one Al Ittihad win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Al IttihadK. Kamar
K. Kamar
14 goals
Al IttihadR. Cissé
R. Cissé
7 goals
Al IttihadM. Nagy
M. Nagy
4 goals

Al Ahly missing players

Al Ittihad missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Ahly Al Ittihad
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   12 25
18 11   Won W   3 5
6 3   Drew D   7 13
1 0   Lost L   2 7
46 27   Scored S   15 28
12 7   Conceded C   10 28
88% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   75% 84%
76% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 76%
44% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 44%
12% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 20%
4% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
36% 43%   BTTS BTTS   58% 68%
64% 57%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 20%
12% 14%   Failed to Score F T   33% 28%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.1
4 3   Red cards R C   2 3
 
12.8 12.7   Shots (avg) S (   6.3 6.9
6.2 6.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 2.7
29% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   50% 41%

  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 34 28 5 1 74 8 17 14 3 0 38 2 17 14 2 1 36 6 66 89
2 Zamalek 34 21 8 5 50 27 17 14 3 0 28 8 17 7 5 5 22 19 23 71
3 Pyramids FC 34 19 8 7 54 33 17 9 4 4 27 15 17 10 4 3 27 18 21 65
4 Al Mokawloon 34 15 9 10 45 34 17 9 4 4 28 17 17 6 5 6 17 17 11 54
5 Smouha 34 11 18 5 44 33 17 9 4 4 28 18 17 2 14 1 16 15 11 51
6 Al Masry 34 13 9 12 36 35 17 4 7 6 18 20 17 9 2 6 18 15 1 48
7 ENPPI 34 12 12 10 34 33 17 7 6 4 14 13 17 5 6 6 20 20 1 48
8 El Entag El Harby 34 11 11 12 35 38 17 4 6 7 15 18 17 7 5 5 20 20 -3 44
9 Misr Lel Makasa 34 10 12 12 40 39 17 6 5 6 22 20 17 4 7 6 18 19 1 42
10 Al Ittihad 34 9 15 10 36 36 17 3 8 6 16 19 17 6 7 4 20 17 0 42
11 El Geish 34 9 14 11 32 37 17 6 5 6 17 18 17 3 9 5 15 19 -5 41
12 Ismaily 34 11 8 15 38 48 17 5 6 6 24 23 17 6 2 9 14 25 -10 41
13 Aswan 34 9 10 15 39 50 17 6 4 7 23 26 17 3 6 8 16 24 -11 37
14 El Gounah 34 10 7 17 32 45 17 7 2 8 15 20 17 3 5 9 17 25 -13 37
15 Wadi Degla 34 8 11 15 32 43 17 3 6 8 12 24 17 5 5 7 20 19 -11 35
16 Haras El Hodood 34 7 12 15 31 41 17 2 8 7 16 23 17 5 4 8 15 18 -10 33
17 Tanta 34 3 13 18 22 55 17 1 8 8 13 22 17 2 5 10 9 33 -33 22
18 Masr 34 3 12 19 18 57 17 2 8 7 11 21 17 1 4 12 7 36 -39 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 34 28 5 1 74 8 17 14 3 0 38 2 17 14 2 1 36 6 66 89
2 Zamalek 34 21 8 5 50 27 17 14 3 0 28 8 17 7 5 5 22 19 23 71
3 Pyramids FC 34 19 8 7 54 33 17 9 4 4 27 15 17 10 4 3 27 18 21 65
4 Al Mokawloon 34 15 9 10 45 34 17 9 4 4 28 17 17 6 5 6 17 17 11 54
5 Smouha 34 11 18 5 44 33 17 9 4 4 28 18 17 2 14 1 16 15 11 51
6 Al Masry 34 13 9 12 36 35 17 4 7 6 18 20 17 9 2 6 18 15 1 48
7 ENPPI 34 12 12 10 34 33 17 7 6 4 14 13 17 5 6 6 20 20 1 48
8 El Entag El Harby 34 11 11 12 35 38 17 4 6 7 15 18 17 7 5 5 20 20 -3 44
9 Misr Lel Makasa 34 10 12 12 40 39 17 6 5 6 22 20 17 4 7 6 18 19 1 42
10 Al Ittihad 34 9 15 10 36 36 17 3 8 6 16 19 17 6 7 4 20 17 0 42
11 El Geish 34 9 14 11 32 37 17 6 5 6 17 18 17 3 9 5 15 19 -5 41
12 Ismaily 34 11 8 15 38 48 17 5 6 6 24 23 17 6 2 9 14 25 -10 41
13 Aswan 34 9 10 15 39 50 17 6 4 7 23 26 17 3 6 8 16 24 -11 37
14 El Gounah 34 10 7 17 32 45 17 7 2 8 15 20 17 3 5 9 17 25 -13 37
15 Wadi Degla 34 8 11 15 32 43 17 3 6 8 12 24 17 5 5 7 20 19 -11 35
16 Haras El Hodood 34 7 12 15 31 41 17 2 8 7 16 23 17 5 4 8 15 18 -10 33
17 Tanta 34 3 13 18 22 55 17 1 8 8 13 22 17 2 5 10 9 33 -33 22
18 Masr 34 3 12 19 18 57 17 2 8 7 11 21 17 1 4 12 7 36 -39 21

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