National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Ahly or Smouha that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are hectic days for the hometeam, as they had a game only four days ago in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Al Masry, was also a home game here at Cairo International Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Al Ahly form and stats
Ahly participated in Egypt Cup the last season, where they reached the final.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Cairo International Stadium as Al Ahly have scored 10 goals to get 15 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 4-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The Al Ahly goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 315 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
Al Ahly drew their last game, also a home match. Al Masry was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
A strong away win before that one, visiting ENPPI and winning 2-0.The Ahly fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Al Ahly have only let in {2 goals} at home.
Smouha form and stats
Smouha was sent out of Egypt Cup in the 8th finals last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
The regulars enjoyed Smouha's previous game versus El Geish, a 2-1 win played at home.
A 0-2 loss hosting Pharco before that.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Ceramica Cleopatra.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Smouha's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 6 matches. It's not easy to score on Smouha as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these squads: Al Ahly won five, Smouha triumphed in three and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Al Sulaya 3 goals |  A. Maâloul 2 goals | K. Fouad 2 goals |
Al Ahly missing players
Smouha missing players
| Al Ahly | Smouha | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 12 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 24% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 36% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 52% | ||
| 6.1 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.4 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 17% | ||
| 6.6 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 8.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Coca-Cola | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 26 |
| 4 | Pyramids FC | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 | Al Mokawloon | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | Al Ittihad | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Al Masry | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Aswan | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Pharco | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Smouha | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | El Geish | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 14 | National Bank of Egypt | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 15 | Haras El Hodood | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | El Daklyeh | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 10 |
| 17 | ENPPI | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 10 |
| 18 | Ismaily | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 7 |
