National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Masry or El Geish that keep their silverware dream alive.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Premier League match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus El Gounah, was also a home game here at Alexandria Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Al Masry form and stats
Masry participated in Egypt Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.4 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Al Masry have to build on here at Alexandria Stadium in the Premier League. Two home wins in a row for Masry bring valid hopes of a third.
The Al Masry supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host El Gounah in Premier League and win 1-0. A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Ismaily.
The victory against El Gounah came after Ahmed Gomaa's winning goal. The Masry manager A. Maher was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 65th minute.
Masry has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. From these home matches, Al Masry have conceded only 5 goals.
El Geish form and stats
Geish was sent out of Egypt Cup in the final last season.El Geish have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-0-7 (9 played).
El Geish play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting El Gounah. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Al Masry's place.
As you can tell from the results above, Geish was very dominant against El Gounah, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Islam Mohareb, Naser El Mansi and Ahmed Samir (2) providing the goals.
Geish have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Geish have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Masry won four, El Geish won two and four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mohamed 9 goals |  O. Abdel Wahed 8 goals | A. Sayed Ahmed 6 goals |
Al Masry missing players
El Geish missing players
| Al Masry | El Geish | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 37 | 16 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 14 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 52% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.8 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.9 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 46% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zamalek | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | Al Masry | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Al Ittihad | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 4 | Al Ahly | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 27 |
| 5 | Pyramids FC | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Misr Lel Makasa | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 25 |
| 8 | Smouha | 17 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | ENPPI | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | El Gounah | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 21 |
| 12 | Aswan | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 20 |
| 13 | El Geish | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 17 |
| 14 | Wadi Degla | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 16 |
| 15 | Al Mokawloon | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -8 | 15 |
| 16 | National Bank of Egypt | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 14 |
| 17 | Ismaily | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 18 | El Entag El Harby | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -17 | 12 |