National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Mokawloon or Itesalat that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Al Mokawloon form and stats
Mokawloon was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Egypt Cup.Al Mokawloon's struggle is real here with only 6 points collected from 6 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-2.
The Al Mokawloon crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Pyramids FC here.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Coca-Cola (0-1).The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Al Mokawloon here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 6 games).
Itesalat form and stats
Itesalat's last game was the home draw against El Seka El Hadid (0-0).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Banha at their stadium, the result 1-0.Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between these participants: Al Mokawloon won two, Itesalat triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Samir 3 goals | M. Salem 3 goals | M. Niass Ndiacko 3 goals |
Al Mokawloon missing players
Itesalat missing players
| Al Mokawloon | Itesalat | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Scored | S | 10 | 20 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 15% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 44% | ||
| 3.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.5 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 7.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 36% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 21% | ||
| 10.8 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 7.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 28 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Smouha | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | National Bank of Egypt | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Al Masry | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Coca-Cola | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Pharco | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Al Ittihad | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | El Gounah | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | ENPPI | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 14 | El Geish | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Misr Lel Makasa | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 16 | El Sharqia Dokhan | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -14 | 9 |
| 17 | Al Mokawloon | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 18 | Ismaily | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 5 |
