Perhaps a welcome break from league football as El Geish & National Bank of Egypt face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Egypt Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This promises to be an engrossing match with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's go!
El Geish form and stats
Last season, El Geish's Egypt Cup journey ended in the round of 16.All-inclusive Premier League statistics at home this season for El Geish are 5-4-6 (wins-draws-losses).
El Geish are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A strong away win for Geish against Ismaily the last match, as Samir were on target. Shaaban, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.44 out of 10 in that game. Shaaban topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Smouha.The El Geish fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 15 matches. Geish have conceded 21 in these home matches.
National Bank of Egypt form and stats
National Bank of Egypt's mission in Egypt Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.There's been little loot from National Bank of Egypt's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 16 away games in the Premier League. National Bank of Egypt only have 1 win to counter their 9 defeats and 6 draws.
National Bank of Egypt are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Al Ittihad. Midfielder Fathi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.44. Fathi dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, National secured a home win against El Daklyeh with the score 3-1.The visitors have scored 10 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 21 goals have been conceded by National Bank of Egypt in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): El Geish two wins, one draw and National Bank of Egypt three victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
El Geish missing players
National Bank of Egypt missing players
| El Geish | National Bank of Egypt | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Scored | S | 11 | 34 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.2 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 31% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 41% | ||
| 7.7 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 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 | Pyramids FC | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 27 | 64 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 38 | 62 |
| 3 | Coca-Cola | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 57 |
| 4 | Zamalek | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 53 |
| 5 | Al Mokawloon | 31 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 43 |
| 6 | Pharco | 31 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 41 |
| 7 | Al Ittihad | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 23 | -2 | 41 |
| 8 | Al Masry | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 41 |
| 9 | ENPPI | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 22 | -7 | 39 |
| 10 | Smouha | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -6 | 36 |
| 11 | National Bank of Egypt | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -3 | 35 |
| 12 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 31 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 33 |
| 13 | Ismaily | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -6 | 33 |
| 14 | El Geish | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -11 | 32 |
| 15 | Aswan | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 19 | -11 | 32 |
| 16 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -18 | 32 |
| 17 | El Daklyeh | 31 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 27 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -13 | 29 |
| 18 | Haras El Hodood | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 24 | -22 | 20 |
