National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Pharco or Itesalat that keep their silverware dream alive.
This promises to be an interesting game with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
Pharco form and stats
Pharco was eliminated in the round of 32 last season in the Egypt Cup.The story so far in the Premier League for Pharco at their home stadium (Borg El Arab Stadium) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Pharco travelled for their previous game, a trip to Future FC that ended 0-0.
Before that, Pharco had a Premier League home game versus Ghazl El Mehalla which ended with a victory 3-1.Pharco are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 14 games.
Itesalat form and stats
They also participated in Egypt Cup last season. This ended in the round of 32.Itesalat had fun at their own home (Borg El Arab Stadium) last time out, beating Olympic El Qanah 2-1.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tersana at their stadium, the result 2-1.Itesalat have another game away from home in just two nights, a Second League: Group B match vs El Entag El Harby. A difficult programme for the visiting team!
Head 2 Head
Pharco missing players
Itesalat missing players
| Pharco | Itesalat | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 19 | Scored | S | 15 | 37 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.6 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 38% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 41% | ||
| 9.6 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 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 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 33 | 53 |
| 2 | Future FC | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 50 |
| 3 | Pyramids FC | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 49 |
| 4 | Zamalek | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 43 |
| 5 | Al Ittihad | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 40 |
| 6 | Al Mokawloon | 27 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Pharco | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 36 |
| 8 | Al Masry | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 36 |
| 9 | Smouha | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 9 | -3 | 34 |
| 10 | ENPPI | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | -6 | 33 |
| 11 | Aswan | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 31 |
| 12 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 30 |
| 13 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 30 |
| 14 | Ismaily | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| 15 | El Daklyeh | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -11 | 26 |
| 16 | National Bank of Egypt | 27 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -8 | 25 |
| 17 | El Geish | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -10 | 24 |
| 18 | Haras El Hodood | 25 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 21 | -19 | 16 |