Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Wadi Degla & 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!
Degla have less rest than National Bank of Egypt in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Ghazl El Mehalla, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Wadi Degla form and stats
Degla was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Egypt Cup.Wadi Degla's results here in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 356 minutes without scoring a league goal. I. Yakubu was the last player to find the net.
The Degla fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here: A 0-1 defeat against Ghazl El Mehalla. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Premier League home game that ended 0-0 versus Aswan.
Degla have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
National Bank of Egypt form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for National Bank of Egypt so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
National delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against El Gounah in their previous match; a Premier League game. Ahead of that match was the Premier League away draw versus Al Masry that ended 0-0.
The attacking power of National when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. National Bank of Egypt's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 10 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Amin 2 goals |  A. Salah 2 goals | F. Farid 2 goals |
Wadi Degla missing players
National Bank of Egypt missing players
| Wadi Degla | National Bank of Egypt | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 10 | 14 | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 67% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 42% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 42% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.4 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 44% | ||
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 21 |
| 3 | Al Masry | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | El Gounah | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Pyramids FC | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | ENPPI | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Smouha | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Misr Lel Makasa | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 11 | Al Ittihad | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | El Geish | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 13 | Al Mokawloon | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Aswan | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | National Bank of Egypt | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 16 | El Entag El Harby | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 9 |
| 17 | Ismaily | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Wadi Degla | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 7 |