Match week two of the League Cup campaign and the contenders have had a few days to digest the first fixture. Here's the best Al Ittihad - Al Masry preview:
It's no vacation for neither Al Ittihad nor Al Masry as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Al Ittihad form and stats
Last season, Al Ittihad's league statistics were 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, ending with 7th spot in the Premier League. During these eight matches they scored 14 goals and let in 15. Playing as the home side in the previous season Al Ittihad delivered 2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) with 9 goals and 8 conceded.
A strong away win for Al Ittihad against Pyramids FC the last match.
Before that match, a Premier League win away at Al Masry.There will be little rest for Al Ittihad after this match as they are travelling to El Sharqia Dokhan for a League Cup game in only four days.
Al Masry form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Masry performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 11 and conceded 7 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 0 with 6/2 goals scored/conceded. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Al Masry are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
The manager Chaabani was unhappy after their last game, a League Cup match played at their home ground Ismaïlia Stadium. Masry suffered a 0-3 loss to Misr Lel Makasa (placed 2nd). Al Masry did not look prepared in the first half against Misr Lel Makasa and lost the game during the first 45 minutes. They need to evaluate their pre-match routine before this one.
A loss against Al Ittihad was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.The schedule is very tough for Al Masry now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Cup game at Pyramids FC is waiting in only four days.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Al Ittihad victories, four draws and three Al Masry wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Paciencia Mabululo 5 goals | K. El Deeb 4 goals |  H. Ali 3 goals |
Al Ittihad missing players
Al Masry missing players
| Al Ittihad | Al Masry | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Al Ittihad | Last season | Al Masry | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 8 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 62% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 62% | ||
| 62% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 38% | ||
| 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | ||
| 38% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 38% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.8 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 41% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 36% | ||
| 10.4 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Coca-Cola | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Misr Lel Makasa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Ittihad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Pyramids FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Al Masry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 6 | El Sharqia Dokhan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | Zamalek | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Pyramids FC | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| 4 | Al Masry | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Pharco | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Smouha | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Al Ittihad | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | National Bank of Egypt | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | ENPPI | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Coca-Cola | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | El Gounah | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Misr Lel Makasa | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Al Mokawloon | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | El Geish | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 5 |
| 17 | Ismaily | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 2 |
| 18 | El Sharqia Dokhan | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -16 | 1 |
