It's a fresh League Cup campaign and Al Ittihad are impatient to get on the pitch here at Alexandria Stadium. Pharco are coming to visit and this looks to be a rip-roaring season kickoff.
Al Ittihad and Pharco should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Al Ittihad form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Ittihad as they were promoted from Premier League last season. Happy days that were secured through 11 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from 20 games. The team scored 12 goals at home last season and conceded 6. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
This is expected to be a close game, with Al Ittihad perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Ittihad as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Al Ittihad has won 8 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.
Pharco form and stats
The last season was not a pleasant experience for Pharco as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 6 victories from 21 games, relegation was a fact. Pharco's manager Ashri are hoping to lead the team right back to Premier League at the first attempt.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Pharco in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Pharco, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (Al Ittihad wins - draws - Pharco wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Al Ittihad missing players
Pharco missing players
| Al Ittihad | Pharco | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 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% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Ittihad | Last season | Pharco | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 21 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Scored | S | 5 | 19 | ||
| 21 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | ||
| 90% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 81% | ||
| 65% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 57% | ||
| 40% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 29% | ||
| 15% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 35% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 43% | ||
| 45% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | ||
| 30% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 70% | 38% | ||
| 5.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| 34% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 38% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | Coca-Cola | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 42 |
| 3 | Pyramids FC | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Zamalek | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Al Mokawloon | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 32 |
| 7 | Al Masry | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 28 |
| 8 | Pharco | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Smouha | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 27 |
| 11 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | Aswan | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | ENPPI | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -9 | 20 |
| 14 | El Daklyeh | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | National Bank of Egypt | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 17 |
| 16 | El Geish | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 17 |
| 17 | Ismaily | 20 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 16 |
| 18 | Haras El Hodood | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 16 |
