It's game day two of the League Cup season and a lot to play for. Read our thorough preview of ENPPI-Ghazl El Mehalla!
It's no vacation for neither ENPPI nor Ghazl El Mehalla 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.
ENPPI form and stats
Last season, ENPPI's league results were 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, providing 11th spot in the Premier League. From these seven matches they scored 8 goals and let in 11. Appearing at home in the last season ENPPI generated 1-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 6 conceded. The last three games played by ENPPI, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Zamalek (placed 5th) on their last time out; the League Cup game ended 0-0.
In the match before that, ENPPI hosted Pyramids FC and drew the Premier League game 1-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for ENPPI as they are travelling to their away game against Ceramica Cleopatra in the League Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Ghazl El Mehalla form and stats
Let's have a look at how Ghazl El Mehalla performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 10 and conceded 11 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 2 and lost 1 with 3/6 goals scored/conceded. The visitors settled for one point in their first League Cup away game of the season. During their previous season 4 away games resulted in 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Ghazl El Mehalla has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to El Geish for a League Cup game that ended a draw (1-1).
Prior to that match, the Ghazl El Mehalla manager Bassiouni faced defeat when travelling to Zamalek and losing 0-4.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Cup trip to Zamalek.
It's early days yet, but Ghazl El Mehalla has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): ENPPI won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Ghazl El Mehalla have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  J. Okoye Ebuka 4 goals |  A. Yehia 3 goals | I. Yehia 2 goals |
ENPPI missing players
Ghazl El Mehalla missing players
| ENPPI | Ghazl El Mehalla | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 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% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| ENPPI | Last season | Ghazl El Mehalla | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 7 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | ||
| 43% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 14% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | ||
| 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | ||
| 71% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | ||
| 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 38% | ||
| 3.7 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 7 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 47% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 40% | ||
| 11 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | El Geish | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | ENPPI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Zamalek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Pharco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 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 |
