The fresh new season is about to kick off and the followers are tingling with anticipation. It’s a new beginning as Ghazl El Mehalla greet Ismaily for the opening match at El Mahalla Stadium. Keep reading!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Ghazl El Mehalla form and stats
Disaster struck Mehalla last season as they could not defend their status as a Premier League team. With 8 defeats from 21 games, and only 7 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Ghazl El Mehalla are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W5 D1 L5.
Ismaily form and stats
The last season was not a pleasant experience for Ismaily as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 2 victories from 20 games, relegation was a fact. Ismaily's manager Gamal are hoping to lead the team right back to Premier League at the first attempt.
Head 2 Head
Ghazl El Mehalla have avoided defeat in the last 5 games (1-4-0) against Ismaily.Ghazl El Mehalla missing players
Ismaily missing players
| Ghazl El Mehalla | Ismaily | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 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% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ghazl El Mehalla | Last season | Ismaily | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Scored | S | 8 | 14 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 90% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 75% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 30% | ||
| 14% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 15% | ||
| 5% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 55% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 25% | ||
| 33% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 45% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.9 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | ||
| 11.4 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3 | ||
| 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 |
