It's fixture two of the League Cup season and everything to play for. Don't miss our full preview of Ismaily-Al Ahly!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ismaily form and stats
In the previous season, Ismaily's league stats were 0 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, results that produced 17th position in the Premier League. During these seven matches they scored 3 goals and let in 12. Appearing at home in the last season Ismaily produced 0-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 0 goals and 6 conceded. Ismaily are slowly digging their own grave here at Borg El Arab Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Ghazl El Mehalla match.
A good away victory last time out for Ismaily, who won 1-0 against Smouha (placed 6th).
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Smouha.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ismaily, as the League Cup home game vs National Bank of Egypt is only four days away.
Al Ahly form and stats
Let's have a look at how Al Ahly performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In total they scored 19 and conceded 7 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 0 with 13/6 goals scored/conceded. In general it has been a productive period now for Ahly as they haven't lost any of their last 25 games.
Al Ahly played 0-0 against El Gounah in their previous match.
A 1-1 draw at Coca-Cola's stadium before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Mokawloon in just four days.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - four - six (Ismaily wins - draws - Al Ahly wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
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| Ismaily | Al Ahly | ||||||
| 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 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 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% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ismaily | Last season | Al Ahly | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 7 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 13 | 19 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 7 | ||
| 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | ||
| 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 57% | ||
| 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 57% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 43% | ||
| 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 57% | ||
| 14% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 43% | ||
| 57% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 3.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 6.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3 | ||
| 1.7 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.1 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 13.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.1 | ||
| 16% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 59% | 44% | ||
| 8.3 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Mokawloon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Ismaily | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Al Ahly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | El Gounah | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | National Bank of Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | Smouha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 |