It's only the second game in the League Cup for these contenders. and fresh optimism as National Bank of Egypt welcome Smouha. Read this preview!
It's no vacation for neither National Bank of Egypt nor Smouha 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.
National Bank of Egypt form and stats
In the previous season, National Bank of Egypt's league statistics were 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, results that produced 8th position in the Premier League. Over these seven matches they scored 8 goals and gave away 5. Playing as the host team in the former season National Bank of Egypt managed 3-0-0 (win-draw-lost) with 6 goals and 1 conceded. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for National Bank of Egypt, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
In their previous game, the manager Galal led his National Bank of Egypt to a defeat in the League Cup match away at Al Mokawloon. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here.
Before that, National played out a Premier League draw 1-1 when visiting Ghazl El Mehalla.National Bank of Egypt are traveling soon after this match as the League Cup match at Ismaily awaits in four days.
Smouha form and stats
Let's have a look at how Smouha performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 12 and conceded 10 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 2 and lost 1 with 2/5 goals scored/conceded.
The manager Samy was unhappy after their last game, a League Cup match played at their home ground Alexandria Stadium. Smouha suffered a 0-1 loss to Ismaily (placed 2nd).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus El Geish in the Premier League.A quick return to home after this game, as Smouha are hosting El Gounah in the League Cup only four days away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero National Bank of Egypt victories, two draws and zero Smouha wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Helal 5 goals |  S. Ougola 3 goals |
National Bank of Egypt missing players
Smouha missing players
| National Bank of Egypt | Smouha | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| National Bank of Egypt | Last season | Smouha | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | ||
| 57% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | ||
| 29% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 29% | ||
| 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | ||
| 29% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 43% | ||
| 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 14% | ||
| 3.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.6 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | ||
| 32% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 50% | ||
| 9.9 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | 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 |
