Brand new|Fresh|New season, fresh|new potential|opportunities: Here's what you should|need to|must know before the Zamalek - National Bank of Egypt fixture!
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.
Zamalek form and stats
Last season, Zamalek's league statistics were 9 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, results that produced 5th position in the League Cup. During these 20 matches they scored {28 goals} and conceded 19. Performing as the home side in the former season Zamalek produced 5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with {15 goals} and 10 conceded.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Zamalek have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 0 and lost 3.
Zamalek have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Zamalek scored {1 goals-1} and let in {1 goals-2} during these one game.
National Bank of Egypt form and stats
Let's have a look at how National Bank of Egypt performed last season in the League Cup: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 8 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 22 and conceded {31 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 6/16 goals scored/conceded.
National are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the teams met earlier this campaign; Zamalek - National Bank of Egypt 0-3. Previous six meetings between these teams: Zamalek won three, National Bank of Egypt triumphed in one and we saw two draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.
Zamalek missing players
National Bank of Egypt missing players
| Zamalek | National Bank of Egypt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 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% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Zamalek | Last season | National Bank of Egypt | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 9 | Played | P | 11 | 21 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Scored | S | 6 | 22 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 86% | ||
| 75% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 67% | ||
| 50% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 29% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 14% | ||
| 40% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 57% | ||
| 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 14% | ||
| 30% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 64% | 43% | ||
| 5.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 33% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 33% | ||
| 10.8 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 |
