Betting preview: Al Ittihad vs El Geish should be interesting

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Sun 04.October
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandria Stadium (20000 seats)

Al Ittihad and El Geish have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Premier League.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Relegation threatens Ittihad who should definitely be looking for some points here. Geish are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Al Ittihad form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Al Ittihad at their home stadium (Alexandria Stadium) is 3 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats. With nine home Premier League games in a row without a win, the Ittihad fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Masr game long ago, can be stopped today.

Stress levels are on the rise for Ittihad's attacking players as they have now played 210 minutes without scoring in a league game. Karim El Deeb was their last goal scorer.

Ittihad lost their last game at Pyramids FC (placed 3rd) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against ENPPI with the scoreline 0-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Ittihad perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Ittihad as a small favourite), we find six games. Al Ittihad has won one of these, drawn two and lost three.

Al Ittihad aren't scoring a lot here at Alexandria Stadium in the league, with only 12 goals from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Ittihad have conceded only 13 goals.

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El Geish form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for El Geish so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 2-8-5 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Geish, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Amr Gamal was the last player to score for the away team. Geish haven't scored a league goal in the last 231 minutes.

Geish failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Ismaily (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 0-1. A 0-0 draw at Haras El Hodood's stadium before that.

Geish were so close to getting something from the game against Ismaily, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by El Geish in our archives, and the results are: one win for El Geish, four draws and seven defeats.

The attacking power of El Geish when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 15 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. El Geish have conceded 17 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

El Geish - Al Ittihad 0-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ittihad won four games, four matches ended with a draw and El Geish has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Al Ittihad missing players

El Geish missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Ittihad El Geish
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 4 15 30
8 3 1 Won W 1 2 7
14 7 0 Drew D 2 8 13
7 4 2 Lost L 1 5 10
28 12 4 Scored S 4 12 28
27 13 4 Conceded C 4 17 32
83% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 80%
59% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 57%
28% 21% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 37%
17% 7% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 20%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
45% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 53% 40%
34% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 33%
38% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 47%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.2 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
197 103 11 Total Shots T S 35 121 278
76 39 3 Shots on Target S O 13 48 114
32% 23% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 25% 25%

  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 30 25 4 1 67 8 15 13 2 0 37 2 15 12 2 1 30 6 59 79
2 Zamalek 31 19 7 5 45 25 15 13 2 0 25 7 16 6 5 5 20 18 20 64
3 Pyramids FC 31 18 6 7 51 31 15 8 3 4 24 13 16 10 3 3 27 18 20 60
4 Al Mokawloon 30 15 7 8 41 27 16 9 4 3 28 15 14 6 3 5 13 12 14 52
5 ENPPI 31 11 12 8 31 28 15 7 6 2 13 8 16 4 6 6 18 20 3 45
6 Smouha 31 9 17 5 40 32 15 7 4 4 24 17 16 2 13 1 16 15 8 44
7 Misr Lel Makasa 31 10 10 11 40 38 16 6 4 6 22 20 15 4 6 5 18 18 2 40
8 Al Ittihad 29 8 14 7 28 27 14 3 7 4 12 13 15 5 7 3 16 14 1 38
9 El Entag El Harby 30 9 10 11 30 36 15 4 5 6 15 17 15 5 5 5 15 19 -6 37
10 Ismaily 30 9 8 13 32 41 16 4 6 6 20 21 14 5 2 7 12 20 -9 35
11 El Geish 30 7 13 10 28 32 15 5 5 5 16 15 15 2 8 5 12 17 -4 34
12 Aswan 31 8 10 13 34 42 15 5 4 6 20 22 16 3 6 7 14 20 -8 34
13 Wadi Degla 31 8 10 13 31 39 16 3 6 7 12 22 15 5 4 6 19 17 -8 34
14 El Gounah 31 9 7 15 29 41 15 7 2 6 14 16 16 2 5 9 15 25 -12 34
15 Al Masry 29 8 9 12 26 32 15 2 7 6 14 19 14 6 2 6 12 13 -6 33
16 Haras El Hodood 31 6 12 13 27 36 16 2 8 6 15 21 15 4 4 7 12 15 -9 30
17 Masr 30 3 12 15 18 50 15 2 8 5 11 17 15 1 4 10 7 33 -32 21
18 Tanta 31 2 12 17 17 50 15 1 7 7 10 18 16 1 5 10 7 32 -33 18

Table
  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 30 25 4 1 67 8 15 13 2 0 37 2 15 12 2 1 30 6 59 79
2 Zamalek 31 19 7 5 45 25 15 13 2 0 25 7 16 6 5 5 20 18 20 64
3 Pyramids FC 31 18 6 7 51 31 15 8 3 4 24 13 16 10 3 3 27 18 20 60
4 Al Mokawloon 30 15 7 8 41 27 16 9 4 3 28 15 14 6 3 5 13 12 14 52
5 ENPPI 31 11 12 8 31 28 15 7 6 2 13 8 16 4 6 6 18 20 3 45
6 Smouha 31 9 17 5 40 32 15 7 4 4 24 17 16 2 13 1 16 15 8 44
7 Misr Lel Makasa 31 10 10 11 40 38 16 6 4 6 22 20 15 4 6 5 18 18 2 40
8 Al Ittihad 29 8 14 7 28 27 14 3 7 4 12 13 15 5 7 3 16 14 1 38
9 El Entag El Harby 30 9 10 11 30 36 15 4 5 6 15 17 15 5 5 5 15 19 -6 37
10 Ismaily 30 9 8 13 32 41 16 4 6 6 20 21 14 5 2 7 12 20 -9 35
11 El Geish 30 7 13 10 28 32 15 5 5 5 16 15 15 2 8 5 12 17 -4 34
12 Aswan 31 8 10 13 34 42 15 5 4 6 20 22 16 3 6 7 14 20 -8 34
13 Wadi Degla 31 8 10 13 31 39 16 3 6 7 12 22 15 5 4 6 19 17 -8 34
14 El Gounah 31 9 7 15 29 41 15 7 2 6 14 16 16 2 5 9 15 25 -12 34
15 Al Masry 29 8 9 12 26 32 15 2 7 6 14 19 14 6 2 6 12 13 -6 33
16 Haras El Hodood 31 6 12 13 27 36 16 2 8 6 15 21 15 4 4 7 12 15 -9 30
17 Masr 30 3 12 15 18 50 15 2 8 5 11 17 15 1 4 10 7 33 -32 21
18 Tanta 31 2 12 17 17 50 15 1 7 7 10 18 16 1 5 10 7 32 -33 18

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