Evenly matched teams: Al Ittihad vs El Geish match preview

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Mon 28.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Borg El Arab Stadium (20000 seats)

Al Ittihad have accomplished 2 home triumphs up until now, El Geish have won 0 away. Which team betters their standings in this one?

Insights:
  • Al Ittihad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • El Geish have yet to win a game away.

Al Ittihad and El Geish should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Al Ittihad form and stats

2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Ittihad so far this season. Ittihad has four consecutive draws when playing at home, an interesting stat.

In their previous game, the manager Hussein led his Al Ittihad to a defeat away at ENPPI. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Borg El Arab Stadium.

In the match before that, Ittihad hosted Eastern Company SC and drew the game 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Al 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 15 games. Al Ittihad has won five of these, drawn five and lost five.

Ittihad have conceded 9 from these games.

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El Geish form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

El Geish have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Mohamed Bassam. It's been 256 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.

El Geish had fun at their own home (Borg El Arab Stadium) last time out, beating Pharco 1-0. Beniangba scored.

Before that, El Geish travelled to Misr Lel Makasa and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Geish playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were two El Geish wins, six draws and six defeats.

Goals are few and far between in El Geish's away league games. Only 1 goal from 5 travels. As for defending, El Geish rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 8 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these participants: Ittihad won three, El Geish triumphed in two and we saw five draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Al IttihadC. Paciencia Mabululo
C. Paciencia Mabululo
5 goals
Al IttihadK. El Deeb
K. El Deeb
4 goals
Al IttihadM. Abdel Hamid
M. Abdel Hamid
1 goals

Al Ittihad missing players

El Geish missing players

Al Ittihad El Geish
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 0 5 10
3 2 0 Won W 0 0 2
4 2 1 Drew D 0 2 3
3 1 0 Lost L 0 3 5
15 10 1 Scored S 0 1 3
17 9 1 Conceded C 0 8 11
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 80%
60% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 40%
50% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 20%
30% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 10%
30% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 40%
30% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 80% 70%
 
5.2 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 6.9
3.5 3.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.6 3.4
1.8 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.6 9.4 8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.2 9
4 4.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.6 2.5
38% 45% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 8% 12%
 
9.6 8.8 4 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8.8 8.3
3.7 3.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.8 2.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Ittihad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Ittihad have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Al Ittihad have scored more than double the goals of El Geish.
  • Al Ittihad haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • El Geish have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • El Geish have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • El Geish have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • El Geish have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pyramids FC 9 7 2 0 18 5 5 5 0 0 12 1 4 2 2 0 6 4 13 23
2 Al Ahly 8 7 1 0 23 7 4 4 0 0 10 1 4 3 1 0 13 6 16 22
3 Smouha 11 6 4 1 18 11 6 5 1 0 14 5 5 1 3 1 4 6 7 22
4 Zamalek 9 6 1 2 17 9 3 1 1 1 8 6 6 5 0 1 9 3 8 19
5 Al Masry 10 3 6 1 14 10 5 1 3 1 6 6 5 2 3 0 8 4 4 15
6 Coca-Cola 10 4 3 3 13 9 6 3 2 1 7 4 4 1 1 2 6 5 4 15
7 Pharco 10 5 0 5 10 7 5 3 0 2 5 3 5 2 0 3 5 4 3 15
8 El Gounah 9 4 2 3 7 8 4 1 2 1 3 5 5 3 0 2 4 3 -1 14
9 Al Ittihad 10 3 4 3 15 17 5 2 2 1 10 9 5 1 2 2 5 8 -2 13
10 ENPPI 10 3 4 3 9 12 6 2 3 1 6 6 4 1 1 2 3 6 -3 13
11 Ceramica Cleopatra 10 2 6 2 11 11 5 2 2 1 5 4 5 0 4 1 6 7 0 12
12 Ghazl El Mehalla 11 2 6 3 11 14 5 1 3 1 8 6 6 1 3 2 3 8 -3 12
13 National Bank of Egypt 10 3 2 5 9 10 5 3 0 2 7 4 5 0 2 3 2 6 -1 11
14 El Geish 10 2 3 5 3 11 5 2 1 2 2 3 5 0 2 3 1 8 -8 9
15 Al Mokawloon 11 1 5 5 10 14 5 1 3 1 4 4 6 0 2 4 6 10 -4 8
16 Misr Lel Makasa 10 1 5 4 5 11 5 1 4 0 2 0 5 0 1 4 3 11 -6 8
17 Ismaily 10 0 3 7 3 14 5 0 2 3 0 7 5 0 1 4 3 7 -11 3
18 Eastern Company SC 10 0 3 7 6 22 5 0 1 4 5 14 5 0 2 3 1 8 -16 3