Moving nearer to the top teams is on the list when these two mid-table teams fight it out. Both will be targeting to strenghten their league status, Al Ittihad in 8th and National Bank of Egypt in 11th place.
- National Bank of Egypt have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Premier League
These are hustling days for the home side, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Zamalek, so at least Al Ittihad are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Al Ittihad form and stats
Al Ittihad have played 14 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-2-5 (wins-draws-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Al Ittihad with their four defeats in a row. Not since the ENPPI game, 24 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Ittihad are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Zamalek. The match result 1-2 has occurred to the home side three league matches in a row! Ghandour (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.01/10. Ghandour scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 48 total).
Ahead of that match, Al Ittihad lost 1-2 at home to Pyramids FC.Ittihad are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. Al Ittihad have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
National Bank of Egypt form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for National Bank of Egypt so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-9 (win-draw-lose).
National are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the game against El Daklyeh (placed 17th). The attacker Faisal got a match rating of 8.74 in that game. Faisal scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Aswan at their stadium, the result 2-1.Many goals are not expected from the visiting National Bank of Egypt as they have only managed to score 10 times from 15 away games in the league. National Bank of Egypt have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Ittihad have won at least one point in the last 5 games (3-2-0) versus National Bank of Egypt.The duelists have battled before this season: National Bank of Egypt - Al Ittihad 2-3.
Al Ittihad missing players
National Bank of Egypt missing players
| Al Ittihad | National Bank of Egypt | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 33 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 34 |
| 35 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 37 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 87% | 87% |
| 66% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | 67% |
| 45% | 36% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 47% |
| 17% | 14% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 23% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 41% | 43% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 47% | 53% |
| 34% | 43% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 13% | 23% |
| 34% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 53% | 37% |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 5.3 | 4.9 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.1 | 4.6 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.4 | 11.4 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.7 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
| 31% | 29% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | 33% |
| 9.6 | 9.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
- National Bank of Egypt have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- National Bank of Egypt have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Premier League
| 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 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 27 | 64 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 38 | 62 |
| 3 | Coca-Cola | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 57 |
| 4 | Zamalek | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 53 |
| 5 | Al Mokawloon | 31 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 43 |
| 6 | Pharco | 31 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 41 |
| 7 | Al Masry | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 41 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 23 | -2 | 40 |
| 9 | ENPPI | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 22 | -7 | 39 |
| 10 | Smouha | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -6 | 36 |
| 11 | National Bank of Egypt | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -3 | 34 |
| 12 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 31 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 33 |
| 13 | Ismaily | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -6 | 33 |
| 14 | El Geish | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -11 | 32 |
| 15 | Aswan | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 19 | -11 | 32 |
| 16 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -18 | 32 |
| 17 | El Daklyeh | 31 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 27 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -13 | 29 |
| 18 | Haras El Hodood | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 24 | -22 | 20 |
