Betting preview: Al Ittihad vs Smouha should be interesting

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Fri 14.April
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandria Stadium (20000 seats)

Al Ittihad prepare for this following their 2-3 result versus Pharco, a fixture they learned a lot from. Will they show it against Smouha?

Insights:
  • Al Ittihad have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Premier League
  • Smouha have won significantly less corners away then at home.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

These are hectic days for the team playing at home, as they played only four days ago in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Pharco.

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Al Ittihad form and stats

All-inclusive Premier League results at home this season for Al Ittihad are 6-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Al Ittihad to get some points in this home game.

In their previous game, the manager Manojlovic led his Ittihad to a defeat away at Pharco. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Alexandria Stadium.

Ahead of that match, Al Ittihad lost 0-1 at home to Coca-Cola.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Al Ittihad have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 6 and lost 2.

The Al Ittihad fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. Ittihad have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Smouha form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Smouha have produced an overall stat of 4-6-1 so far.

Smouha had fun at their own home (Alexandria Stadium) last time out, beating El Daklyeh 4-3. Boateng (2), Hassan and Awujoola scored. A stark raving crazy fixture with masses of goals last time out for Smouha, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that fun game, will this game be as exciting? World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Samy when Awujoola scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 38th minute.

A 1-1 draw at Aswan's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Smouha playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 Smouha wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Ahly in just three days.

The attacking power of Smouha when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the sides faced each other earlier this season; Smouha - Al Ittihad 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Al Ittihad victories, six draws and two Smouha wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Al Ittihad missing players

Smouha missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Ittihad Smouha
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 4 11 24
11 6 2 Won W 1 4 7
3 2 0 Drew D 2 6 10
9 3 2 Lost L 1 1 7
27 12 3 Scored S 2 10 25
27 7 4 Conceded C 3 6 26
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 73% 79%
65% 55% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 55% 71%
39% 18% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 9% 33%
17% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 17%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
35% 27% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 27% 46%
39% 55% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 64% 42%
35% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 33%
 
5.1 4.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 5.3
5.5 5.3 8.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.2 4.3
1.3 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 1.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 12 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.4 8.5
3.7 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.5 3.3
31% 27% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 37% 32%
 
9.1 8.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 7 7.3
3.6 3.5 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.2 2.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Ittihad have the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Premier League
  • Smouha have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coca-Cola 23 13 9 1 29 14 11 5 6 0 11 4 12 8 3 1 18 10 15 48
2 Al Ahly 19 14 5 0 35 7 11 7 4 0 17 4 8 7 1 0 18 3 28 47
3 Pyramids FC 22 11 7 4 30 16 10 7 3 0 20 4 12 4 4 4 10 12 14 40
4 Zamalek 23 11 6 6 34 22 10 6 2 2 16 10 13 5 4 4 18 12 12 39
5 Al Ittihad 23 11 3 9 27 27 11 6 2 3 12 7 12 5 1 6 15 20 0 36
6 Al Mokawloon 25 8 11 6 26 22 12 4 7 1 10 7 13 4 4 5 16 15 4 35
7 Al Masry 24 8 11 5 23 24 12 5 4 3 14 13 12 3 7 2 9 11 -1 35
8 Pharco 24 7 11 6 22 20 13 5 5 3 17 13 11 2 6 3 5 7 2 32
9 Smouha 24 7 10 7 25 26 13 3 4 6 15 20 11 4 6 1 10 6 -1 31
10 Ghazl El Mehalla 24 8 6 10 23 33 13 6 1 6 14 18 11 2 5 4 9 15 -10 30
11 Ceramica Cleopatra 24 6 11 7 27 25 13 4 5 4 14 14 11 2 6 3 13 11 2 29
12 ENPPI 25 8 5 12 25 33 12 2 5 5 10 15 13 6 0 7 15 18 -8 29
13 Aswan 24 7 7 10 23 28 12 3 5 4 11 13 12 4 2 6 12 15 -5 28
14 Ismaily 23 4 11 8 21 25 12 2 5 5 10 12 11 2 6 3 11 13 -4 23
15 El Daklyeh 24 4 10 10 21 31 13 2 5 6 11 17 11 2 5 4 10 14 -10 22
16 El Geish 21 3 8 10 21 31 10 3 2 5 13 17 11 0 6 5 8 14 -10 17
17 National Bank of Egypt 23 3 8 12 23 34 10 3 4 3 16 15 13 0 4 9 7 19 -11 17
18 Haras El Hodood 23 3 7 13 12 29 11 2 4 5 4 9 12 1 3 8 8 20 -17 16

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 Coca-Cola 23 13 9 1 29 14 11 5 6 0 11 4 12 8 3 1 18 10 15 48
2 Al Ahly 19 14 5 0 35 7 11 7 4 0 17 4 8 7 1 0 18 3 28 47
3 Pyramids FC 22 11 7 4 30 16 10 7 3 0 20 4 12 4 4 4 10 12 14 40
4 Zamalek 23 11 6 6 34 22 10 6 2 2 16 10 13 5 4 4 18 12 12 39
5 Al Ittihad 23 11 3 9 27 27 11 6 2 3 12 7 12 5 1 6 15 20 0 36
6 Al Mokawloon 25 8 11 6 26 22 12 4 7 1 10 7 13 4 4 5 16 15 4 35
7 Al Masry 24 8 11 5 23 24 12 5 4 3 14 13 12 3 7 2 9 11 -1 35
8 Pharco 24 7 11 6 22 20 13 5 5 3 17 13 11 2 6 3 5 7 2 32
9 Smouha 24 7 10 7 25 26 13 3 4 6 15 20 11 4 6 1 10 6 -1 31
10 Ghazl El Mehalla 24 8 6 10 23 33 13 6 1 6 14 18 11 2 5 4 9 15 -10 30
11 Ceramica Cleopatra 24 6 11 7 27 25 13 4 5 4 14 14 11 2 6 3 13 11 2 29
12 ENPPI 25 8 5 12 25 33 12 2 5 5 10 15 13 6 0 7 15 18 -8 29
13 Aswan 24 7 7 10 23 28 12 3 5 4 11 13 12 4 2 6 12 15 -5 28
14 Ismaily 23 4 11 8 21 25 12 2 5 5 10 12 11 2 6 3 11 13 -4 23
15 El Daklyeh 24 4 10 10 21 31 13 2 5 6 11 17 11 2 5 4 10 14 -10 22
16 El Geish 21 3 8 10 21 31 10 3 2 5 13 17 11 0 6 5 8 14 -10 17
17 National Bank of Egypt 23 3 8 12 23 34 10 3 4 3 16 15 13 0 4 9 7 19 -11 17
18 Haras El Hodood 23 3 7 13 12 29 11 2 4 5 4 9 12 1 3 8 8 20 -17 16

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