It's advantage Al Ittihad so far with their 3rd position in the Premier League table, welcoming Smouha who are placed 8th.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Arab Club Championship. That game was an away game at Ismaily, so at least Al Ittihad are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Ittihad form and stats
3 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Al Ittihad have to build on here in the Premier League.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Ismaily (placed 10th) on their last time out; the Arab Club Championship game ended 0-0. Before that match, a Premier League win away at El Geish.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Al Ittihad handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D3-L0.
The Al Ittihad fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Al Ittihad have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Smouha form and stats
There's been little loot from Smouha's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Premier League. Smouha only have 0 wins to counter their 1 defeat and 6 draws.
There were no winners in Smouha's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 vs Ismaily (placed 10th). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Haras El Hodood.
Smouha are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of three matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Smouha as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. Smouha have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Al Ittihad-Smouha H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Ittihad 2 wins, Smouha 3 wins, 5 draws. 1 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Kamar 14 goals |   A. Farid 8 goals |  H. Hassan 8 goals |
Al Ittihad missing players
Smouha missing players
| Al Ittihad | Smouha | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 57% | 79% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 64% |
| 36% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 43% | 50% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 29% | 21% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 29% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 64% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 29% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 29% |
| 4.4 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8.8 | 6.9 | 6.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | 49 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 43 | 95 |
| 38 | 21 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 11 | 29 |
| 32% | 24% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | 48% |
- Smouha have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Smouha 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 | Al Ahly | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 33 | 36 |
| 2 | Al Mokawloon | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Al Ittihad | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | Zamalek | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Pyramids FC | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | El Entag El Harby | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | ENPPI | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Smouha | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Haras El Hodood | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Ismaily | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | Al Masry | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 12 | Wadi Degla | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -6 | 13 |
| 13 | Tanta | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 13 |
| 14 | El Gounah | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 12 |
| 15 | Misr Lel Makasa | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | El Geish | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 17 | Masr | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 11 |
| 18 | Aswan | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -11 | 9 |