Al Masry fights Al Ahly in Premier League battle

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Tue 27.April
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Borg El Arab Stadium (20000 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Al Masry - Al Ahly!

Insights:
  • Al Masry have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Premier League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Al Masry form and stats

4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Masry, who have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Premier League, so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Al Masry bring valid hopes of a third.

A nice win for Al Masry last time playing, versus El Geish (after extra-time). That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against El Gounah.

The Al Masry fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. Masry are not conceding a lot of goals here at Borg El Arab Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.

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Al Ahly form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Al Ahly, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Momentum is building for Ahly in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Ahly failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Smouha (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Zamalek.

Late heartbreak for Ahly in the Smouha match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.

Ahly have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Ahly's manager P. Mosimane has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Masry victory, one draw and eight Al Ahly wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Al MasryO. Abdel Wahed
O. Abdel Wahed
8 goals
Al AhlyM. Sherif
M. Sherif
6 goals
Al MasryA. Refaat
A. Refaat
4 goals

Al Masry missing players

Al Ahly missing players

Al Masry Al Ahly
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 5 13
7 4 0 Won W 1 3 9
8 3 0 Drew D 1 2 3
3 2 2 Lost L 0 0 1
22 9 1 Scored S 2 6 26
13 5 3 Conceded C 1 1 8
89% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 60% 77%
61% 33% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 77%
33% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 20% 62%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
50% 22% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 20% 46%
44% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 80% 54%
17% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 9 6 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 13 14.4
2.9 2.3 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.8 5.5
42% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 37%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Ahly have not yet lost a game away.
  • Al Ahly have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Premier League
  • Al Masry have the most clean sheets (6) at home 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 Zamalek 16 11 3 2 26 8 7 6 0 1 15 4 9 5 3 1 11 4 18 36
2 Al Ahly 13 9 3 1 26 8 8 6 1 1 20 7 5 3 2 0 6 1 18 30
3 Al Masry 18 7 8 3 22 13 9 4 3 2 9 5 9 3 5 1 13 8 9 29
4 Al Ittihad 17 8 4 5 22 20 9 4 3 2 12 9 8 4 1 3 10 11 2 28
5 Smouha 18 5 12 1 26 18 8 1 6 1 11 8 10 4 6 0 15 10 8 27
6 Pyramids FC 17 6 9 2 23 17 9 3 5 1 12 9 8 3 4 1 11 8 6 27
7 Misr Lel Makasa 17 7 5 5 19 21 9 4 3 2 10 9 8 3 2 3 9 12 -2 26
8 Ceramica Cleopatra 18 6 7 5 22 20 9 3 3 3 11 11 9 3 4 2 11 9 2 25
9 ENPPI 17 6 6 5 19 18 7 3 2 2 11 10 10 3 4 3 8 8 1 24
10 El Gounah 18 6 6 6 20 21 10 5 2 3 15 14 8 1 4 3 5 7 -1 24
11 Ghazl El Mehalla 18 5 9 4 16 18 10 2 6 2 11 12 8 3 3 2 5 6 -2 24
12 Aswan 17 5 5 7 11 21 8 2 2 4 4 9 9 3 3 3 7 12 -10 20
13 Al Mokawloon 18 5 3 10 18 25 9 3 1 5 7 9 9 2 2 5 11 16 -7 18
14 El Geish 18 4 5 9 21 22 9 2 5 2 11 9 9 2 0 7 10 13 -1 17
15 Wadi Degla 19 3 7 9 15 23 10 2 4 4 9 11 9 1 3 5 6 12 -8 16
16 National Bank of Egypt 17 2 8 7 14 20 8 1 4 3 5 6 9 1 4 4 9 14 -6 14
17 Ismaily 18 2 8 8 16 24 9 1 4 4 8 13 9 1 4 4 8 11 -8 14
18 El Entag El Harby 18 2 6 10 13 32 8 1 3 4 3 10 10 1 3 6 10 22 -19 12