Premier League preview: Can Al Masry edge out victory against Eastern Company SC?

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Tue 26.July
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Borg El Arab Stadium (20000 seats)

The home supporters plan for a win and three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use against a stumbling visitor. Al Masry are in 10th position while the guesting Eastern Company SC panic at 17th.

Insights:
  • Eastern Company SC have the most conceded goals (47) in Premier League

There have been limited time to rest for the home side, as they performed in a Premier League fixture only four days ago. That game was an away game at Ceramica Cleopatra, so at least Al Masry are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Al Masry form and stats

3 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Al Masry have to build on here at Borg El Arab Stadium in the Premier League.

A good away victory last time out for Al Masry, who won 4-1 against Ceramica Cleopatra (placed 9th).

Before that, Masry played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Al Ittihad.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Al Masry handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

There will be little rest for Al Masry after this match as they are travelling to ENPPI for a Premier League game in only four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Masry here at Borg El Arab Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 13 games). Al Masry's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Eastern Company SC form and stats

Eastern Company SC have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-4-6 (12 played).

Eastern played 2-2 against Al Ittihad in their previous match. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Al Ittihad. Eastern Company SC were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Mayhoub scoring the equalizer.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Pharco that ended 1-1.

Eastern 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 3 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's last 12 league fixtures.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Eastern Company SC's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Eastern Company SC - Al Masry 2-2 was the output when these two teams formerly did battle, also in this season. Statistics for the previous three meetings involving these two squads are: one win for Masry, one draw and one win for Eastern Company SC. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game. Grendo loves to play against Eastern Company SC and have scored 3 goals in these matches.

Al Masry missing players

Eastern Company SC missing players

Al Masry Eastern Company SC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 12 26
7 3 2 Won W 1 2 4
10 6 1 Drew D 2 4 9
9 4 1 Lost L 1 6 13
31 12 5 Scored S 5 10 24
31 15 5 Conceded C 5 20 47
88% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
65% 54% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 81%
42% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 58%
31% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 27%
12% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 15%
54% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 58% 58%
31% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 12%
27% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 42% 38%
 
5 5.5 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4 4
3.1 2.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.4 4.5
2.3 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.8 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.1 10.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 7.4 8.1
3.3 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 2.8 2.9
34% 23% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 32%
 
9.1 8.2 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 10.9 10.2
4.1 4.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.5 4.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Eastern Company SC have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Premier League
  • Eastern Company SC have the most conceded goals (47) in Premier League
  • Eastern Company SC have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) 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 25 18 3 4 44 25 12 7 2 3 21 16 13 11 1 1 23 9 19 57
2 Pyramids FC 25 16 5 4 40 17 13 9 2 2 21 6 12 7 3 2 19 11 23 53
3 Al Ahly 23 14 6 3 48 20 11 9 2 0 26 5 12 5 4 3 22 15 28 48
4 Coca-Cola 26 12 6 8 41 28 12 6 3 3 20 13 14 6 3 5 21 15 13 42
5 Smouha 25 10 9 6 36 32 12 8 2 2 21 12 13 2 7 4 15 20 4 39
6 El Geish 26 9 11 6 19 21 14 6 6 2 13 10 12 3 5 4 6 11 -2 38
7 National Bank of Egypt 26 9 10 7 31 29 13 6 3 4 15 13 13 3 7 3 16 16 2 37
8 Pharco 26 8 11 7 19 17 13 5 4 4 11 11 13 3 7 3 8 6 2 35
9 Ceramica Cleopatra 26 7 11 8 31 31 13 5 5 3 21 17 13 2 6 5 10 14 0 32
10 Al Masry 26 7 10 9 31 31 13 3 6 4 12 15 13 4 4 5 19 16 0 31
11 ENPPI 26 6 12 8 30 32 14 2 7 5 15 19 12 4 5 3 15 13 -2 30
12 Al Ittihad 26 7 9 10 32 42 13 5 4 4 19 19 13 2 5 6 13 23 -10 30
13 Ismaily 24 6 8 10 20 27 12 3 5 4 8 13 12 3 3 6 12 14 -7 26
14 El Gounah 25 7 5 13 24 32 13 4 3 6 12 16 12 3 2 7 12 16 -8 26
15 Ghazl El Mehalla 26 5 11 10 21 31 12 3 6 3 12 11 14 2 5 7 9 20 -10 26
16 Al Mokawloon 25 4 11 10 21 27 12 2 7 3 10 12 13 2 4 7 11 15 -6 23
17 Eastern Company SC 26 4 9 13 24 47 14 2 5 7 14 27 12 2 4 6 10 20 -23 21
18 Misr Lel Makasa 26 2 9 15 11 34 13 1 6 6 4 13 13 1 3 9 7 21 -23 15