Both these contenders are in good shape, El Geish having a 12 point lead on Al Masry in the league table. Get this show on the road!
- El Geish have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
El Geish could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago.
Al Masry form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Al Masry at their home stadium (Borg El Arab Stadium) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.
An away draw last time out for Al Masry, facing ENPPI in a game that ended 1-1.
Before that game, the home loss against Eastern Company SC with the scoreline 1-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Al Masry perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Al Masry as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Al Masry has won 6 of these, drawn 8 and lost 3.
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 (13 from 14 games). 17 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
El Geish form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, El Geish have produced an overall stat of 4-5-4 so far.
El Geish won their last game, 2-1 versus Al Ittihad played at home. Mohamed came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Al Ittihad last time out, making the manager Ashri feel like a tactical genius.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Pharco.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by El Geish in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Geish, 6 draws and 4 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 18 of this side's latest 22 league matches have contained two goals or less.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Eastern Company SC in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting El Geish as they have only managed to score 7 times from 13 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Geish as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head meeting ended El Geish - Al Masry 1-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Masry four wins, five draws and El Geish one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.
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| Al Masry | El Geish | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 33 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 34 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 89% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 77% | 82% |
| 68% | 57% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 38% | 39% |
| 43% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 23% | 21% |
| 29% | 29% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 11% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 57% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 23% | 29% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 54% | 54% |
| 25% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 46% | 36% |
| 5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9.3 | 10.6 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 7.5 | 7.8 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 33% | 25% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 22% | 26% |
| 9.1 | 8.3 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9.8 | 9.1 |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
- El Geish have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Zamalek | 28 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 25 | 66 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 25 | 59 |
| 3 | Al Ahly | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 51 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 31 | 55 |
| 4 | Coca-Cola | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 45 |
| 5 | El Geish | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 44 |
| 6 | Smouha | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 40 |
| 7 | National Bank of Egypt | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 8 | Pharco | 27 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 35 |
| 9 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 33 |
| 10 | Al Ittihad | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -10 | 33 |
| 11 | Al Masry | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | -1 | 32 |
| 12 | Ismaily | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | -7 | 32 |
| 13 | ENPPI | 28 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | -3 | 31 |
| 14 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 28 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -9 | 30 |
| 15 | El Gounah | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | -13 | 27 |
| 16 | Eastern Company SC | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 48 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -21 | 27 |
| 17 | Al Mokawloon | 28 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 18 | Misr Lel Makasa | 28 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 36 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 22 | -25 | 15 |
