Al Masry greet Pharco as obvious favourites: Full match preview

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Borg El Arab Stadium (20000 seats)

The home advantage belongs to Al Masry in this match vs Pharco, but the away side will fight to the bitter end. Here's our match guide!

Insights:
  • Al Masry have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pharco have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Premier League

There have been little to rest for the hosts, as they played a Premier League fixture only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Coca-Cola.

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Al Masry form and stats

The overall Premier League stats at home this season for Al Masry are 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Al Masry.

The Al Masry manager Hussein and his pawns return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Coca-Cola (placed 2nd).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ghazl El Mehalla that ended 1-1.

Masry are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. Al Masry's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Pharco form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Pharco so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).

Pharco aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 241 league minutes without a goal. Mody was the last player to find the net.

Home advantage was not enough for Pharco in their previous game as they lost hosting ENPPI, 0-1. Late heartbreak for Pharco in the ENPPI match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.

Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Pyramids FC's place.

Low on goals? 12 of this team's most recent 15 league rounds have had two or less goals.

Goals are few and far between in Pharco's away league games. Only {3 goals} from 7 travels. It's not easy to score on Pharco as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Previous two meetings with these sides: Al Masry won one, Pharco triumphed in zero and we saw one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 2 red cards from the last two duels.

Top Goalscorers

Al MasryM. Hamdy
M. Hamdy
4 goals
PharcoR. Hamroune
R. Hamroune
4 goals
MasryM. Abdel Latif
M. Abdel Latif
3 goals

Al Masry missing players

Pharco missing players

Al Masry Pharco
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
4 2 1 Won W 1 1 2
8 3 1 Drew D 1 3 7
3 2 0 Lost L 1 3 6
14 8 2 Scored S 2 3 11
15 9 0 Conceded C 1 6 16
73% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 71% 87%
60% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 43% 60%
40% 57% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 20%
20% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
47% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 47%
47% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 67% 43% 27%
33% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 71% 40%
 
4.9 6 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.6 3.9
4.4 4.7 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.9 5.4
2.5 3.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 0.9 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
8.6 10.1 7 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.1 6.9
3.5 4.4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.9 2.2
26% 26% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 23% 33%
 
7.2 6.1 2 Shots against (avg) S A 7 10.1 9.7
2.9 2.6 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.6 4.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Masry have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Masry have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Pharco have scored away.
  • Al Masry have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Pharco have the fewest scored goals (3) away 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 Al Ahly 15 11 4 0 26 5 8 5 3 0 11 2 7 6 1 0 15 3 21 37
2 Coca-Cola 15 8 7 0 20 11 8 3 5 0 7 4 7 5 2 0 13 7 9 31
3 Pyramids FC 15 9 3 3 24 11 7 6 1 0 16 1 8 3 2 3 8 10 13 30
4 Al Mokawloon 15 7 6 2 20 15 7 4 3 0 10 6 8 3 3 2 10 9 5 27
5 Zamalek 15 7 5 3 23 12 7 4 2 1 13 7 8 3 3 2 10 5 11 26
6 Al Ittihad 15 8 1 6 16 16 8 5 1 2 9 5 7 3 0 4 7 11 0 25
7 Ghazl El Mehalla 15 7 4 4 15 17 8 5 1 2 10 10 7 2 3 2 5 7 -2 25
8 Al Masry 15 4 8 3 14 15 7 2 3 2 8 9 8 2 5 1 6 6 -1 20
9 Aswan 15 5 3 7 14 15 7 3 2 2 6 4 8 2 1 5 8 11 -1 18
10 Ceramica Cleopatra 15 4 5 6 18 19 9 2 4 3 9 12 6 2 1 3 9 7 -1 17
11 Smouha 15 3 7 5 9 13 8 1 3 4 5 10 7 2 4 1 4 3 -4 16
12 El Geish 15 3 6 6 16 22 7 3 2 2 10 11 8 0 4 4 6 11 -6 15
13 Pharco 15 2 7 6 11 16 8 1 4 3 8 10 7 1 3 3 3 6 -5 13
14 El Daklyeh 15 2 7 6 11 18 8 1 3 4 7 12 7 1 4 2 4 6 -7 13
15 ENPPI 15 3 4 8 14 22 7 0 4 3 5 9 8 3 0 5 9 13 -8 13
16 National Bank of Egypt 15 2 6 7 15 20 7 2 2 3 10 10 8 0 4 4 5 10 -5 12
17 Haras El Hodood 15 2 5 8 10 19 7 2 2 3 4 5 8 0 3 5 6 14 -9 11
18 Ismaily 15 1 6 8 9 19 7 0 2 5 2 8 8 1 4 3 7 11 -10 9