The Al Masry & Smouha bosses A. Maher and A. Samy are both fearful of and eagerly anticipating this vital game in the top area of the Premier League standings.
- Al Masry have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Premier League
- Smouha have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Premier League
It's no vacation for neither Masry nor Smouha as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Masry are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Smouha most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Al Masry form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Al Masry, who have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Premier League, at their home stadium (Borg El Arab Stadium) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Happy days for Masry in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Pyramids FC (placed 5th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of A. Maher when Islam Ateia scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 38th minute.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Al Mokawloon in a game that was won 3-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Al Masry have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn four and lost three.
Masry are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Al Ahly awaits in four days.
The Masry fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 15 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 13 from 15 matches.
Smouha form and stats
5 wins, 9 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Smouha playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Ahmed Gamal, Mostafa Fathy (2) and Ahmed Hamdi scored in Smouha's previous match, the home game against El Geish that ended 4-2. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Smouha, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
A 0-0 draw at ENPPI's stadium before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Smouha in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Smouha, seven draws and two defeats.
After this away game Smouha return home for a Premier League game against El Gounah. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Smouha find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Smouha have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Smouha - Masry 1-1 was the story when these participants last met, earlier this season. Al Masry-Smouha H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Masry four wins, Smouha two wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  O. Abdel Wahed 12 goals |  M. Fathi 12 goals | H. Hassan 8 goals |
Al Masry missing players
Smouha missing players
| Al Masry | Smouha | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 41 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 22 | 47 |
| 30 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 39 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 67% | 47% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 47% | 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 47% | 53% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 30% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 57% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 80% | 73% |
| 37% | 53% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 17% |
| 17% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 17% |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 4 | 2.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.5 | 8.9 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 7.8 | 8.3 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 45% | 41% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 44% | 39% |
- Al Masry have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Premier League
- Al Masry have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Smouha have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) 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 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 34 | 67 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 29 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 61 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 38 | 65 |
| 3 | Al Masry | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 49 |
| 4 | Smouha | 30 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 47 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 44 |
| 5 | Pyramids FC | 30 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 42 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 43 |
| 6 | Al Ittihad | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 42 |
| 7 | ENPPI | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 39 |
| 8 | El Geish | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 38 |
| 9 | El Gounah | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 31 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 37 |
| 10 | Misr Lel Makasa | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -9 | 37 |
| 11 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 37 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 22 | -3 | 36 |
| 12 | Ismaily | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 34 |
| 13 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 33 |
| 14 | Al Mokawloon | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -11 | 32 |
| 15 | National Bank of Egypt | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -7 | 29 |
| 16 | Aswan | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -26 | 27 |
| 17 | Wadi Degla | 30 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 27 | 37 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -10 | 25 |
| 18 | El Entag El Harby | 29 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 55 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 32 | -26 | 20 |