Soccer betting preview: Al Masry welcomes Zamalek in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Tue 04.April
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Borg El Arab Stadium (20000 seats)

Both these teams are capable of winning this one, Zamalek having a 5 point advantage on Al Masry in the standings. Let's start!

Insights:
  • Al Masry have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zamalek have won significantly more corners away than at home.

Zamalek could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a CAF Champions League game only four sleeps ago.

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Al Masry form and stats

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

Al Masry's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus El Geish (placed 17th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The victory against El Geish came after Yehia's winning goal. The Masry manager Hussein was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute.

A strong away win before that one, visiting ENPPI and winning 2-1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Al Masry, as the Premier League home game vs Haras El Hodood is only three days away.

11 goals have been conceded.

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Zamalek form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Zamalek have produced an overall stat of 4-4-3 so far.

Zamalek have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 228 minutes ago. Zizo was the goal scorer.

The followers enjoyed Zamalek's previous game versus Al Merreikh, a CAF Champions League win (4-3) played at home.

A loss against National Bank of Egypt was the result prior to that, in a League Cup home game.

Zamalek have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Zamalek as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Zamalek have put together a streak of 8 consecutive games without losing (6-2-0) when facing Al Masry.

Zamalek - Al Masry 2-2 was the score in these sides' latest h2h fixture, played this season. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Al Masry missing players

Zamalek missing players

Al Masry Zamalek
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 5 11 20
6 3 1 Won W 2 4 9
10 4 2 Drew D 0 4 6
5 3 0 Lost L 3 3 5
19 10 4 Scored S 7 13 28
22 11 3 Conceded C 8 9 19
76% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 73% 85%
62% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 75%
43% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 45% 50%
14% 10% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 18% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
48% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 36% 40%
43% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 55% 45%
33% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 36% 30%
 
5.2 6.1 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 6.5 5.2
4.3 4.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.6 4.8
2.4 2.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.3 1.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 9.8 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 15.4 12.4 11.8
3.6 4.2 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.4 4.3
25% 24% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 27% 33%
 
7.1 5.6 3.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.8 10.8
2.9 2.2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.2 4.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Masry have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zamalek have won significantly more corners away than at 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 Al Ahly 18 13 5 0 32 7 10 6 4 0 14 4 8 7 1 0 18 3 25 44
2 Coca-Cola 21 11 9 1 27 14 11 5 6 0 11 4 10 6 3 1 16 10 13 42
3 Pyramids FC 21 11 6 4 30 16 10 7 3 0 20 4 11 4 3 4 10 12 14 39
4 Al Ittihad 21 11 3 7 25 23 10 6 2 2 12 6 11 5 1 5 13 17 2 36
5 Zamalek 20 9 6 5 28 19 9 5 2 2 15 10 11 4 4 3 13 9 9 33
6 Al Mokawloon 22 8 9 5 25 20 10 4 5 1 10 7 12 4 4 4 15 13 5 33
7 Ghazl El Mehalla 22 8 6 8 23 29 12 6 1 5 14 17 10 2 5 3 9 12 -6 30
8 Pharco 22 6 10 6 19 18 12 4 5 3 14 11 10 2 5 3 5 7 1 28
9 Al Masry 21 6 10 5 19 22 10 3 4 3 10 11 11 3 6 2 9 11 -3 28
10 Ceramica Cleopatra 22 6 9 7 26 24 13 4 5 4 14 14 9 2 4 3 12 10 2 27
11 Smouha 22 6 9 7 20 22 12 2 4 6 11 17 10 4 5 1 9 5 -2 27
12 Aswan 22 7 5 10 21 26 10 3 3 4 9 11 12 4 2 6 12 15 -5 26
13 ENPPI 23 7 5 11 22 29 11 1 5 5 8 14 12 6 0 6 14 15 -7 26
14 Ismaily 22 3 11 8 18 24 11 1 5 5 7 11 11 2 6 3 11 13 -6 20
15 El Daklyeh 21 4 8 9 18 27 11 2 3 6 11 17 10 2 5 3 7 10 -9 20
16 National Bank of Egypt 22 3 8 11 23 33 10 3 4 3 16 15 12 0 4 8 7 18 -10 17
17 El Geish 21 3 8 10 21 31 10 3 2 5 13 17 11 0 6 5 8 14 -10 17
18 Haras El Hodood 21 3 7 11 12 25 10 2 4 4 4 6 11 1 3 7 8 19 -13 16