Premier League duel: Close contest expected between El Geish and Al Ittihad

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Sun 31.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gehaz El Reyada Stadium (28500 seats)

A quick peek at the Premier League standings shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but that's not all there is to know. Check out our El Geish - Al Ittihad guide!

Insights:
  • Al Ittihad have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premier League

Geish have less rest than Al Ittihad in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Pharco.

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El Geish form and stats

The total Premier League results at home this season for El Geish are 6-6-2 (wins-draws-losses). El Geish have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

El Geish are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Geish are returning here after visiting Pharco and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Sisi scored the goal(s). At last, a league victory after three fixtures without.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Misr Lel Makasa.

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 El Geish have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 23 matches with the results: Won 9, drawn 10 and lost 4.

Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 24 latest league games shows that 18 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

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

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Geish here at Gehaz El Reyada Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 14 games). El Geish are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gehaz El Reyada Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 14 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Al Ittihad form and stats

Al Ittihad have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-5-6 (13 played).

The club members enjoyed Ittihad's previous match versus ENPPI (placed 12th), a 2-1 win played at home. That victory felt sweet as this team had gone three league fixtures without victory. A heroic performance from Al Ittihad in their game against ENPPI last time out. Things got complicated when Ghandour was sent off in the 73rd minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 2-1 victory!

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Eastern Company SC that ended 2-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Ittihad in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Al Ittihad, 8 draws and 4 defeats.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Al Ittihad have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Al Ittihad - Geish 1-1 was the scoreline in these teams' latest head-to-head fixture, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one El Geish victory, six draws and three Al Ittihad wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

El Geish missing players

Al Ittihad missing players

El Geish Al Ittihad
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 5 Played P 4 13 27
10 6 3 Won W 0 2 8
11 6 2 Drew D 1 5 9
6 2 0 Lost L 3 6 10
20 13 5 Scored S 7 13 34
21 10 2 Conceded C 12 23 43
81% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
37% 36% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 54% 63%
19% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 38% 44%
7% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 26%
4% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 23% 22%
26% 29% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 48%
56% 57% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 30%
37% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 46% 30%
 
5.1 5.5 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 5.1 4.3
4.6 5 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.4 4.8
1.9 2.3 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.5
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.9 8.3 7.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 11.1 9.9
3 3.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.6
24% 26% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 58% 28% 35%
 
9.1 8.5 7.4 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 11.1 10.2
2.9 2.8 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 3.5 3.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Ittihad have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premier League
  • Al Ittihad have the most conceded goals (23) 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 Zamalek 27 20 3 4 47 25 13 8 2 3 23 16 14 12 1 1 24 9 22 63
2 Pyramids FC 27 18 5 4 45 17 14 10 2 2 22 6 13 8 3 2 23 11 28 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 27 12 6 9 41 29 13 6 3 4 20 14 14 6 3 5 21 15 12 42
5 El Geish 27 10 11 6 20 21 14 6 6 2 13 10 13 4 5 4 7 11 -1 41
6 Smouha 27 10 10 7 37 35 13 8 3 2 22 13 14 2 7 5 15 22 2 40
7 National Bank of Egypt 27 9 10 8 31 30 13 6 3 4 15 13 14 3 7 4 16 17 1 37
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 27 7 12 8 31 31 13 5 5 3 21 17 14 2 7 5 10 14 0 33
10 Al Ittihad 27 8 9 10 34 43 14 6 4 4 21 20 13 2 5 6 13 23 -9 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 ENPPI 28 6 13 9 32 35 15 2 8 5 16 20 13 4 5 4 16 15 -3 31
13 Ismaily 26 7 8 11 23 31 13 3 5 5 8 17 13 4 3 6 15 14 -8 29
14 Ghazl El Mehalla 27 5 12 10 21 31 13 3 7 3 12 11 14 2 5 7 9 20 -10 27
15 El Gounah 27 7 5 15 24 37 14 4 3 7 12 19 13 3 2 8 12 18 -13 26
16 Al Mokawloon 27 4 13 10 22 28 13 2 8 3 10 12 14 2 5 7 12 16 -6 25
17 Eastern Company SC 27 5 9 13 26 48 14 2 5 7 14 27 13 3 4 6 12 21 -22 24
18 Misr Lel Makasa 27 2 9 16 11 35 14 1 6 7 4 14 13 1 3 9 7 21 -24 15