The Premier League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. El Geish and Misr Lel Makasa are placed 12th and 18th respectively.
The visiting Misr Lel Makasa played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
El Geish form and stats
A Premier League draw at home so far for El Geish. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from 17 matches.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus El Gounah that ended 1-1.
Geish are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Ghazl El Mehalla awaits in three days.
At Cairo Military Academy Stadium, El Geish has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Misr Lel Makasa form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premier League ended in defeat. Last season Misr Lel Makasa had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 4, drew 7 and lost 6.
Prior to that match, the Makasa manager E. Galal faced defeat when travelling to Al Ahly and losing 1-3.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Al Masry in just four days.
Misr Lel Makasa have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four El Geish victories, four draws and two Misr Lel Makasa wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mohamed 2 goals |   M. Hamdy 1 goals |
El Geish missing players
Misr Lel Makasa missing players
| El Geish | Misr Lel Makasa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| El Geish | Last season | Misr Lel Makasa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Drew | D | 7 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 40 | ||
| 37 | 18 | Conceded | C | 19 | 39 | ||
| 82% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 56% | 47% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 68% | ||
| 38% | 41% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 35% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 26% | ||
| 6% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 12% | ||
| 38% | 24% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 53% | ||
| 35% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 26% | ||
| 44% | 53% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.2 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3 | ||
| 24% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Aswan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Zamalek | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Al Ittihad | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Wadi Degla | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | ENPPI | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Ismaily | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | El Gounah | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Smouha | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Al Masry | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | El Geish | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Pyramids FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | El Entag El Harby | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | National Bank of Egypt | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Al Mokawloon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Misr Lel Makasa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 74 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 66 | 89 |
| 2 | Zamalek | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 71 |
| 3 | Pyramids FC | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 21 | 65 |
| 4 | Al Mokawloon | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 54 |
| 5 | Smouha | 34 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 44 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 51 |
| 6 | Al Masry | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 48 |
| 7 | ENPPI | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 48 |
| 8 | El Entag El Harby | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 38 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 20 | -3 | 44 |
| 9 | Misr Lel Makasa | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 39 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 42 |
| 10 | Al Ittihad | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 42 |
| 11 | El Geish | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 37 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -5 | 41 |
| 12 | Ismaily | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 48 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -10 | 41 |
| 13 | Aswan | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -11 | 37 |
| 14 | El Gounah | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 25 | -13 | 37 |
| 15 | Wadi Degla | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 19 | -11 | 35 |
| 16 | Haras El Hodood | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 18 | -10 | 33 |
| 17 | Tanta | 34 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 55 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 33 | -33 | 22 |
| 18 | Masr | 34 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 57 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 36 | -39 | 21 |