El Gounah hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 28 points and a 14th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Smouha holds 7th place with 33 pts.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
El Gounah form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for El Gounah are 5-2-5 (wins-draw-losses). Two home wins in a row for Gounah bring valid hopes of a third.
Gounah are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus El Geish. Ahead of that match, Gounah won a home game hosting Pyramids FC (2-1).
This is expected to be a close game, with El Gounah perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with El Gounah as a small favourite), we find ten games. El Gounah has won four of these, drawn two and lost four.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gounah as they are travelling to their away game against El Entag El Harby in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
Gounah aren't scoring a lot here at El-Gouna Stadium in the league, with only 10 goals from 12 games. 14 goals have been conceded.
Smouha form and stats
1 win, 11 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Smouha playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Smouha are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Smouha delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Zamalek (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a Premier League game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Aswan that ended 3-3.
The match against Zamalek looked like a defeat for Smouha, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 3-3. Hossam Hassan equalized in the 90th minute. As you can tell from the result, the match against Zamalek was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Smouha playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Smouha wins, two draws and three defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Smouha have scored 13 goals in 13 league games away. Smouha have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Smouha - El Gounah 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for El Gounah, five draws and three wins for Smouha. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Farid 8 goals | H. Hassan 8 goals |  A. Mohamed 7 goals |
El Gounah missing players
Smouha missing players
| El Gounah | Smouha | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 33 |
| 33 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 30 |
| 88% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 69% | 85% |
| 58% | 58% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 73% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 31% | 46% |
| 19% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 69% |
| 27% | 42% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 27% |
| 46% | 42% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 31% | 19% |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 258 | 149 | 54 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 90 | 201 |
| 84 | 45 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 29 | 71 |
| 25% | 22% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 44% |
- El Gounah has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) 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 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 55 | 72 |
| 2 | Zamalek | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 55 |
| 3 | Al Mokawloon | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 47 |
| 4 | Pyramids FC | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 45 |
| 5 | Al Ittihad | 26 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 37 |
| 6 | ENPPI | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 35 |
| 7 | Smouha | 26 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 33 |
| 8 | Misr Lel Makasa | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Aswan | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 31 |
| 10 | El Entag El Harby | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 30 |
| 11 | Ismaily | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 30 |
| 12 | El Geish | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 29 |
| 13 | Al Masry | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | El Gounah | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -12 | 28 |
| 15 | Wadi Degla | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -9 | 27 |
| 16 | Haras El Hodood | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -5 | 26 |
| 17 | Masr | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -20 | 19 |
| 18 | Tanta | 27 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 27 | -28 | 17 |