Soccer betting preview: Ghazl El Mehalla welcomes National Bank of Egypt in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Mon 20.December
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: El Mahalla Stadium (29000 seats)

Get ready for a show! The starring antagonists are Ghazl El Mehalla and National Bank of Egypt, 3 points is the prize and 1 1/2 hours the length.

Insights:
  • All of Ghazl El Mehalla's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • National Bank of Egypt have yet to win a game away.

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Ghazl El Mehalla form and stats

1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Ghazl El Mehalla so far this season.

Mehalla manager Ouda and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Ismaily (placed 17th) in the Premier League.

Ahead of that match, Ghazl El Mehalla lost 2-3 at home to Al Ahly.

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 Mehalla have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost one.

The Ghazl El Mehalla manager Ouda has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. On the other hand, Ghazl El Mehalla have conceded 4 goals.

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National Bank of Egypt form and stats

The Premier League season is young and National Bank of Egypt have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.

The supporters enjoyed National's previous game versus Al Mokawloon (placed 14th), a Premier League 2-1 win played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Galal when Kaoud scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute.

A 1-1 draw at Zamalek's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by National Bank of Egypt in our archives, and the results are: one win for National, one draw and four defeats.

Goals are few and far between in National Bank of Egypt's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. National have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the last two meetings): Ghazl El Mehalla won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and National Bank of Egypt got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two

Top Goalscorers

National Bank of EgyptM. Helal
M. Helal
4 goals
Ghazl El MehallaA. Yehia
A. Yehia
3 goals
Ghazl El MehallaA. Ghoneim
A. Ghoneim
2 goals

Ghazl El Mehalla missing players

National Bank of Egypt missing players

Ghazl El Mehalla National Bank of Egypt
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 2 Played P 2 3 6
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 3
3 1 1 Drew D 1 1 1
1 1 1 Lost L 1 2 2
9 6 3 Scored S 1 1 7
6 4 4 Conceded C 2 3 4
67% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 33% 50%
50% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 33%
50% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 33%
 
3.2 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.7 3.8
4.2 3.7 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6 5.7
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.3 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.7 8 9 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 5.7 7.5
2.7 3.3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.3 4
56% 60% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 14% 29%
 
8 7.7 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 12.7 10.7
2.8 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.3 4.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Ghazl El Mehalla's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ghazl El Mehalla have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • National Bank of Egypt have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • National Bank of Egypt have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • National Bank of Egypt have yet to win a game away.
  • National Bank of Egypt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 6 6 0 0 18 6 3 3 0 0 6 1 3 3 0 0 12 5 12 18
2 Pyramids FC 5 4 1 0 12 4 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 8 13
3 Zamalek 6 4 1 1 11 6 2 0 1 1 4 6 4 4 0 0 7 0 5 13
4 Al Masry 6 2 4 0 10 6 3 1 2 0 5 4 3 1 2 0 5 2 4 10
5 National Bank of Egypt 6 3 1 2 7 4 3 3 0 0 6 1 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 10
6 Ghazl El Mehalla 6 2 3 1 9 6 3 1 1 1 6 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 9
7 Pharco 6 3 0 3 6 5 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 9
8 Ceramica Cleopatra 6 2 2 2 4 4 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 8
9 Al Ittihad 6 2 2 2 9 11 3 2 0 1 5 4 3 0 2 1 4 7 -2 8
10 Coca-Cola 6 2 1 3 9 8 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 0 2 6 5 1 7
11 ENPPI 5 2 1 2 6 9 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 2 4 -3 7
12 El Gounah 6 2 1 3 4 7 3 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 0 2 2 3 -3 7
13 Smouha 5 1 3 1 9 9 2 1 1 0 7 4 3 0 2 1 2 5 0 6
14 Al Mokawloon 6 1 2 3 6 8 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 0 0 3 3 6 -2 5
15 Misr Lel Makasa 6 1 2 3 5 7 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 3 7 -2 5
16 El Geish 5 1 2 2 2 6 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 4 -4 5
17 Ismaily 6 0 2 4 2 10 3 0 1 2 0 6 3 0 1 2 2 4 -8 2
18 El Sharqia Dokhan 6 0 0 6 3 16 3 0 0 3 3 9 3 0 0 3 0 7 -13 0