Ismaily will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Smouha.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ismaily and Smouha.
Relegation threatens Ismaily who should definitely be looking for some points here. Smouha is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
Ismaily form and stats
Ismaily have collected 17 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-5-6.
It's back home for Ismaily, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating El Geish away with the result 1-0. Ahmed Madbouli found the net in that victory. Ahead of that match, Ismaily lost 1-3 at home to Pyramids FC.
The victory against El Geish came after Ahmed Madbouli's winning goal. The Ismaily manager H. Ferreira was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 81st minute. A late climax in the match against El Geish as the winning goal came two minutes into overtime; scored by Ahmed Madbouli.
The manager H. Ferreira will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to El Entag El Harby in only four days.
Ismaily has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Ismaily's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Smouha form and stats
Playing away, Smouha have won 2 games, drawn 12 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premier League this season. Smouha are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.
The Smouha goalkeeper El Hany Soliman is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 286 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Smouha won their last game, 2-0 versus Haras El Hodood played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Wadi Degla that ended 0-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Smouha manager A. Samy as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Zamalek.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Smouha have scored 15 goals in 15 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Smouha - Ismaily 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Ismaily, four draws and two wins for Smouha. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Farid 8 goals | H. Hassan 8 goals |
Ismaily missing players
Smouha missing players
| Ismaily | Smouha | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 39 |
| 40 | 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 31 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 69% | 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 73% |
| 45% | 47% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 43% |
| 28% | 33% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 17% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 7% | 10% |
| 52% | 67% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 63% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 28% | 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 260 | 141 | 45 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 101 | 237 |
| 93 | 53 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 32 | 89 |
| 33% | 36% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 41% | 42% |
- Ismaily has the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier League
- Ismaily have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 67 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 59 | 79 |
| 2 | Zamalek | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 61 |
| 3 | Pyramids FC | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 54 |
| 4 | Al Mokawloon | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 49 |
| 5 | Smouha | 30 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 39 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 43 |
| 6 | ENPPI | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 41 |
| 7 | Misr Lel Makasa | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad | 28 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 38 |
| 9 | El Geish | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 34 |
| 10 | Aswan | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -7 | 34 |
| 11 | El Entag El Harby | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -8 | 34 |
| 12 | Ismaily | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -9 | 34 |
| 13 | Al Masry | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 33 |
| 14 | Wadi Degla | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 17 | -9 | 31 |
| 15 | El Gounah | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 25 | -14 | 31 |
| 16 | Haras El Hodood | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 15 | -7 | 30 |
| 17 | Masr | 28 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 27 | -26 | 20 |
| 18 | Tanta | 30 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 48 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 30 | -31 | 18 |