This is football, this is Premier League and this is National Bank of Egypt - Al Ittihad. Prepare with our broad match preview!
- National Bank of Egypt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
National Bank of Egypt and Al Ittihad should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
National Bank of Egypt form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Al-Shorta Stadium as National Bank of Egypt have scored 8 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 4-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
National Bank of Egypt travelled for their previous game, a trip to Pharco that ended 2-2. Helal was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Pharco after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
This is expected to be a close game, with National Bank of Egypt perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with National Bank of Egypt as a small favourite), we find four games. National Bank of Egypt has won two of these, drawn one and lost one.
National are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. National Bank of Egypt have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Ittihad form and stats
There's been little loot from Al Ittihad's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Al Ittihad only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Ittihad are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
There might be some fixture complaints from Al Ittihad as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Al Ahly.
A 1-2 loss hosting Ismaily before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ittihad playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were six Al Ittihad wins, seven draws and two defeats.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Al Ittihad have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (National Bank of Egypt wins - draws - Al Ittihad wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Helal 6 goals |  C. Paciencia Mabululo 6 goals | K. El Deeb 4 goals |
National Bank of Egypt missing players
Al Ittihad missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 62% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 46% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 54% |
| 23% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 31% |
| 4.1 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.1 | 7.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.8 | 10.3 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 35% |
| 11.4 | 10.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.8 | 9.8 |
| 5 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
- National Bank of Egypt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- National Bank of Egypt have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- National Bank of Egypt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zamalek | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 31 |
| 3 | Pyramids FC | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 29 |
| 4 | Smouha | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | Coca-Cola | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Al Masry | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | National Bank of Egypt | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Pharco | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | ENPPI | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 10 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Al Ittihad | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | El Gounah | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 14 |
| 13 | El Geish | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 14 |
| 14 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Al Mokawloon | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | El Sharqia Dokhan | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -14 | 10 |
| 17 | Misr Lel Makasa | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 9 |
| 18 | Ismaily | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 8 |
