Premier League preview: Can National Bank of Egypt edge out victory against El Daklyeh?

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Wed 31.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Shorta Stadium (1000 seats)

This is a vital duel in the lower part of the Premier League, with both National Bank of Egypt and El Daklyeh undergoing more anxiety than pleasure. This fixture is a typical "six-pointer" with the hosts placed 13th and the away team in 16th place.

Insights:
  • National Bank of Egypt have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Premier League

This could be an appealing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

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National Bank of Egypt form and stats

National Bank of Egypt have collected 23 points from their Premier League home games so far after 6-5-3. When National Bank of Egypt hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Haras El Hodood, National Bank of Egypt, El Geish, Ghazl El Mehalla and Aswan), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

A good away victory last time out for National Bank of Egypt, who won 2-1 against Aswan (placed 14th).

Before that, National Bank of Egypt had a home game versus Ismaily which ended with a victory 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does National handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

A decent goal production from National Bank of Egypt in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. National Bank of Egypt's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. National has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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El Daklyeh form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. When El Daklyeh is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Haras El Hodood, El Geish, Ghazl El Mehalla, Aswan and El Daklyeh is teams we like to compare National Bank of Egypt with. With three draws in a row for El Daklyeh the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.

There were no winners in El Daklyeh's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Zamalek (placed 4th). An interesting fact; the scoreline 1-1 has been on "repeat" three games in a row!

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Al Masry that ended 1-1.

Daklyeh are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

A tale of few goals? 8 of this team's most recent 10 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 17 goals have been conceded by El Daklyeh in these games.

Head 2 Head

El Daklyeh - National 3-3 was the result in these contenders' previous head to head game, earlier this season. Helal likes to face El Daklyeh and have scored 2 goals in these games.

National Bank of Egypt missing players

El Daklyeh missing players

National Bank of Egypt El Daklyeh
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 3 14 29
7 6 2 Won W 2 3 5
10 5 2 Drew D 0 6 13
12 3 0 Lost L 1 5 11
31 21 5 Scored S 3 12 25
36 15 2 Conceded C 2 17 36
86% 86% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 79%
66% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 64% 62%
45% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 21% 34%
21% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 14%
10% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
52% 57% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 55%
24% 36% 75% Clean Sheets C S 67% 36% 31%
38% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 34%
 
4.6 4.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4 4.2
4.5 5.9 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 5.2 5.1
1.8 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.1 8.6 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 7.9 7.7
3.4 4.2 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 3
32% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 27% 28%
 
9.3 8.6 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 10.4 10
4.1 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.4 4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • National Bank of Egypt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • National Bank of Egypt have the most dropped points from leading position (18) 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 24 19 5 0 45 7 14 10 4 0 23 4 10 9 1 0 22 3 38 62
2 Pyramids FC 28 17 7 4 43 18 13 10 3 0 26 5 15 7 4 4 17 13 25 58
3 Coca-Cola 28 14 12 2 31 16 14 6 7 1 12 5 14 8 5 1 19 11 15 54
4 Zamalek 28 13 8 7 40 27 13 8 3 2 20 12 15 5 5 5 20 15 13 47
5 Al Mokawloon 29 9 14 6 31 25 14 4 9 1 11 8 15 5 5 5 20 17 6 41
6 Pharco 29 9 13 7 28 26 15 7 5 3 21 14 14 2 8 4 7 12 2 40
7 Al Ittihad 28 12 4 12 32 33 14 7 2 5 17 12 14 5 2 7 15 21 -1 40
8 Al Masry 29 9 13 7 28 31 14 5 5 4 16 16 15 4 8 3 12 15 -3 40
9 ENPPI 29 10 6 13 29 36 14 4 5 5 13 15 15 6 1 8 16 21 -7 36
10 Smouha 29 8 11 10 29 33 15 3 5 7 16 23 14 5 6 3 13 10 -4 35
11 Ismaily 28 7 11 10 27 32 14 4 5 5 13 13 14 3 6 5 14 19 -5 32
12 Ceramica Cleopatra 29 6 13 10 27 28 15 4 7 4 14 14 14 2 6 6 13 14 -1 31
13 National Bank of Egypt 29 7 10 12 31 36 14 6 5 3 21 15 15 1 5 9 10 21 -5 31
14 Aswan 29 8 7 14 27 37 15 4 5 6 15 19 14 4 2 8 12 18 -10 31
15 Ghazl El Mehalla 29 8 7 14 24 41 15 6 1 8 14 22 14 2 6 6 10 19 -17 31
16 El Daklyeh 29 5 13 11 25 36 15 2 7 6 13 19 14 3 6 5 12 17 -11 28
17 El Geish 28 5 11 12 27 39 14 4 4 6 16 21 14 1 7 6 11 18 -12 26
18 Haras El Hodood 28 3 7 18 14 37 13 2 4 7 6 14 15 1 3 11 8 23 -23 16