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- National Bank of Egypt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Pharco have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Premier League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
National Bank of Egypt form and stats
National Bank of Egypt have played 14 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).
National Bank of Egypt are returning here after visiting Misr Lel Makasa and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Bambo and Farid scored the goal(s). Finally, a league victory after three fixtures without one.
Before that, National drew at home versus El Gounah.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 National Bank of Egypt have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Betting people might want to know that 13 of the most recent 17 league matches from this club have had at least one goal from each team.
There will be little rest for National Bank of Egypt after this match as they are travelling to ENPPI for a Egypt Cup game in only three days.
National has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches.
Pharco form and stats
Playing away, Pharco have won 3 games, drawn 8 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.
The attacking players of Pharco have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 316 minutes. The Pharco goalkeeper Mohamed Saeed is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 249 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Pharco delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Ismaily (placed 12th) in their previous fixture.
Before that, Pharco travelled to Al Ahly and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Pharco in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Pharco, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
Stats flash: 11 of the last 13 league fixtures involving this team have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Pharco are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 6 away goals have been conceded so far. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Strangely enough, Pharco faced National Bank of Egypt the last time they featured in a game with over 2.5 goals in total. That was 17 league rounds ago, and only "under 2.5" for the visitors since then! The fixture lists shows this result when the teams met earlier this season; Pharco - National Bank of Egypt 2-2.
National Bank of Egypt missing players
Pharco missing players
| National Bank of Egypt | Pharco | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 34 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| 32 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 93% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 40% | 57% | 69% |
| 69% | 64% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 45% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 17% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 3% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 62% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 21% | 24% |
| 21% | 36% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 57% | 55% |
| 24% | 21% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 64% | 52% |
| 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 5.4 | 5.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7.7 | 8.6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.2 | 7.6 |
| 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.8 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 34% | 28% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 24% |
| 11.6 | 11.1 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.3 | 9.6 |
| 5 | 4.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
- 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.
- Pharco have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Premier League
- Pharco have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Premier League
- Pharco have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) 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 | Zamalek | 29 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 28 | 69 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 29 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 26 | 62 |
| 3 | Al Ahly | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 54 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 34 | 59 |
| 4 | Coca-Cola | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 48 |
| 5 | El Geish | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 46 |
| 6 | National Bank of Egypt | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 41 |
| 7 | Smouha | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 41 |
| 8 | Pharco | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 37 |
| 9 | ENPPI | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 32 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 35 |
| 11 | Al Masry | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | -1 | 33 |
| 12 | Ismaily | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 14 | -7 | 33 |
| 13 | Al Ittihad | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -13 | 33 |
| 14 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 30 |
| 15 | El Sharqia Dokhan | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -23 | 28 |
| 16 | El Gounah | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | -16 | 27 |
| 17 | Al Mokawloon | 29 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 25 |
| 18 | Misr Lel Makasa | 29 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 38 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 22 | -26 | 15 |
