Home advantage could prove decisive in Pharco - Ghazl El Mehalla battle

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Wed 19.April
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Borg El Arab Stadium (20000 seats)

This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these participants so far, ups and downs leading to mid-table places so far. Clear the decks for Pharco - Ghazl El Mehalla!

Insights:
  • Pharco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

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.

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Pharco form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Pharco have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Borg El Arab Stadium.

The Pharco regulars enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Ghazl El Mehalla and win 3-1.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Al Ahly.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pharco 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.

Pharco has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches.

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Ghazl El Mehalla form and stats

There's been little loot from Ghazl El Mehalla's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Premier League. Ghazl El Mehalla only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws. It's a growing despair in Mehalla as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

There might be some fixture complaints from Ghazl El Mehalla as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-3 against Pharco.

A 0-1 loss hosting Future FC before that.

We have checked recent matches where Ghazl El Mehalla have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 1 victory, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ghazl El Mehalla as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. Mehalla have conceded 15 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Pharco have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (1-3-0) when facing Ghazl El Mehalla.

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides face each other this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Pharco - Ghazl El Mehalla 3-1.

Pharco missing players

Ghazl El Mehalla missing players

Pharco Ghazl El Mehalla
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 14 2 Played P 2 12 25
8 6 0 Won W 0 2 8
11 5 1 Drew D 2 5 6
7 3 1 Lost L 0 5 11
25 20 1 Scored S 1 10 24
24 14 2 Conceded C 1 18 36
77% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 92% 92%
58% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 76%
35% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 42% 52%
12% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 16%
8% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
42% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 48%
38% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 24%
42% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 36%
 
3.8 3.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 4.2 4.4
5 4.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.9 4.9
1.6 1.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 8.5 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 6.3 8
2.6 2.9 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 3.1
37% 50% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 37% 31%
 
9.2 8.7 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 12.3 11.9
3.7 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.5 4.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Pharco 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 21 16 5 0 40 7 12 8 4 0 20 4 9 8 1 0 20 3 33 53
2 Future FC 23 13 9 1 29 14 11 5 6 0 11 4 12 8 3 1 18 10 15 48
3 Pyramids FC 24 13 7 4 35 16 11 8 3 0 22 4 13 5 4 4 13 12 19 46
4 Zamalek 24 11 7 6 36 24 11 6 3 2 18 12 13 5 4 4 18 12 12 40
5 Al Ittihad 24 12 3 9 30 28 12 7 2 3 15 8 12 5 1 6 15 20 2 39
6 Al Mokawloon 26 8 12 6 28 24 12 4 7 1 10 7 14 4 5 5 18 17 4 36
7 Al Masry 24 8 11 5 23 24 12 5 4 3 14 13 12 3 7 2 9 11 -1 35
8 Pharco 25 7 11 7 22 23 13 5 5 3 17 13 12 2 6 4 5 10 -1 32
9 ENPPI 26 9 5 12 27 33 13 3 5 5 12 15 13 6 0 7 15 18 -6 32
10 Smouha 26 7 10 9 26 31 14 3 4 7 15 22 12 4 6 2 11 9 -5 31
11 Ghazl El Mehalla 24 8 6 10 23 33 13 6 1 6 14 18 11 2 5 4 9 15 -10 30
12 Ceramica Cleopatra 24 6 11 7 27 25 13 4 5 4 14 14 11 2 6 3 13 11 2 29
13 Aswan 26 7 7 12 23 33 13 3 5 5 11 16 13 4 2 7 12 17 -10 28
14 Ismaily 23 4 11 8 21 25 12 2 5 5 10 12 11 2 6 3 11 13 -4 23
15 El Daklyeh 25 4 10 11 21 33 13 2 5 6 11 17 12 2 5 5 10 16 -12 22
16 National Bank of Egypt 24 4 8 12 25 34 11 4 4 3 18 15 13 0 4 9 7 19 -9 20
17 El Geish 22 3 8 11 21 33 10 3 2 5 13 17 12 0 6 6 8 16 -12 17
18 Haras El Hodood 23 3 7 13 12 29 11 2 4 5 4 9 12 1 3 8 8 20 -17 16