Match preview Premier League: Smouha - Al Ahly at Alexandria Stadium

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Sun 04.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandria Stadium (20000 seats)

A key match in Premier League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Smouha in 4th position and Al Ahly placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Smouha have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Premier League

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premier League.

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Smouha form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Smouha have managed 3 wins, 8 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 13 games.

The Smouha crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Ismaily here at Alexandria Stadium in a Premier League match.

In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Pyramids FC.

Smouha have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Alexandria Stadium with 21 goals in 13 league matches. On the other hand, Smouha have conceded 18 goals.

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Al Ahly form and stats

Al Ahly's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Ahly collect 20 points from their 9 away matches in the Premier League. 6 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

There were no winners in Al Ahly's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 2-2 vs Pyramids FC (placed 8th).

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs ES Tunis.

Al Ahly has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Al Mokawloon in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ahly have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. It's not easy to score on Ahly as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Smouha and Al Ahly have met before this season: Al Ahly - Smouha 1-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Smouha won one, Al Ahly won seven and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SmouhaM. Fathi
M. Fathi
10 goals
Al AhlyM. Sherif
M. Sherif
9 goals
SmouhaH. Hassan
H. Hassan
8 goals

Smouha missing players

Al Ahly missing players

Smouha Al Ahly
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 9 20
8 3 0 Won W 4 6 12
16 8 3 Drew D 0 2 6
3 2 1 Lost L 0 1 2
43 21 4 Scored S 9 13 37
33 18 6 Conceded C 4 5 16
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 85%
96% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 80%
52% 54% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 60%
26% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 11% 30%
7% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
78% 69% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 44% 60%
15% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 35%
11% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 20%
 
4.3 3.6 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4 4.6
4.6 3.5 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 4.6 3.7
2.1 2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 8.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12.2 13.2
3.8 4.3 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.6 5.2
41% 37% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 32% 35%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Ahly have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Premier League
  • Smouha have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Smouha have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Premier League
  • Smouha have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Premier League
  • Smouha have won significantly less corners at 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 Zamalek 27 18 7 2 48 18 15 12 2 1 35 13 12 6 5 1 13 5 30 61
2 Al Masry 27 11 10 6 37 27 14 5 5 4 15 12 13 6 5 2 22 15 10 43
3 Al Ahly 20 12 6 2 37 16 11 6 4 1 24 11 9 6 2 1 13 5 21 42
4 Smouha 27 8 16 3 43 33 13 3 8 2 21 18 14 5 8 1 22 15 10 40
5 Al Ittihad 27 10 8 9 31 31 14 5 4 5 16 16 13 5 4 4 15 15 0 38
6 ENPPI 27 9 10 8 30 29 13 4 6 3 16 15 14 5 4 5 14 14 1 37
7 Misr Lel Makasa 26 10 6 10 27 32 13 6 3 4 12 12 13 4 3 6 15 20 -5 36
8 Pyramids FC 23 8 11 4 33 28 11 3 5 3 14 16 12 5 6 1 19 12 5 35
9 El Gounah 27 8 11 8 28 29 14 6 5 3 19 17 13 2 6 5 9 12 -1 35
10 El Geish 27 9 7 11 36 31 13 4 6 3 19 14 14 5 1 8 17 17 5 34
11 Ismaily 26 9 8 9 34 31 13 5 4 4 19 19 13 4 4 5 15 12 3 32
12 Ceramica Cleopatra 26 7 11 8 34 34 13 3 5 5 14 17 13 4 6 3 20 17 0 32
13 Ghazl El Mehalla 27 7 11 9 22 29 14 4 7 3 15 15 13 3 4 6 7 14 -7 32
14 Al Mokawloon 25 7 8 10 27 32 11 4 2 5 9 10 14 3 6 5 18 22 -5 29
15 Aswan 26 6 6 14 20 44 13 3 2 8 10 22 13 3 4 6 10 22 -24 24
16 National Bank of Egypt 25 4 10 11 25 34 13 1 6 6 10 15 12 3 4 5 15 19 -9 22
17 Wadi Degla 26 4 10 12 23 32 13 2 5 6 10 15 13 2 5 6 13 17 -9 22
18 El Entag El Harby 25 3 8 14 22 47 11 1 3 7 5 17 14 2 5 7 17 30 -25 17