Soccer match preview: Al Ahly confident before travelling to Smouha

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Wed 29.June
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandria Stadium (20000 seats)

Welcome to the show! The starring heroes are Smouha and Al Ahly, a win is the main plot and 90 minutes the length.

Insights:
  • Smouha haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Al Ahly have the most scored goals (42) in Premier League

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

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Smouha form and stats

23 points is a decent return from 10 Premier League games here at Alexandria Stadium for Smouha. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Smouha.

An away draw last time out for Smouha, facing El Geish in a game that ended 3-3. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against El Geish as Ouady's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. The 3-3 game vs El Geish was a bittersweet experience for Ouady. Despite scoring three goals the match ended a draw.

In the match before that, Smouha hosted ENPPI and drew the game 1-1.

The Smouha fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. Smouha have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Al Ahly form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Premier League.

The fans enjoyed Ahly's previous fixture versus Pyramids FC, a Egypt Cup win (2-1) played at home.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Ghazl El Mehalla.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Al Ahly are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Al Ahly have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties face each other this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Al Ahly - Smouha 4-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Smouha victories, two draws and six Al Ahly wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Smouha missing players

Al Ahly missing players

Smouha Al Ahly
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 2 9 19
9 7 2 Won W 1 5 13
9 2 0 Drew D 1 3 5
4 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
33 18 3 Scored S 6 20 42
28 9 2 Conceded C 4 10 15
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
73% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 68%
45% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 58%
27% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 42%
18% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 26%
50% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 53%
36% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 42%
27% 10% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 16%
 
4 3.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.1 6
4.6 5.8 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.4 3.4
2.1 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.1 9.7 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 12.6 13.1
3.6 4.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 5.1 5.5
42% 44% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 43% 40%
 
8.1 8.3 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10 8.7 6.9
3 2.8 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.1 2.6
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 in the first half (2) in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the most scored goals (42) in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Premier League
  • Al Ahly have the the best goal difference (+27) in Premier League
  • Smouha haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 22 15 3 4 38 23 10 5 2 3 17 14 12 10 1 1 21 9 15 48
2 Pyramids FC 22 14 4 4 35 15 11 7 2 2 18 6 11 7 2 2 17 9 20 46
3 Al Ahly 19 13 5 1 42 15 10 8 2 0 22 5 9 5 3 1 20 10 27 44
4 Coca-Cola 22 11 6 5 36 20 10 6 3 1 19 10 12 5 3 4 17 10 16 39
5 Smouha 22 9 9 4 33 28 10 7 2 1 18 9 12 2 7 3 15 19 5 36
6 El Geish 22 8 9 5 15 17 12 6 4 2 11 8 10 2 5 3 4 9 -2 33
7 National Bank of Egypt 22 7 9 6 26 23 11 5 3 3 12 8 11 2 6 3 14 15 3 30
8 Pharco 23 7 9 7 17 16 12 5 3 4 10 10 11 2 6 3 7 6 1 30
9 Al Ittihad 23 7 7 9 30 35 12 5 3 4 19 19 11 2 4 5 11 16 -5 28
10 ENPPI 22 5 11 6 26 28 12 2 6 4 13 16 10 3 5 2 13 12 -2 26
11 Ceramica Cleopatra 22 5 11 6 22 24 11 4 5 2 15 13 11 1 6 4 7 11 -2 26
12 Al Masry 23 6 8 9 27 30 12 3 5 4 12 15 11 3 3 5 15 15 -3 26
13 Ghazl El Mehalla 22 5 10 7 20 26 10 3 5 2 12 9 12 2 5 5 8 17 -6 25
14 El Gounah 22 6 3 13 20 29 11 3 2 6 10 15 11 3 1 7 10 14 -9 21
15 Al Mokawloon 21 3 10 8 19 24 9 1 6 2 8 10 12 2 4 6 11 14 -5 19
16 Ismaily 21 4 7 10 17 26 11 2 5 4 7 13 10 2 2 6 10 13 -9 19
17 Eastern Company SC 23 3 7 13 19 43 12 1 4 7 10 24 11 2 3 6 9 19 -24 16
18 Misr Lel Makasa 23 2 8 13 10 30 12 1 6 5 4 11 11 1 2 8 6 19 -20 14