Victory to the hosting team is predicted from this game if the league standings is anything to judge by. The Smouha club members are confident that the gap between 5th and Al Mokawloon's 16th spot in the table will be visible on the playing field.
- Smouha haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Al Mokawloon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These are hectic days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only three days ago in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Zamalek.
Smouha form and stats
Smouha are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Alexandria Stadium. 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games. Smouha has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Bassiouni and the players.
Smouha haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 314 minutes ago. Hamdy scored that one.
In their previous game, the manager Bassiouni led his Smouha to a defeat away at Zamalek. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Alexandria Stadium.
Before that game, the home loss against National Bank of Egypt with the scoreline 0-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Smouha perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Smouha as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Smouha has won 4 of these, drawn 6 and lost 3.
The manager Bassiouni will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ghazl El Mehalla in only four days.
Smouha have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Alexandria Stadium with 21 goals in 12 league matches.
Al Mokawloon form and stats
Al Mokawloon have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-4-7 (13 played).
Mokawloon go into this game after a win, the home game against Ghazl El Mehalla that ended 1-0. Hooray; their first victory in the league after seven games not winning. Late drama in the previous game, when Kabore scored the winning goal eleven minutes into stoppage time to defeat Ghazl El Mehalla.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Ceramica Cleopatra.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Al Mokawloon playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 4 Al Mokawloon wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats.
Lacking goals? 11 of this club's last 12 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.
After this away game Al Mokawloon return home for a Premier League game against Al Ahly. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Mokawloon as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 15 goals have been conceded by Mokawloon in these games.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have fought before this season: Al Mokawloon - Smouha 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Smouha victories, four draws and three Al Mokawloon wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Smouha missing players
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| Smouha | Al Mokawloon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 10 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| 36 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 21 |
| 34 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 69% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 54% | 60% |
| 42% | 42% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 31% | 24% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 12% |
| 19% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 46% | 42% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 46% | 52% |
| 31% | 42% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 20% |
| 35% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 46% | 36% |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8.6 | 9.5 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 6.4 | 7.6 |
| 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 40% | 43% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 32% |
| 9.2 | 9.6 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 10.3 | 9.5 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
- Al Mokawloon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 21 | 60 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 27 | 56 |
| 3 | Al Ahly | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 30 | 51 |
| 4 | Coca-Cola | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 42 |
| 5 | Smouha | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 39 |
| 6 | El Geish | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 38 |
| 7 | National Bank of Egypt | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 37 |
| 8 | Pharco | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| 10 | Al Masry | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 31 |
| 11 | ENPPI | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | -2 | 30 |
| 12 | Al Ittihad | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 30 |
| 13 | El Gounah | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 26 |
| 14 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -10 | 26 |
| 15 | Ismaily | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | -11 | 26 |
| 16 | Al Mokawloon | 25 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 17 | El Sharqia Dokhan | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -23 | 21 |
| 18 | Misr Lel Makasa | 26 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 21 | -23 | 15 |
