Smouha vs Ceramica Cleopatra betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Thu 04.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandria Stadium (20000 seats)

It's looking great for Smouha so far, with the 6th position in the Premier League table and welcoming Ceramica Cleopatra (who are in 9th).

Insights:
  • Smouha haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Smouha have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ceramica Cleopatra have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither Smouha nor Ceramica Cleopatra as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Smouha form and stats

Smouha are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Alexandria Stadium. 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games.

In their previous game, the manager Bassiouni led his Smouha to a defeat away at Ghazl El Mehalla. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Alexandria Stadium.

Before that, Smouha drew at home versus Al Mokawloon.

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 Smouha have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 7 and lost 3.

Betting people who like looking for low-scoring games might like to know that this team have played 5 league rounds in a row with two or less goals (under 2.5).

A decent goal production from Smouha in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches.

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Ceramica Cleopatra form and stats

Ceramica Cleopatra have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-7-5 (14 played).

Cleopatra aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 228 league minutes without a goal. Hussein was the last player to find the net.

Ceramica Cleopatra's previous game was their home loss versus Eastern Company SC (0-1).

Before that, Cleopatra travelled to Ghazl El Mehalla 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 10 similar matches played by Ceramica Cleopatra in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Ceramica Cleopatra, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting ENPPI in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ceramica Cleopatra as they have only managed to score 10 times from 14 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also played each other before this campaign: Ceramica Cleopatra - Smouha 1-1. Smouha-Ceramica Cleopatra H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Smouha zero wins, Ceramica Cleopatra zero wins, three draws. zero of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Smouha missing players

Ceramica Cleopatra missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Smouha Ceramica Cleopatra
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 3 14 28
10 8 2 Won W 1 2 7
10 3 1 Drew D 0 7 12
8 2 1 Lost L 2 5 9
37 22 8 Scored S 3 10 31
36 13 7 Conceded C 4 14 32
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 82%
68% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 36% 54%
39% 38% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 14% 32%
25% 15% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 25%
18% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 21%
46% 46% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 29% 43%
29% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 43% 32%
36% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 57% 43%
 
3.9 3.6 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4.1 4.4
5.4 5.7 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.1 4.2
2.2 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.8 9.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.6 9
3.3 3.9 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.2 3.9
40% 43% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 17% 28%
 
9.4 9.7 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 7.3 7.9
3.6 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.6 3.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Smouha have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ceramica Cleopatra have scored away.
  • 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 28 21 3 4 50 25 14 9 2 3 26 16 14 12 1 1 24 9 25 66
2 Pyramids FC 28 18 5 5 45 20 14 10 2 2 22 6 14 8 3 3 23 14 25 59
3 Al Ahly 26 16 7 3 51 20 12 10 2 0 28 5 14 6 5 3 23 15 31 55
4 Coca-Cola 28 13 6 9 42 29 13 6 3 4 20 14 15 7 3 5 22 15 13 45
5 El Geish 28 11 11 6 22 22 15 7 6 2 15 11 13 4 5 4 7 11 0 44
6 Smouha 28 10 10 8 37 36 13 8 3 2 22 13 15 2 7 6 15 23 1 40
7 National Bank of Egypt 28 9 11 8 32 31 14 6 4 4 16 14 14 3 7 4 16 17 1 38
8 Pharco 27 8 11 8 19 18 14 5 4 5 11 12 13 3 7 3 8 6 1 35
9 Ceramica Cleopatra 28 7 12 9 31 32 14 5 5 4 21 18 14 2 7 5 10 14 -1 33
10 Al Ittihad 28 8 9 11 35 45 14 6 4 4 21 20 14 2 5 7 14 25 -10 33
11 Al Masry 28 7 11 10 33 34 14 3 6 5 13 17 14 4 5 5 20 17 -1 32
12 Ismaily 27 8 8 11 24 31 14 4 5 5 9 17 13 4 3 6 15 14 -7 32
13 ENPPI 28 6 13 9 32 35 15 2 8 5 16 20 13 4 5 4 16 15 -3 31
14 Ghazl El Mehalla 28 6 12 10 22 31 14 4 7 3 13 11 14 2 5 7 9 20 -9 30
15 El Gounah 28 7 6 15 25 38 14 4 3 7 12 19 14 3 3 8 13 19 -13 27
16 Eastern Company SC 28 6 9 13 27 48 14 2 5 7 14 27 14 4 4 6 13 21 -21 27
17 Al Mokawloon 28 4 13 11 22 29 14 2 8 4 10 13 14 2 5 7 12 16 -7 25
18 Misr Lel Makasa 28 2 9 17 11 36 14 1 6 7 4 14 14 1 3 10 7 22 -25 15

Table
  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 28 21 3 4 50 25 14 9 2 3 26 16 14 12 1 1 24 9 25 66
2 Pyramids FC 28 18 5 5 45 20 14 10 2 2 22 6 14 8 3 3 23 14 25 59
3 Al Ahly 26 16 7 3 51 20 12 10 2 0 28 5 14 6 5 3 23 15 31 55
4 Coca-Cola 28 13 6 9 42 29 13 6 3 4 20 14 15 7 3 5 22 15 13 45
5 El Geish 28 11 11 6 22 22 15 7 6 2 15 11 13 4 5 4 7 11 0 44
6 Smouha 28 10 10 8 37 36 13 8 3 2 22 13 15 2 7 6 15 23 1 40
7 National Bank of Egypt 28 9 11 8 32 31 14 6 4 4 16 14 14 3 7 4 16 17 1 38
8 Pharco 27 8 11 8 19 18 14 5 4 5 11 12 13 3 7 3 8 6 1 35
9 Ceramica Cleopatra 28 7 12 9 31 32 14 5 5 4 21 18 14 2 7 5 10 14 -1 33
10 Al Ittihad 28 8 9 11 35 45 14 6 4 4 21 20 14 2 5 7 14 25 -10 33
11 Al Masry 28 7 11 10 33 34 14 3 6 5 13 17 14 4 5 5 20 17 -1 32
12 Ismaily 27 8 8 11 24 31 14 4 5 5 9 17 13 4 3 6 15 14 -7 32
13 ENPPI 28 6 13 9 32 35 15 2 8 5 16 20 13 4 5 4 16 15 -3 31
14 Ghazl El Mehalla 28 6 12 10 22 31 14 4 7 3 13 11 14 2 5 7 9 20 -9 30
15 El Gounah 28 7 6 15 25 38 14 4 3 7 12 19 14 3 3 8 13 19 -13 27
16 Eastern Company SC 28 6 9 13 27 48 14 2 5 7 14 27 14 4 4 6 13 21 -21 27
17 Al Mokawloon 28 4 13 11 22 29 14 2 8 4 10 13 14 2 5 7 12 16 -7 25
18 Misr Lel Makasa 28 2 9 17 11 36 14 1 6 7 4 14 14 1 3 10 7 22 -25 15

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