Premier League match prediction: Little separates Smouha and El Gounah in quality

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Wed 20.Sep
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Alexandria Stadium (20000 seats)

The brand new season is about to kick off and the fans are trembling with anticipation. It’s wide open as Smouha welcome El Gounah for the opening match at Alexandria Stadium. Keep reading!

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Smouha form and stats

The previous season, Smouha's league stats were 10 wins, 12 draws and 12 losses, resulting in 10th place in the Premier League. From these 34 matches they scored {36 goals} and let in 43. Performing as the home team in the previous season Smouha generated 4-6-7 (win-draw-lost) with {20 goals} and 26 conceded.

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 16 games. Smouha has won 5 of these, drawn 7 and lost 4.

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El Gounah form and stats

A job perfectly done for Gounah last season as they secured promotion from Second League: Group A. With a grand total of 21 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 8 were in away matches.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with El Gounah playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 1 El Gounah win, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the prior ten meetings featuring these two sides are: four wins for Smouha, five draws and one win for El Gounah. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

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El Gounah missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Smouha El Gounah
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Smouha Last season El Gounah
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   15 30
10 4   Won W   8 21
12 6   Drew D   5 6
12 7   Lost L   2 3
36 20   Scored S   22 54
43 26   Conceded C   14 23
85% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 97%
74% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 70%
35% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 50%
21% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 23%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 10%
47% 65%   BTTS BTTS   47% 50%
35% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 43%
32% 29%   Failed to Score F T   20% 10%
 
4.5 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 3
4.2 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   2.4 1.7
1.8 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1
0 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
9.1 10.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 7.6
3.4 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 2.5
31% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   53% 70%
 
8.9 8.9   Shots against (avg) S A   6.4 4.7
3.5 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.5 1.9

  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 El Geish 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Masr 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Zamalek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 El Daklyeh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Al Ittihad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Smouha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Baladiyyat Al Mehalla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 El Gounah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Pyramids FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pharco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Coca-Cola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Al Mokawloon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 ENPPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ceramica Cleopatra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Ismaily 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 National Bank of Egypt 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Al Masry 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season 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 34 25 8 1 63 13 17 12 5 0 29 6 17 13 3 1 34 7 50 83
2 Pyramids FC 34 22 7 5 58 24 17 14 3 0 39 9 17 8 4 5 19 15 34 73
3 Zamalek 34 17 9 8 52 36 17 11 4 2 28 15 17 6 5 6 24 21 16 60
4 Coca-Cola 34 15 13 6 34 23 17 7 8 2 15 8 17 8 5 4 19 15 11 58
5 Al Masry 34 11 15 8 34 33 17 6 6 5 18 17 17 5 9 3 16 16 1 48
6 ENPPI 34 13 6 15 34 40 17 7 5 5 17 16 17 6 1 10 17 24 -6 45
7 Al Mokawloon 34 9 17 8 35 33 17 4 10 3 14 15 17 5 7 5 21 18 2 44
8 Al Ittihad 34 12 7 15 36 43 17 7 4 6 17 14 17 5 3 9 19 29 -7 43
9 Pharco 34 9 15 10 31 34 17 7 5 5 21 18 17 2 10 5 10 16 -3 42
10 Smouha 34 10 12 12 36 43 17 4 6 7 20 26 17 6 6 5 16 17 -7 42
11 Ismaily 34 9 13 12 35 38 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 4 7 6 17 22 -3 40
12 National Bank of Egypt 34 9 12 13 35 40 17 8 5 4 25 19 17 1 7 9 10 21 -5 39
13 Ceramica Cleopatra 34 7 16 11 31 32 17 5 8 4 16 15 17 2 8 7 15 17 -1 37
14 El Geish 34 8 12 14 33 45 17 6 5 6 19 21 17 2 7 8 14 24 -12 36
15 El Daklyeh 34 7 14 13 32 43 17 2 8 7 14 21 17 5 6 6 18 22 -11 35
16 Aswan 34 8 9 17 31 45 17 4 6 7 18 24 17 4 3 10 13 21 -14 33
17 Ghazl El Mehalla 34 8 9 17 26 47 17 6 3 8 15 23 17 2 6 9 11 24 -21 33
18 Haras El Hodood 34 5 10 19 21 45 17 4 5 8 11 20 17 1 5 11 10 25 -24 25
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 El Gounah 30 21 6 3 54 23 15 13 1 1 32 9 15 8 5 2 22 14 31 69
2 La Viena FC 30 21 5 4 51 19 15 12 3 0 30 7 15 9 2 4 21 12 32 68
3 Asyut Petrol 30 18 5 7 40 18 15 10 4 1 20 5 15 8 1 6 20 13 22 59
4 Al Nasr Taa'den 30 15 8 7 40 26 15 8 5 2 23 11 15 7 3 5 17 15 14 53
5 Misr Lel Makasa 30 12 12 6 46 41 15 8 5 2 28 20 15 4 7 4 18 21 5 48
6 El Minya 30 12 10 8 32 24 15 9 3 3 21 8 15 3 7 5 11 16 8 46
7 Kima Aswan 30 12 9 9 34 31 15 6 5 4 20 15 15 6 4 5 14 16 3 45
8 Aluminium Nag Hammadi 30 11 7 12 36 28 15 7 2 6 21 14 15 4 5 6 15 14 8 40
9 Dayrout 30 10 10 10 40 33 15 7 4 4 26 14 15 3 6 6 14 19 7 40
10 Asmant Asyut 30 10 8 12 32 38 15 5 3 7 17 23 15 5 5 5 15 15 -6 38
11 Shoban Moslemen Qena 30 7 9 14 31 40 15 3 6 6 19 19 15 4 3 8 12 21 -9 30
12 Fayoum 30 6 8 16 26 39 15 3 5 7 15 16 15 3 3 9 11 23 -13 26
13 Tamya 30 5 10 15 22 44 15 4 7 4 11 11 15 1 3 11 11 33 -22 25
14 Telephonaat Beni Suef 30 5 8 17 26 50 15 3 4 8 16 26 15 2 4 9 10 24 -24 23
15 Mallawi 30 5 8 17 24 53 15 4 4 7 15 19 15 1 4 10 9 34 -29 23
16 El Madina El Monowara 30 5 7 18 30 57 15 2 4 9 12 21 15 3 3 9 18 36 -27 22

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 Al Ahly 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 El Geish 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Masr 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Zamalek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 El Daklyeh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Al Ittihad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Smouha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Baladiyyat Al Mehalla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 El Gounah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Pyramids FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pharco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Coca-Cola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Al Mokawloon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 ENPPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ceramica Cleopatra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Ismaily 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 National Bank of Egypt 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Al Masry 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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