Only victory will please the Smouha followers in this Alexandria Stadium clash with El Gounah, seeing as they have a healthy lead on the away side in the Premier League standings.
- Smouha have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in Premier League
- El Gounah have won significantly less corners away then at home.
The hosts Smouha saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Pyramids FC, so at least Smouha are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Smouha form and stats
8 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Smouha have to build on here at Alexandria Stadium in the Premier League.
The followers are hoping that Smouha will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-5 away loss in the game against Pyramids FC (placed 2nd). As you see from the result above, Smouha suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
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 15 games. Smouha has won 4 of these, drawn 8 and lost 3.
There will be little rest for Smouha after this match as they are travelling to Misr Lel Makasa for a Premier League game in only three days.
Smouha have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Alexandria Stadium with 24 goals in 15 league matches.
El Gounah form and stats
There's been little loot from El Gounah's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 15 away games in the Premier League. El Gounah only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws. El Gounah has drawn their two previous away games.
El Gounah aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 187 league minutes without a goal. Bekele was the last player to find the net. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Gounah goalkeeper Emad El Sayed is eager to challenge this, with his 189 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
El Gounah delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Ghazl El Mehalla (placed 14th) in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Al Mokawloon that ended 0-0.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 15 relevant matches. Results were 2 El Gounah wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats.
After this away game Gounah return home for a Premier League game against Coca-Cola. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The attacking power of El Gounah when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 15 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 19 goals have been conceded by El Gounah in these games.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the squads played each other previously this campaign; El Gounah - Smouha 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings featuring these two sides are: four wins for Smouha, five draws and one win for El Gounah. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Smouha missing players
El Gounah missing players
| Smouha | El Gounah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 10 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 40 | 24 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 43 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 42 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 87% |
| 71% | 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | 61% |
| 39% | 33% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 26% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 16% |
| 19% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 13% | 13% |
| 52% | 53% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 45% |
| 26% | 33% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 32% |
| 32% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | 35% |
| 4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.8 | 10.1 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 6.9 | 9.5 |
| 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| 38% | 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | 22% |
| 10 | 10.5 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 8.7 | 9.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
- El Gounah have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Smouha have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) 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 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 34 | 75 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 31 | 68 |
| 3 | Al Ahly | 31 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 56 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 36 | 64 |
| 4 | Coca-Cola | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 53 |
| 5 | El Geish | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 50 |
| 6 | Smouha | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 40 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 28 | -3 | 42 |
| 7 | National Bank of Egypt | 31 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -2 | 41 |
| 8 | Pharco | 31 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 32 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 37 |
| 10 | Ismaily | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 18 | -9 | 37 |
| 11 | Al Masry | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 36 |
| 12 | Al Ittihad | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 49 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -11 | 36 |
| 13 | ENPPI | 31 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 36 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | -2 | 35 |
| 14 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -11 | 34 |
| 15 | Al Mokawloon | 31 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 25 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 29 |
| 16 | El Gounah | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 19 | -16 | 29 |
| 17 | El Sharqia Dokhan | 31 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 51 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -23 | 29 |
| 18 | Misr Lel Makasa | 32 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 47 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 28 | -35 | 15 |
