It's time for Smouha - Ismaily! Despite a mixed bag of results so far, this match could be awesome!
- Smouha have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Smouha and Ismaily should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Smouha form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Smouha have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Alexandria Stadium.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Omar Mohamed Salah Mohamed not having conceded a league goal in 209 minutes.
The home team returns to Alexandria Stadium after drawing with Ceramica Cleopatra (placed 11th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Al Mokawloon and winning 1-0.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 3 of these, drawn 10 and lost 3.
Smouha have scored {10 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Smouha have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Ismaily form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ismaily so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-3 (win-draw-lose).
The attacking players of Ismaily have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 216 minutes. The Ismaily goalkeeper Mohamed Fawzi is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Ismaily has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Ghazl El Mehalla (after extra-time) for a 1-1 draw.
A draw for Ismaily before that, at their own venue hosting Pharco (0-0).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Ismaily in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Ismaily, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 8 of this team's most recent 10 league matches have seen two goals or less.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ceramica Cleopatra in just four days.
The attacking power of Ismaily when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Ismaily have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Ismaily - Smouha 0-1 was the output when these two squads formerly played each other, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Smouha victories, two draws and four Ismaily wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Smouha missing players
Ismaily missing players
| Smouha | Ismaily | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 19 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 19 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 76% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | 75% |
| 67% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 60% |
| 29% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 30% | 30% |
| 10% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 55% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 70% | 55% |
| 48% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 25% |
| 38% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 45% |
| 5.3 | 6.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.4 | 10.7 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.3 | 8.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 29% | 23% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 6.7 | 6.8 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.4 | 9 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3 |
- Smouha have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Smouha have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | Coca-Cola | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 42 |
| 3 | Pyramids FC | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Zamalek | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Al Mokawloon | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 32 |
| 7 | Al Masry | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 28 |
| 8 | Pharco | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Smouha | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 27 |
| 11 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | Aswan | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | ENPPI | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -9 | 20 |
| 14 | El Daklyeh | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | National Bank of Egypt | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 17 |
| 16 | El Geish | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 17 |
| 17 | Ismaily | 20 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 16 |
| 18 | Haras El Hodood | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 16 |
