The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Smouha are in the 7th position while the guesting Tanta worry at 18th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Smouha form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Smouha at their home stadium (Alexandria Stadium) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Smouha shared the glory with El Geish in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Pyramids FC with the scoreline 1-2.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Smouha, as the Premier League home game vs El Entag El Harby is only three days away.
Smouha has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Smouha's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Tanta form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tanta so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-5 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Tanta have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Wadi Degla game. It's looking increasingly bleak for Tanta who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Wadi Degla was the last time a defeat was avoided.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Ismaily with 1-3 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against El Geish wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
A quick return to home after this game, as Tanta are hosting Al Ittihad in the Premier League only four days away.
The attacking power of Tanta when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 11 league matches away. In the opposite end, Tanta have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Tanta - Smouha 2-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Smouha two wins, one draw and Tanta two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Farid 8 goals | H. Hassan 8 goals |
Smouha missing players
Tanta missing players
| Smouha | Tanta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 23 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 31 |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 82% | 77% |
| 68% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 55% |
| 36% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 41% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 27% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 68% | 80% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | 41% |
| 27% | 10% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 32% |
| 23% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 55% | 50% |
| 4.8 | 4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 6.1 | 5.9 | 7.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 154 | 75 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 71 | 140 |
| 51 | 27 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 25 | 50 |
| 41% | 48% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 24% | 26% |
- Smouha has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
- Smouha have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Smouha have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tanta have scored away.
- Smouha haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Tanta has the the worst goal difference (-16)
- Tanta have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Tanta is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 46 | 59 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 42 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 42 |
| 4 | Al Mokawloon | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Al Ittihad | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | ENPPI | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
| 7 | Smouha | 22 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 | Ismaily | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 27 |
| 9 | Haras El Hodood | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | El Entag El Harby | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 24 |
| 11 | Misr Lel Makasa | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -7 | 23 |
| 12 | Wadi Degla | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -7 | 23 |
| 13 | Aswan | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -11 | 23 |
| 14 | El Geish | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Al Masry | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 21 |
| 16 | El Gounah | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -12 | 21 |
| 17 | Masr | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -15 | 17 |
| 18 | Tanta | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 16 |