The visiting Al Ahly side should be favourites in this visit to Tanta, as the away team holds a 58 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.
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.
Relegation threatens Tanta who should definitely be looking for some points here. Ahly have already won the Premier League. Congratulations! It will be interesting to see if this affects performances here at the final stages.
Tanta form and stats
With 1 Premier League win, 7 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Tanta, who have the most conceded goals (47) in Premier League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 15 attempts. With seven home Premier League games in a row without a win, the Tanta fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the El Gounah game long ago, can be stopped today.
The fans are hoping that Tanta will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Premier League game against Zamalek (placed 2nd). Before that, Tanta drew at home versus Masr.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Tanta here at Tanta Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 14 games). On the other hand, Tanta have conceded 17 goals.
Al Ahly form and stats
The away performances of Al Ahly, who have the most scored goals (66) in Premier League, have been very solid so far with 11 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in the Premier League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.
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. Ahly goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy is eager to challenge this, with his 720 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two travels in a row for Ahly, whose manager R. Weiler could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Masr. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Misr Lel Makasa.
A quick return to home after this game, as Ahly are hosting Tersana in the Egypt Cup only four days away.
Ahly have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 29 goals from 14 away matches. Ahly are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 6 goals away.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Al Ahly - Tanta 5-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Tanta won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Al Ahly has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / fiveTanta missing players
Al Ahly missing players
| Tanta | Al Ahly | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 14 | 29 | 64 |
| 47 | 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 79% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | 79% |
| 45% | 36% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 43% | 50% |
| 28% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 21% | 25% |
| 7% | 7% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 38% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 28% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 71% | 79% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 211 | 101 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 57 | 177 | 349 |
| 69 | 34 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 75 | 158 |
| 22% | 24% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 33% | 38% |
- Al Ahly has the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the fewest conceded goals (8) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most clean sheets (10) away in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most clean sheets (22) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most points (35) away in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals (29) away in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals (66) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals in the second half (48) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the the best goal difference (+23) away in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the the best goal difference (+58) in Premier League
- Al Ahly have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Ahly have scored more than double the goals of Tanta.
- Tanta has the fewest points (10) at home in Premier League
- Tanta has the most conceded goals (47) in Premier League
- Tanta has the the worst goal difference (-30) in Premier League
- 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 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 66 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 58 | 76 |
| 2 | Zamalek | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 58 |
| 3 | Pyramids FC | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 51 |
| 4 | Al Mokawloon | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 49 |
| 5 | Smouha | 29 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 40 |
| 6 | Al Ittihad | 27 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 38 |
| 7 | ENPPI | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 38 |
| 8 | Misr Lel Makasa | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
| 9 | El Entag El Harby | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 34 |
| 10 | Aswan | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -6 | 34 |
| 11 | El Geish | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 33 |
| 12 | Ismaily | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -8 | 31 |
| 13 | El Gounah | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -13 | 31 |
| 14 | Al Masry | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 30 |
| 15 | Haras El Hodood | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 29 |
| 16 | Wadi Degla | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | -12 | 28 |
| 17 | Masr | 28 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 27 | -26 | 20 |
| 18 | Tanta | 29 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 47 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 30 | -30 | 18 |