Soccer match preview: Home supporters have high expectations when Zamalek meet Al Masry

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Thu 28.April
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Cairo International Stadium (75000 seats)

The team playing at home, Zamalek, should be the favourites in this game, but Al Masry have displayed both competence and courage. Learn more about the game!

Insights:
  • Zamalek is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
  • Al Masry haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the CAF Confederations Cup. That game, against RSB Berkane, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Al Masry.

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Zamalek form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Zamalek at their home stadium (Cairo International Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mohamed Abougabal not having conceded a league goal in 323 minutes.

A strong away win for Zamalek against Al Ittihad the last match, as Zizo and Abdelghani were on target.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Pharco that ended 0-0.

There will be little rest for Zamalek after this match as they are travelling to El Sharqia Dokhan for a Premier League game in only three days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (13 in 6 games), Zamalek's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Zamalek defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Al Masry form and stats

Playing away, Al Masry have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premier League this season.

Two away games in a row for Al Masry, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs RSB Berkane in the CAF Confederations Cup.

After this away game Masry return home for a Premier League game against Al Mokawloon. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Al Masry are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Al Masry are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Zamalek-Al Masry H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zamalek seven wins, Al Masry three wins, zero draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these clubs have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

ZamalekA. Sayed
A. Sayed
9 goals
ZamalekA. Bencharki
A. Bencharki
5 goals
ZamalekO. El Said
O. El Said
4 goals

Zamalek missing players

Al Masry missing players

Zamalek Al Masry
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 6 2 Played P 1 6 13
11 3 1 Won W 0 2 4
2 2 1 Drew D 1 3 7
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
28 13 4 Scored S 1 8 17
14 9 0 Conceded C 1 5 13
93% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
80% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 62%
40% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 38%
27% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 31%
20% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
40% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 54%
53% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 31%
13% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 23%
 
5.2 6.7 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.3 5.1
4 3.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3 3.3
1.8 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.5 11 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.2 8.7
4.5 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.3 3.1
42% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 40% 38%
 
7.9 7.7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 14 10.2 9.6
3.1 4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 3.2 3.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Al Masry haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Zamalek have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zamalek have the most points from losing position (7) in Premier League
  • Zamalek have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Premier League
  • Zamalek have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Zamalek is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League

  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 15 11 2 2 28 14 6 3 2 1 13 9 9 8 0 1 15 5 14 35
2 Al Ahly 13 10 2 1 31 9 7 6 1 0 14 1 6 4 1 1 17 8 22 32
3 Pyramids FC 14 9 2 3 23 12 8 6 0 2 15 5 6 3 2 1 8 7 11 29
4 Smouha 15 7 5 3 20 17 7 6 1 0 15 5 8 1 4 3 5 12 3 26
5 Coca-Cola 15 7 4 4 25 14 8 5 2 1 14 6 7 2 2 3 11 8 11 25
6 National Bank of Egypt 15 6 4 5 17 15 8 5 1 2 11 6 7 1 3 3 6 9 2 22
7 Pharco 16 6 4 6 15 14 8 4 1 3 9 9 8 2 3 3 6 5 1 22
8 Ghazl El Mehalla 16 4 8 4 15 17 8 2 5 1 11 8 8 2 3 3 4 9 -2 20
9 Al Masry 13 4 7 2 17 13 7 2 4 1 9 8 6 2 3 1 8 5 4 19
10 ENPPI 15 4 7 4 15 17 8 2 4 2 7 8 7 2 3 2 8 9 -2 19
11 El Geish 16 4 7 5 7 13 8 4 2 2 5 4 8 0 5 3 2 9 -6 19
12 Ceramica Cleopatra 16 3 8 5 13 17 7 2 3 2 6 8 9 1 5 3 7 9 -4 17
13 El Gounah 15 5 2 8 14 19 7 2 2 3 6 9 8 3 0 5 8 10 -5 17
14 Al Ittihad 16 3 7 6 19 25 8 2 3 3 12 14 8 1 4 3 7 11 -6 16
15 Al Mokawloon 16 2 7 7 14 20 8 1 5 2 6 8 8 1 2 5 8 12 -6 13
16 Ismaily 15 2 5 8 9 19 7 0 3 4 0 9 8 2 2 4 9 10 -10 11
17 Misr Lel Makasa 16 1 7 8 8 18 8 1 5 2 4 4 8 0 2 6 4 14 -10 10
18 El Sharqia Dokhan 15 2 4 9 10 27 8 1 2 5 6 16 7 1 2 4 4 11 -17 10