Zamalek greet El Daklyeh as odds-on favourites: Full football preview

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Thu 05.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cairo International Stadium (75000 seats)

We are looking at a significant gulf in quality between these sides based on the league table so far, with Zamalek in front of El Daklyeh by 16 points.

Insights:
  • Zamalek have the most scored goals (21) in Premier League
  • El Daklyeh have yet to win a game away.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

It's no vacation for neither Zamalek nor El Daklyeh as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Zamalek form and stats

The overall Premier League results at home this season for Zamalek are 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Cairo International Stadium after three straight home wins.

In their previous game, the manager Ferreira led his Zamalek to a defeat away at Aswan. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Cairo International Stadium. This team achieved a ten league rounds long consecutive run without a loss until that game!

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Ismaily.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Zamalek home games with this odds we find 11 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (12 in 5 games), Zamalek's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Zamalek have conceded only 3 goals.

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El Daklyeh form and stats

0-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for El Daklyeh in their Premier League matches away. Daklyeh has drawn their two previous away games.

The attacking players of El Daklyeh have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 192 minutes.

Daklyeh failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Al Masry (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 0-1. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to ENPPI.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from El Daklyeh's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 5 matches.

Head 2 Head

Zamalek have been victorious in every one of the 7 most recent fixtures versus this opponent. Will the streak continue?

Top Goalscorers

ZamalekA. Sayed
A. Sayed
5 goals
ZamalekY. Nabih
Y. Nabih
4 goals
ZamalekE. Ashour
E. Ashour
2 goals

Zamalek missing players

El Daklyeh missing players

Zamalek El Daklyeh
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 3 Played P 2 5 11
7 4 3 Won W 0 0 1
3 1 0 Drew D 0 3 5
1 0 0 Lost L 2 2 5
21 12 9 Scored S 1 2 5
6 3 1 Conceded C 4 5 12
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 60% 64%
73% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 45%
45% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 20% 27%
36% 60% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
36% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 36%
64% 60% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 36%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 60% 64%
 
5.5 3 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.2 3.7
5.5 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.6 5.2
1.5 0.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.8 10 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7.2 6.2
4.4 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 2.4
44% 63% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 15% 19%
 
10.7 12.4 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10 7.8 9.5
4.1 4.2 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.2 3.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • El Daklyeh have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • El Daklyeh have yet to win a game away.
  • Zamalek have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Zamalek have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zamalek have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Zamalek have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Zamalek have scored more than double the goals of El Daklyeh.
  • Zamalek have the most scored goals (12) at home in Premier League
  • Zamalek have the most scored goals (21) in Premier League
  • Zamalek have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Premier League
  • Zamalek have the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Premier League
  • Zamalek have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Zamalek haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Zamalek is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 Al Ahly 11 8 3 0 20 5 6 4 2 0 10 2 5 4 1 0 10 3 15 27
2 Zamalek 11 7 3 1 21 6 5 4 1 0 12 3 6 3 2 1 9 3 15 24
3 Coca-Cola 10 6 4 0 11 4 5 3 2 0 4 1 5 3 2 0 7 3 7 22
4 Pyramids FC 11 6 2 3 14 9 5 4 1 0 9 1 6 2 1 3 5 8 5 20
5 Ghazl El Mehalla 10 5 3 2 11 8 5 3 1 1 7 6 5 2 2 1 4 2 3 18
6 Al Ittihad 11 6 0 5 11 12 6 4 0 2 8 5 5 2 0 3 3 7 -1 18
7 Aswan 11 5 0 6 13 13 5 3 0 2 5 3 6 2 0 4 8 10 0 15
8 Al Masry 11 3 5 3 10 12 5 1 2 2 5 7 6 2 3 1 5 5 -2 14
9 Ceramica Cleopatra 10 3 3 4 12 13 6 2 3 1 7 7 4 1 0 3 5 6 -1 12
10 Al Mokawloon 10 2 6 2 9 10 5 2 3 0 6 4 5 0 3 2 3 6 -1 12
11 El Geish 10 3 3 4 12 16 5 3 1 1 8 8 5 0 2 3 4 8 -4 12
12 ENPPI 11 2 4 5 11 16 5 0 4 1 3 4 6 2 0 4 8 12 -5 10
13 National Bank of Egypt 10 2 3 5 10 13 5 2 1 2 8 7 5 0 2 3 2 6 -3 9
14 Smouha 10 1 6 3 3 7 5 0 3 2 2 5 5 1 3 1 1 2 -4 9
15 Pharco 10 1 5 4 7 10 5 1 2 2 6 7 5 0 3 2 1 3 -3 8
16 El Daklyeh 11 1 5 5 5 12 6 1 2 3 3 7 5 0 3 2 2 5 -7 8
17 Haras El Hodood 10 1 4 5 5 13 5 1 2 2 2 4 5 0 2 3 3 9 -8 7
18 Ismaily 10 1 3 6 7 13 5 0 1 4 1 5 5 1 2 2 6 8 -6 6