Delightful dogfight as daring Zamalek duel with determined El Geish

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Tue 17.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cairo International Stadium (75000 seats)

1st position in the Premier League table for Zamalek at present, a potent showing. The match-going followers pray for more glory as 10th-placed El Geish visit Cairo International Stadium.

Insights:
  • Zamalek have the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League
  • El Geish have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Premier League

This is a local fight, usually meaning increased motivation and importance.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Zamalek form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Zamalek have to build on here at Cairo International Stadium in the Premier League.

The Zamalek fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Cairo International Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against ENPPI (placed 8th).

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting El Sharqia Dokhan.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Zamalek's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 2 matches, drawn 0 and lost 3.

The Zamalek fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. Zamalek have conceded 12 from these games.

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El Geish form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for El Geish so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-3 (win-draw-lose). In general it has been a productive period now for Geish as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

There were no winners in El Geish's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs National Bank of Egypt (placed 7th).

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Ismaily.

A new game in only four days for El Geish, the Premier League home match versus Al Mokawloon. Busy days.

Geish are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 8 away games. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. El Geish have conceded 9 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

El Geish - Zamalek 0-2 was the end result in these squads' last head to head game, played this season. Zamalek-El Geish H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zamalek five wins, El Geish three wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Zamalek missing players

El Geish missing players

Zamalek El Geish
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 4 Played P 3 8 18
13 4 2 Won W 0 0 5
2 2 1 Drew D 1 5 8
3 2 1 Lost L 2 3 5
32 15 7 Scored S 0 2 9
18 12 4 Conceded C 4 9 14
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 62% 78%
83% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 39%
44% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 11%
22% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 22%
44% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 50%
17% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 50%
 
5.6 7 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 5.5 5.6
3.8 3.4 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 2.9 3.9
2 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
11.7 13.1 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 9.2 8.6
4.8 5 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.4 3
37% 38% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 11% 17%
 
7.9 7.8 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 8.5 8.3
3.2 4.1 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 2.9 2.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • El Geish have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • El Geish have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • El Geish have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Premier League
  • El Geish have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Premier League
  • El Geish have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Premier League
  • El Geish have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Premier League
  • El Geish have yet to win a game away.
  • Zamalek have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zamalek have scored more than double the goals of El Geish.
  • Zamalek have the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League
  • Zamalek have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Premier League
  • Zamalek have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Zamalek 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 Zamalek 18 13 2 3 32 18 8 4 2 2 15 12 10 9 0 1 17 6 14 41
2 Pyramids FC 18 12 3 3 29 13 9 6 1 2 15 5 9 6 2 1 14 8 16 39
3 Al Ahly 14 10 3 1 32 10 7 6 1 0 14 1 7 4 2 1 18 9 22 33
4 Smouha 19 9 6 4 27 22 9 7 1 1 17 8 10 2 5 3 10 14 5 33
5 Future FC 17 8 4 5 28 15 8 5 2 1 14 6 9 3 2 4 14 9 13 28
6 Pharco 19 7 6 6 16 14 10 5 2 3 10 9 9 2 4 3 6 5 2 27
7 National Bank of Egypt 17 6 6 5 20 18 8 5 1 2 11 6 9 1 5 3 9 12 2 24
8 ENPPI 18 5 9 4 21 21 9 2 5 2 9 10 9 3 4 2 12 11 0 24
9 Ghazl El Mehalla 19 5 9 5 17 21 9 3 5 1 12 8 10 2 4 4 5 13 -4 24
10 El Geish 18 5 8 5 9 14 10 5 3 2 7 5 8 0 5 3 2 9 -5 23
11 Ceramica Cleopatra 19 4 9 6 17 22 9 3 4 2 10 11 10 1 5 4 7 11 -5 21
12 Al Masry 18 4 8 6 22 23 9 2 5 2 10 11 9 2 3 4 12 12 -1 20
13 Al Ittihad 18 4 7 7 24 30 10 3 3 4 17 19 8 1 4 3 7 11 -6 19
14 Al Mokawloon 19 3 9 7 19 23 9 1 6 2 8 10 10 2 3 5 11 13 -4 18
15 El Gounah 17 5 2 10 17 24 8 2 2 4 7 11 9 3 0 6 10 13 -7 17
16 Ismaily 18 4 5 9 14 22 9 2 3 4 5 11 9 2 2 5 9 11 -8 17
17 El Sharqia Dokhan 18 2 5 11 12 31 10 1 3 6 8 19 8 1 2 5 4 12 -19 11
18 Misr Lel Makasa 18 1 7 10 8 23 10 1 5 4 4 9 8 0 2 6 4 14 -15 10