Premier League preview: Can Zamalek edge out victory against El Geish?

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Competition: Egypt Premier League
Competition: Tue 30.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cairo International Stadium (75000 seats)

Zamalek - El Geish. 4th position against 17th position. Nothing is certain - get a full overview of the game here!

Insights:
  • Zamalek have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Premier League
  • El Geish have won significantly more corners away than at home.

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

The visiting El Geish played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.

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Zamalek form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 13 Premier League games here at Cairo International Stadium for Zamalek. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Cairo International Stadium.

Zamalek drew their last game, 1-1 away at El Daklyeh (placed 16th). A painful moment in the game against El Daklyeh was the missed penalty kick from Zizo in the 76th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.

Before that, Zamalek had a home game versus Aswan which ended with a victory 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Zamalek handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Zamalek have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Cairo International Stadium with 20 goals in 13 league matches. Zamalek have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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El Geish form and stats

El Geish have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-7-6 (14 played).

Geish aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 203 league minutes without a goal. Camacho was the last player to find the net.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Al Ahly with 0-2 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after five consecutive league games winning points. Mansour was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.1. The defender Mansour hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Al Mokawloon that ended 0-0.

We have checked recent matches where El Geish have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 1 victory, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this side's last 12 league rounds have contained two or less goals.

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

The attacking power of Geish when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 14 league matches away. El Geish have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have fought before this season: El Geish - Zamalek 0-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zamalek five wins, one draw and El Geish four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Zamalek missing players

El Geish missing players

Zamalek El Geish
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 4 14 28
13 8 3 Won W 0 1 5
8 3 1 Drew D 3 7 11
7 2 0 Lost L 1 6 12
40 20 7 Scored S 2 11 27
27 12 1 Conceded C 3 18 39
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 64% 79%
71% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 61%
50% 46% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 43% 46%
25% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 32%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 11%
43% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
46% 46% 75% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 29%
21% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 43%
 
5.1 4.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.2 4.2
4.8 4.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.8 4.1
1.2 1.1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
12 12 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 8.6 8.7
4.2 4.4 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.4 3.3
34% 35% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 23% 28%
 
10.9 11.3 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 6.2 8.9 8.1
4 3.8 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 2.9 3.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • El Geish have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Zamalek have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Premier League
  • Zamalek haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 24 19 5 0 45 7 14 10 4 0 23 4 10 9 1 0 22 3 38 62
2 Pyramids FC 28 17 7 4 43 18 13 10 3 0 26 5 15 7 4 4 17 13 25 58
3 Coca-Cola 28 14 12 2 31 16 14 6 7 1 12 5 14 8 5 1 19 11 15 54
4 Zamalek 28 13 8 7 40 27 13 8 3 2 20 12 15 5 5 5 20 15 13 47
5 Al Mokawloon 29 9 14 6 31 25 14 4 9 1 11 8 15 5 5 5 20 17 6 41
6 Pharco 29 9 13 7 28 26 15 7 5 3 21 14 14 2 8 4 7 12 2 40
7 Al Ittihad 28 12 4 12 32 33 14 7 2 5 17 12 14 5 2 7 15 21 -1 40
8 Al Masry 29 9 13 7 28 31 14 5 5 4 16 16 15 4 8 3 12 15 -3 40
9 ENPPI 29 10 6 13 29 36 14 4 5 5 13 15 15 6 1 8 16 21 -7 36
10 Smouha 29 8 11 10 29 33 15 3 5 7 16 23 14 5 6 3 13 10 -4 35
11 Ismaily 28 7 11 10 27 32 14 4 5 5 13 13 14 3 6 5 14 19 -5 32
12 Ceramica Cleopatra 29 6 13 10 27 28 15 4 7 4 14 14 14 2 6 6 13 14 -1 31
13 National Bank of Egypt 29 7 10 12 31 36 14 6 5 3 21 15 15 1 5 9 10 21 -5 31
14 Aswan 29 8 7 14 27 37 15 4 5 6 15 19 14 4 2 8 12 18 -10 31
15 Ghazl El Mehalla 29 8 7 14 24 41 15 6 1 8 14 22 14 2 6 6 10 19 -17 31
16 El Daklyeh 29 5 13 11 25 36 15 2 7 6 13 19 14 3 6 5 12 17 -11 28
17 El Geish 28 5 11 12 27 39 14 4 4 6 16 21 14 1 7 6 11 18 -12 26
18 Haras El Hodood 28 3 7 18 14 37 13 2 4 7 6 14 15 1 3 11 8 23 -23 16