Match preview: 15 points stand between the contenders ahead of this match, El Minya the sharpest side. Can Sohag strike back?
- Sohag have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- El Minya have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
El Minya could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Second League: Group A game only four sleeps ago.
Sohag form and stats
5-7-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Second League: Group A numbers at home for Sohag so far this season.
Happy days for Sohag in their previous game, a fixture away at El Madina El Monowara (placed 8th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.
Heartbreak before that as Sohag lost 1-3 at Ilameen's place.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sohag as they are travelling to their away game against El Badari in the Second League: Group A. That match is four days after this one.
Sohag have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
El Minya form and stats
5 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of El Minya playing as the away team in the Second League: Group A this season.
There were no winners in El Minya's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Ilameen (placed 11th).
A 1-1 draw at Kima Aswan's stadium before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the El Minya manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against El Madina El Monowara.
Minya are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 12 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Previous five meetings involving these contenders: Sohag won two, El Minya were winners in one and we saw two draws. zero games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Sohag missing players
El Minya missing players
| Sohag | El Minya | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 10 | 19 | 35 |
| 30 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 88% | 77% | 25% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 81% |
| 65% | 62% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 69% |
| 35% | 23% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 67% | 50% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 8% | 15% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 58% | 54% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 75% | 54% |
| 19% | 38% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 25% | 38% |
| 35% | 31% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 27% |
| 3.2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.8 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
| 3.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | 39% |
| 6.8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 7 | 7 |
| 2.7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
- El Minya have created more than twice as many corners as Sohag.
- El Minya have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- El Minya have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sohag have won significantly less 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 | Aswan | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 30 | 65 |
| 2 | Aluminium Nag Hammadi | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 25 | 49 |
| 3 | Kima Aswan | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 49 |
| 4 | Asyut Petrol | 27 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 46 |
| 5 | El Minya | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 43 |
| 6 | Telephonaat Beni Suef | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -3 | 37 |
| 7 | Tamya | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 36 |
| 8 | El Madina El Monowara | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 33 |
| 9 | Fayoum | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -7 | 33 |
| 10 | Dayrout | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 32 |
| 11 | Ilameen | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -8 | 30 |
| 12 | Beni Suef | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -7 | 29 |
| 13 | Mallawi | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -8 | 29 |
| 14 | Sohag | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -6 | 28 |
| 15 | Qena | 27 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 55 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 34 | -27 | 17 |
| 16 | El Badari | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 50 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -32 | 15 |
