This game features two participants residing in the lower section of the Second League: Group B, Al Merreikh having 13th spot and Bur Fouad sitting at 14th. A nice chance for one of the squads to upgrade their situation.
- Al Merreikh have the most points from losing position (2) in Second League: Group B
- Bur Fouad have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Second League: Group B
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Al Merreikh form and stats
Al Merreikh's struggle is real here at Al Merreikh Stadium with only 10 points collected from 12 Second League: Group B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-7-4.
Al Merreikh are confident in defense, having played 228 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Al Merreikh are returning here after visiting El Seka El Hadid and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Banha in a game that was won 2-0.Merreikh aren't scoring a lot here at Al Merreikh Stadium in the league, with only 9 goals from 12 games. Al Merreikh are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al Merreikh Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches. Al Merreikh has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.
Bur Fouad form and stats
Bur Fouad have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Second League: Group B, after 2-4-6 (12 played).
Fouad's previous game was their home loss versus El Daklyeh (1-2).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Belbeis with the score of 2-1.Bur Fouad have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bur Fouad struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Al Merreikh missing players
Bur Fouad missing players
| Al Merreikh | Bur Fouad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| 26 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 22 | 37 |
| 83% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 92% |
| 54% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 71% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 50% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 42% | 21% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 42% | 42% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 58% |
| 25% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 8% | 12% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 38% |
| 3.4 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 4.3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5.8 | 1 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 7.4 | 7.6 |
| 2.4 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3 | 3 |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 30% | 28% |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.8 | 11.1 |
| 3.3 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
- Al Merreikh have the most points from losing position (2) in Second League: Group B
- Al Merreikh have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Al Merreikh have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Bur Fouad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bur Fouad have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Second League: Group B
- Bur Fouad have the most conceded goals (22) away in Second League: Group B
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | El Daklyeh | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 56 |
| 2 | Petrojet | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 46 |
| 3 | Wadi Degla | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | El Seka El Hadid | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 38 |
| 5 | ZED FC | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 38 |
| 6 | Tersana | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 36 |
| 7 | Porto Suez | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | -3 | 34 |
| 8 | Olympic El Qanah | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 32 |
| 9 | Suez | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 32 |
| 10 | Itesalat | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 31 |
| 11 | El Entag El Harby | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 31 |
| 12 | Nasr | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -7 | 25 |
| 13 | Al Merreikh | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 14 | Bur Fouad | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -15 | 20 |
| 15 | Belbeis | 24 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 18 |
| 16 | Banha | 24 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 19 | -24 | 10 |
