Match preview: El Seka El Hadid likely to win against Al Merreikh at Al-Sekka Al-Hadid Stadium

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Competition: Egypt Second League: Group B
Competition: Fri 25.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Sekka Al-Hadid Stadium (25000 seats)

El Seka El Hadid are chasing the top league spots while Al Merreikh are more involved in avoiding relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Al Merreikh have the most points from losing position (2) in Second League: Group B

El Seka El Hadid and Al Merreikh should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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El Seka El Hadid form and stats

El Seka El Hadid have performed here at Al-Sekka Al-Hadid Stadium this season with 8 wins from 11 Second League: Group B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Al-Sekka Al-Hadid Stadium.

Hadid enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at El Daklyeh's place. The match ended 4-1.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Belbeis.

El Seka El Hadid have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Al-Sekka Al-Hadid Stadium with 18 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, El Seka El Hadid have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Al Merreikh form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Al Merreikh so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose).

Merreikh won their last game, 2-0 versus Banha played at home.

Prior to that result Al Merreikh won their away game at Masr. The scoreline was 2-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Merreikh as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Al Merreikh in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - three - zero (Hadid wins - draws - Al Merreikh wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

El Seka El Hadid missing players

Al Merreikh missing players

Total First Half Second Half
El Seka El Hadid Al Merreikh
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 5 Played P 3 11 23
10 8 4 Won W 0 2 3
8 2 1 Drew D 0 2 9
5 1 0 Lost L 3 7 11
29 18 11 Scored S 1 8 17
24 9 4 Conceded C 4 15 26
83% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 83%
65% 64% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 64% 57%
39% 36% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 30%
26% 27% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 13%
13% 18% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
48% 45% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 43%
35% 45% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 22%
35% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 55% 52%
 
4.1 4.5 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.9 3.4
5.4 4.6 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.3 4.1
2.2 2.5 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 1.8
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.3 7.2 7.6 Shots (avg) S ( 5 6.4 5.8
3.6 4.1 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.6 2.4
35% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 26%
 
8.9 8.3 10.4 Shots against (avg) S A 5 9.6 8.5
3.8 3.2 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 3.6
Key stats in Second League: Group B this season:
  • Al Merreikh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Al Merreikh have the most points from losing position (2) in Second League: Group B
  • El Seka El Hadid have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Merreikh have scored 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 El Daklyeh 23 17 2 4 37 22 12 10 1 1 22 11 11 7 1 3 15 11 15 53
2 Petrojet 22 12 7 3 37 22 11 7 3 1 20 9 11 5 4 2 17 13 15 43
3 Wadi Degla 23 10 8 5 38 26 11 7 3 1 21 8 12 3 5 4 17 18 12 38
4 El Seka El Hadid 23 10 8 5 29 24 11 8 2 1 18 9 12 2 6 4 11 15 5 38
5 Tersana 23 10 6 7 34 29 11 5 1 5 18 18 12 5 5 2 16 11 5 36
6 Masr 23 9 8 6 20 18 12 6 3 3 12 7 11 3 5 3 8 11 2 35
7 Porto Suez 22 9 7 6 33 33 11 3 5 3 16 16 11 6 2 3 17 17 0 34
8 Olympic El Qanah 22 7 11 4 21 13 10 5 4 1 10 5 12 2 7 3 11 8 8 32
9 Suez 23 7 11 5 17 14 11 4 4 3 10 8 12 3 7 2 7 6 3 32
10 Itesalat 23 6 10 7 19 19 11 2 5 4 12 13 12 4 5 3 7 6 0 28
11 El Entag El Harby 23 6 10 7 23 26 12 5 4 3 12 10 11 1 6 4 11 16 -3 28
12 Nasr 22 5 7 10 22 30 12 4 5 3 14 12 10 1 2 7 8 18 -8 22
13 Bur Fouad 23 4 8 11 21 35 11 2 4 5 8 13 12 2 4 6 13 22 -14 20
14 Al Merreikh 23 3 9 11 17 26 12 1 7 4 9 11 11 2 2 7 8 15 -9 18
15 Belbeis 23 2 9 12 20 31 12 1 8 3 12 14 11 1 1 9 8 17 -11 15
16 Banha 23 1 7 15 13 33 12 1 5 6 9 14 11 0 2 9 4 19 -20 10

Table
  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 23 17 2 4 37 22 12 10 1 1 22 11 11 7 1 3 15 11 15 53
2 Petrojet 22 12 7 3 37 22 11 7 3 1 20 9 11 5 4 2 17 13 15 43
3 Wadi Degla 23 10 8 5 38 26 11 7 3 1 21 8 12 3 5 4 17 18 12 38
4 El Seka El Hadid 23 10 8 5 29 24 11 8 2 1 18 9 12 2 6 4 11 15 5 38
5 Tersana 23 10 6 7 34 29 11 5 1 5 18 18 12 5 5 2 16 11 5 36
6 Masr 23 9 8 6 20 18 12 6 3 3 12 7 11 3 5 3 8 11 2 35
7 Porto Suez 22 9 7 6 33 33 11 3 5 3 16 16 11 6 2 3 17 17 0 34
8 Olympic El Qanah 22 7 11 4 21 13 10 5 4 1 10 5 12 2 7 3 11 8 8 32
9 Suez 23 7 11 5 17 14 11 4 4 3 10 8 12 3 7 2 7 6 3 32
10 Itesalat 23 6 10 7 19 19 11 2 5 4 12 13 12 4 5 3 7 6 0 28
11 El Entag El Harby 23 6 10 7 23 26 12 5 4 3 12 10 11 1 6 4 11 16 -3 28
12 Nasr 22 5 7 10 22 30 12 4 5 3 14 12 10 1 2 7 8 18 -8 22
13 Bur Fouad 23 4 8 11 21 35 11 2 4 5 8 13 12 2 4 6 13 22 -14 20
14 Al Merreikh 23 3 9 11 17 26 12 1 7 4 9 11 11 2 2 7 8 15 -9 18
15 Belbeis 23 2 9 12 20 31 12 1 8 3 12 14 11 1 1 9 8 17 -11 15
16 Banha 23 1 7 15 13 33 12 1 5 6 9 14 11 0 2 9 4 19 -20 10

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