Second League: Group B fixture lowdown: Itesalat against Al Merreikh

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Competition: Egypt Second League: Group B
Competition: Fri 03.June
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium (56808 seats)

A demanding season for Itesalat so far, and you could say the same about Al Merreikh. These brave battlers pray for some much needed points here.

Insights:
  • Itesalat have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Merreikh have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Second League: Group B

Itesalat are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Al Merreikh it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

Itesalat 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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Itesalat form and stats

3-6-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Second League: Group B numbers at home for Itesalat so far this season. When Itesalat hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Itesalat, Nasr, Banha, Bur Fouad and Belbeis), they have won 3 of 4 matches!

It's back home for Itesalat, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating El Daklyeh away with the result 1-0.

Before that, Itesalat had a home game versus Belbeis which ended with a victory 4-1.

Itesalat has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Itesalat have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Al Merreikh form and stats

Al Merreikh have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Second League: Group B, after 3-2-9 (14 played). Merreikh has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Al Merreikh's last game was the home draw against Tersana (0-0).

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Olympic El Qanah's place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Al Merreikh as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 away games in the league. 19 goals have been conceded by Merreikh in these games. When Al Merreikh is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Al Merreikh, Nasr, Banha, Bur Fouad and Belbeis.

Head 2 Head

Al Merreikh - Itesalat 0-0 was the story when these two sides previously met, also in this season.

Itesalat missing players

Al Merreikh missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Itesalat Al Merreikh
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
9 3 3 Won W 1 3 5
12 6 1 Drew D 2 2 11
8 5 0 Lost L 1 9 13
29 18 9 Scored S 5 11 25
24 17 3 Conceded C 5 19 32
83% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 83%
55% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 59%
21% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 34%
10% 21% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 7% 14%
7% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
41% 64% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 48%
38% 14% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 14% 24%
38% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 43% 45%
 
4.9 5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.6 3.8
3.7 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.6 5.2
1.7 1.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.2 8.3 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 7.7 7.5
3.5 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3 3.4
24% 27% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 26% 30%
 
7.4 7.5 5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 9 8.3
3.1 2.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.2 4.1
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 fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Second League: Group B
  • Itesalat have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 El Daklyeh 28 21 3 4 45 23 14 12 1 1 27 11 14 9 2 3 18 12 22 66
2 Petrojet 28 14 10 4 41 26 14 8 5 1 21 9 14 6 5 3 20 17 15 52
3 Olympic El Qanah 28 11 11 6 27 19 14 8 4 2 15 8 14 3 7 4 12 11 8 44
4 ZED FC 28 11 11 6 26 20 14 8 3 3 17 8 14 3 8 3 9 12 6 44
5 Porto Suez 29 12 8 9 48 47 15 5 5 5 24 23 14 7 3 4 24 24 1 44
6 Tersana 28 12 7 9 41 34 14 6 2 6 21 20 14 6 5 3 20 14 7 43
7 Wadi Degla 28 11 9 8 43 35 14 8 4 2 26 14 14 3 5 6 17 21 8 42
8 El Seka El Hadid 28 10 10 8 32 31 14 8 3 3 20 14 14 2 7 5 12 17 1 40
9 Suez 29 9 12 8 22 23 14 5 5 4 12 11 15 4 7 4 10 12 -1 39
10 El Entag El Harby 28 9 11 8 31 29 14 6 5 3 13 10 14 3 6 5 18 19 2 38
11 Itesalat 28 8 12 8 28 24 14 3 6 5 18 17 14 5 6 3 10 7 4 36
12 Nasr 28 8 10 10 28 32 14 5 6 3 16 13 14 3 4 7 12 19 -4 34
13 Al Merreikh 28 5 10 13 25 32 14 2 8 4 14 13 14 3 2 9 11 19 -7 25
14 Bur Fouad 28 4 10 14 25 43 14 2 5 7 10 17 14 2 5 7 15 26 -18 22
15 Belbeis 28 4 9 15 25 39 14 2 8 4 14 17 14 2 1 11 11 22 -14 21
16 Banha 28 1 7 20 15 45 14 1 5 8 9 20 14 0 2 12 6 25 -30 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 28 21 3 4 45 23 14 12 1 1 27 11 14 9 2 3 18 12 22 66
2 Petrojet 28 14 10 4 41 26 14 8 5 1 21 9 14 6 5 3 20 17 15 52
3 Olympic El Qanah 28 11 11 6 27 19 14 8 4 2 15 8 14 3 7 4 12 11 8 44
4 ZED FC 28 11 11 6 26 20 14 8 3 3 17 8 14 3 8 3 9 12 6 44
5 Porto Suez 29 12 8 9 48 47 15 5 5 5 24 23 14 7 3 4 24 24 1 44
6 Tersana 28 12 7 9 41 34 14 6 2 6 21 20 14 6 5 3 20 14 7 43
7 Wadi Degla 28 11 9 8 43 35 14 8 4 2 26 14 14 3 5 6 17 21 8 42
8 El Seka El Hadid 28 10 10 8 32 31 14 8 3 3 20 14 14 2 7 5 12 17 1 40
9 Suez 29 9 12 8 22 23 14 5 5 4 12 11 15 4 7 4 10 12 -1 39
10 El Entag El Harby 28 9 11 8 31 29 14 6 5 3 13 10 14 3 6 5 18 19 2 38
11 Itesalat 28 8 12 8 28 24 14 3 6 5 18 17 14 5 6 3 10 7 4 36
12 Nasr 28 8 10 10 28 32 14 5 6 3 16 13 14 3 4 7 12 19 -4 34
13 Al Merreikh 28 5 10 13 25 32 14 2 8 4 14 13 14 3 2 9 11 19 -7 25
14 Bur Fouad 28 4 10 14 25 43 14 2 5 7 10 17 14 2 5 7 15 26 -18 22
15 Belbeis 28 4 9 15 25 39 14 2 8 4 14 17 14 2 1 11 11 22 -14 21
16 Banha 28 1 7 20 15 45 14 1 5 8 9 20 14 0 2 12 6 25 -30 10

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