A win for the hosts is predicted from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Petrojet fans are confident that the mismatch between 4th and Al Merreikh's 14th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Petrojet have the most points from losing position (1) in Second League: Group B
- Al Merreikh is in the worst form (0-0-1)
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Petrojet form and stats
Petrojet are steadily winning Second League: Group B games and points here. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
A good away victory last time out for Petrojet, who won 2-1 against Bur Fouad (placed 15th).
Before that game, the home loss against El Daklyeh with the scoreline 2-3.The Petrojet fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Petrojet are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Merreikh form and stats
Al Merreikh have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Second League: Group B, after 1-2-5 (8 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Merreikh's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Al Merreikh play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to El Daklyeh (placed 1st).
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Belbeis.The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Al Merreikh have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H match ended Al Merreikh - Petrojet null, played this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - two - zero (Petrojet wins - draws - Al Merreikh wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Petrojet missing players
Al Merreikh missing players
| Petrojet | Al Merreikh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 19 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 76% |
| 65% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 59% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 59% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 41% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 3.5 | 2.9 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 11 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.5 | 7 |
| 3.9 | 4.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 35% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 20% |
| 9.5 | 11.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 11 | 9 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 4 |
- Al Merreikh have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Al Merreikh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Al Merreikh have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Al Merreikh is in the worst form (0-0-1)
- Petrojet have the most points from losing position (1) in Second League: Group B
- Petrojet 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 | El Daklyeh | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 |
| 2 | Wadi Degla | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 | Masr | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 31 |
| 4 | Petrojet | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Tersana | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Porto Suez | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 28 |
| 7 | Suez | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | El Seka El Hadid | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Olympic El Qanah | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 10 | Itesalat | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | El Entag El Harby | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 17 |
| 12 | Nasr | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Belbeis | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 14 | Al Merreikh | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Bur Fouad | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 9 |
| 16 | Banha | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 15 | -15 | 8 |
