Another adrenaline-pumping match as El Raja welcome El Zarqa

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Competition: Egypt Second League: Group C
Competition: Thu 17.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Abou Keir Stadium (1000 seats)

El Raja - El Zarqa: Second League: Group C basement dwellers desperate for points and glory. Read all the relevant statistics and news before the fixture!

Insights:
  • El Raja have the fewest scored goals (7) in Second League: Group C
  • El Zarqa have the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Second League: Group C

El Raja and El Zarqa 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 Raja form and stats

El Raja's struggle is real here at Abou Keir Stadium with only 5 points collected from 10 Second League: Group C games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-7. All in all it has been a very rough period for El Raja who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 15 attempts. Their previous win was against Haras El Hodood, 112 days ago.

Raja are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus El Olympi.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Baladiyyat Al Mehalla (0-5).

El Raja aren't scoring a lot here at Abou Keir Stadium in the league, with only 5 goals from 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. As for conceded goals, El Raja's unpleasant statistic is 26 goals surrendered. It's worth mentioning that 16 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Raja has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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El Zarqa form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for El Zarqa so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-8 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.

El Zarqa failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Egy Salloum (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-1.

Prior to that match, the El Zarqa manager faced defeat when travelling to Dekernes and losing 1-2.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. El Zarqa's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips. When Zarqa is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Sed Elmahla, Sporting Alexandria, Alaab Damanhour, El Zarqa and El Hamam.

Head 2 Head

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Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 2 Played P 3 11 22
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 3
5 2 2 Drew D 2 3 6
16 7 0 Lost L 1 8 13
7 5 2 Scored S 4 8 16
50 26 2 Conceded C 6 20 30
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 86%
68% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 59%
45% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 45%
32% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 27% 18%
18% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
23% 30% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 50%
14% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 18%
73% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 45%
 
2.8 2.2 1 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.4 3.4
5.2 4.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.1 5.1
1.8 1.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
3.9 3.6 3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 7.6 7.6
1.7 1.6 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.4 3.4
24% 31% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 19% 19%
 
11.1 10.9 5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 13.2 13.2
5.7 6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.7 5.7
Key stats in Second League: Group C this season:
  • El Raja have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • El Raja have the fewest points (5) at home in Second League: Group C
  • El Raja have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Second League: Group C
  • El Raja have the fewest scored goals (7) in Second League: Group C
  • El Raja have the most conceded goals (26) at home in Second League: Group C
  • El Raja have the most conceded goals (50) in Second League: Group C
  • El Raja have the most conceded goals in the second half (9) in Second League: Group C
  • El Raja have the the worst goal difference (-21) at home in Second League: Group C
  • El Raja have the the worst goal difference (-43) in Second League: Group C
  • El Raja have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • El Raja haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • El Zarqa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • El Zarqa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • El Zarqa have scored more than double the goals of El Raja.
  • El Zarqa have the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Second League: Group C
  • El Zarqa have yet to win a game 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 Olympi 22 13 6 3 36 23 11 9 1 1 20 8 11 4 5 2 16 15 13 45
2 Haras El Hodood 22 11 10 1 30 10 11 7 4 0 19 4 11 4 6 1 11 6 20 43
3 Abu Qir Semad 22 10 8 4 35 20 12 8 3 1 22 10 10 2 5 3 13 10 15 38
4 Kafr El Sheikh 22 10 8 4 27 13 11 5 5 1 8 5 11 5 3 3 19 8 14 38
5 Dekernes 22 8 12 2 26 15 10 5 5 0 15 6 12 3 7 2 11 9 11 36
6 Baladiyyat Al Mehalla 22 10 6 6 31 21 11 7 3 1 18 10 11 3 3 5 13 11 10 36
7 Egy Salloum 22 8 8 6 23 16 10 4 3 3 13 8 12 4 5 3 10 8 7 32
8 El Magd 22 8 8 6 19 17 11 7 2 2 14 6 11 1 6 4 5 11 2 32
9 El Mansura 22 8 5 9 22 25 12 5 3 4 11 8 10 3 2 5 11 17 -3 29
10 Pioneers 22 6 9 7 22 25 11 2 8 1 9 7 11 4 1 6 13 18 -3 27
11 Sporting Alexandria 22 5 10 7 24 26 11 5 6 0 15 8 11 0 4 7 9 18 -2 25
12 El Hamam 22 5 10 7 18 23 11 4 6 1 12 9 11 1 4 6 6 14 -5 25
13 Alaab Damanhour 22 4 11 7 23 26 12 4 5 3 17 16 10 0 6 4 6 10 -3 23
14 El Zarqa 22 3 6 13 16 30 11 3 3 5 8 10 11 0 3 8 8 20 -14 15
15 Sed Elmahla 22 1 8 13 20 39 11 1 6 4 14 18 11 0 2 9 6 21 -19 11
16 El Raja 22 1 5 16 7 50 10 1 2 7 5 26 12 0 3 9 2 24 -43 8