El Zarqa vs Kafr El Sheikh: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Egypt Second League: Group C
Competition: Thu 19.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

Scrambling El Zarqa are keen to pull off a surprise victory when they greet top team Kafr El Sheikh in the upcoming league match. It’s 14th vs 5th and the home fans will have modest expectations.

Insights:
  • El Zarqa have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Kafr El Sheikh have the most scored goals (19) away in Second League: Group C

Zarqa have had a bad season and will be relegated from Second League: Group C.

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.

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El Zarqa form and stats

El Zarqa's results here in the Second League: Group C have been very modest with 3 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. Game days have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for El Zarqa as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

No payout for El Zarqa in their previous match, an away game at Haras El Hodood that ended in defeat 0-5. As you see from the result above, Zarqa suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Before that game, the home loss against Sporting Alexandria with the scoreline 1-5.

El Zarqa have scored 9 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Zarqa have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Kafr El Sheikh form and stats

Playing away, Kafr El Sheikh, who have the most scored goals (19) away in Second League: Group C, have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Second League: Group C this season.

Kafr El Sheikh's last game was the home draw against El Olympi (2-2).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Baladiyyat Al Mehalla wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kafr El Sheikh have scored 19 goals in 13 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Kafr El Sheikh as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

El Zarqa missing players

Kafr El Sheikh missing players

El Zarqa Kafr El Sheikh
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 5 13 27
5 3 1 Won W 3 5 11
6 3 1 Drew D 0 4 10
16 7 2 Lost L 2 4 6
21 9 3 Scored S 11 19 32
41 16 4 Conceded C 2 9 19
89% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 85%
59% 46% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 54% 52%
48% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 31% 30%
22% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 23% 15%
7% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 8% 4%
44% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 41%
22% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 38% 44%
44% 54% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 30%
 
3.2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.9 4.5
5.1 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2.9 2.8
1.6 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.3 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8.4 9.4
3.5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.9
17% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 43% 36%
 
13.4 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 5.8 7.7 6.1
5.9 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.4 2.9
Key stats in Second League: Group C this season:
  • El Zarqa have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Kafr El Sheikh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kafr El Sheikh have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Kafr El Sheikh have scored at least twice as many goals away as El Zarqa have scored home.
  • Kafr El Sheikh have the most scored goals (19) away in Second League: Group C

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Haras El Hodood 27 16 11 0 43 11 14 9 5 0 26 5 13 7 6 0 17 6 32 59
2 El Olympi 27 14 8 5 41 28 13 10 1 2 23 10 14 4 7 3 18 18 13 50
3 Dekernes 27 12 13 2 35 17 13 7 6 0 19 8 14 5 7 2 16 9 18 49
4 Baladiyyat Al Mehalla 27 13 6 8 34 23 13 8 3 2 19 11 14 5 3 6 15 12 11 45
5 Kafr El Sheikh 27 11 10 6 32 19 14 6 6 2 13 10 13 5 4 4 19 9 13 43
6 Egy Salloum 27 11 9 7 36 18 13 6 4 3 24 9 14 5 5 4 12 9 18 42
7 Abu Qir Semad 27 10 12 5 37 23 14 8 5 1 23 11 13 2 7 4 14 12 14 42
8 El Magd 27 10 10 7 22 20 14 8 3 3 15 8 13 2 7 4 7 12 2 40
9 Sporting Alexandria 27 8 12 7 32 28 14 6 8 0 17 9 13 2 4 7 15 19 4 36
10 Pioneers 27 8 11 8 32 28 13 4 8 1 19 7 14 4 3 7 13 21 4 35
11 El Mansura 27 9 7 11 24 28 14 5 4 5 11 9 13 4 3 6 13 19 -4 34
12 El Hamam 27 7 12 8 28 26 13 5 7 1 13 9 14 2 5 7 15 17 2 33
13 Alaab Damanhour 27 5 12 10 27 32 14 4 5 5 17 18 13 1 7 5 10 14 -5 27
14 El Zarqa 27 5 6 16 21 41 13 3 3 7 9 16 14 2 3 9 12 25 -20 21
15 Sed Elmahla 27 1 8 18 20 51 14 1 6 7 14 23 13 0 2 11 6 28 -31 11
16 El Raja 27 0 5 22 6 77 13 0 2 11 4 41 14 0 3 11 2 36 -71 5