Betting preview: Sporting Alexandria vs El Magd should be interesting

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Competition: Egypt Second League: Group C
Competition: Thu 27.January
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)

Glory for the home side, the away team claims the win or a point each? Everything is possible when the mid-table inhabitants Sporting Alexandria and El Magd battle.

Insights:
  • Sporting Alexandria have the most points from losing position (5) in Second League: Group C
  • Sporting Alexandria have scored at least twice as many goals at home as El Magd have scored away.

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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Sporting Alexandria form and stats

Sporting Alexandria are steadily winning Second League: Group C games and points here. 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games.

Sporting Alexandria's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus El Raja (placed 15th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that, Sporting Alexandria played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Egy Salloum.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sporting Alexandria have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost one.

A decent goal production from Alexandria in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Sporting Alexandria have conceded only 7 goals.

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El Magd form and stats

There's been little loot from El Magd's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Second League: Group C. El Magd only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 4 draws. One point away has become something of a habit for El Magd who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Magd goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 457 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

El Magd has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sed Elmahla for a 0-0 draw.

Before that, El Magd secured a home win against El Hamam with the score 1-0.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from El Magd's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 7 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sporting Alexandria and El Magd have met earlier this season: El Magd - Sporting Alexandria 2-0.

Sporting Alexandria missing players

El Magd missing players

Sporting Alexandria El Magd
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 1 Played P 3 7 15
5 5 1 Won W 1 1 6
5 3 0 Drew D 2 4 5
5 0 0 Lost L 0 2 4
19 14 2 Scored S 1 3 14
19 7 1 Conceded C 0 5 10
87% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 57% 73%
80% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 29% 40%
53% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 27%
13% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 20%
7% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 20%
13% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 57% 60%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 71% 47%
 
4.9 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.8 2.7
5 4 9 Corners against (avg) C A 2 1.8 3.1
1.9 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.9 11.6 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 7.8 7.5
5 5.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.2 2.8
27% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 29%
 
10.9 10.4 11 Shots against (avg) S A 8 7.8 8.7
4.1 3.4 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 2.5 3.3
Key stats in Second League: Group C this season:
  • Sporting Alexandria have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Sporting Alexandria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting Alexandria have scored at least twice as many goals at home as El Magd have scored away.
  • Sporting Alexandria have the most points from losing position (5) 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 El Olympi 15 9 4 2 25 17 7 6 0 1 10 5 8 3 4 1 15 12 8 31
2 Haras El Hodood 15 8 6 1 21 8 8 5 3 0 13 3 7 3 3 1 8 5 13 30
3 Kafr El Sheikh 15 8 5 2 19 10 8 4 3 1 7 5 7 4 2 1 12 5 9 29
4 Dekernes 15 7 6 2 18 8 7 4 3 0 11 3 8 3 3 2 7 5 10 27
5 Baladiyyat Al Mehalla 15 7 4 4 19 16 7 5 2 0 12 7 8 2 2 4 7 9 3 25
6 Pioneers 15 6 6 3 17 13 7 2 5 0 6 3 8 4 1 3 11 10 4 24
7 Abu Qir Semad 15 6 5 4 19 13 8 6 1 1 15 6 7 0 4 3 4 7 6 23
8 El Magd 15 6 5 4 14 10 8 5 1 2 11 5 7 1 4 2 3 5 4 23
9 Sporting Alexandria 15 5 5 5 19 19 8 5 3 0 14 7 7 0 2 5 5 12 0 20
10 Egy Salloum 15 4 6 5 14 13 7 2 3 2 8 6 8 2 3 3 6 7 1 18
10 Al Masry 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 El Mansura 15 5 3 7 15 21 8 3 2 3 6 6 7 2 1 4 9 15 -6 18
12 Alaab Damanhour 15 1 9 5 11 18 8 1 4 3 8 13 7 0 5 2 3 5 -7 12
13 El Hamam 15 1 8 6 9 17 7 1 5 1 6 6 8 0 3 5 3 11 -8 11
14 El Zarqa 15 1 6 8 7 17 7 1 3 3 2 5 8 0 3 5 5 12 -10 9
15 El Raja 15 1 5 9 7 20 7 1 2 4 5 10 8 0 3 5 2 10 -13 8
16 Sed Elmahla 15 0 7 8 16 30 8 0 5 3 11 15 7 0 2 5 5 15 -14 7