El Gouna will be hoping to bounce back here following a 0-4 Premier League defeat in their last game at the hands of Pyramids.
Mostafa Fathi (18\'), Ibrahim Adel (56\') and Ramadan Sobhi (70\') scored for Pyramids.
It’s been all too rare in recent games where El Gouna haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that El Gouna have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 10 goals on the way.
After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Ismaily in Premier League competition, Smouha and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
The only name on the scoresheet from Smouha was Oluwafemi Ajayi (43\'). Ahmed El Sheikh (95\') scored for Ismaily.
Over the course of 5 of the past 6 clashes involving Smouha, a relatively low number of goals have been struck between them and opposing teams. The overall average goals scored per game during that period comes out as a paltry 1.67, with the average goals for The Blue Wave standing at 0.67. Regardless, we must now wait to see whether that pattern will be maintained in this game.
Head to head
An examination of their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 16/09/2020 tells us that El Gouna have won 1 of them & Smouha 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.
An aggregate of 18 goals were scored between them in this period, with 8 of them from El Gouna and 10 created by The Blue Wave. That is an average goals per game value of 3.
The last league game between these clubs was Premier League match day 1 on 20/09/2023 when the final score was Smouha 1-1 El Gouna.
Team News: El Gouna
The El Gouna boss Nebojša Milošević will be thankful to have no fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash thanks to a fully injury-free group to choose from.
Team News: Smouha
Due to a fully healthy group available to select from, the Smouha boss Hossam Hassan does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this game.
Prediction
Our assessment is that Smouha and El Gouna may well find themselves both scoring in what promises to be a very even battle here.
A draw looks like a realistic possibility, but we’ll see what happens. We’re therefore seeing a close game with a score draw at the end of this game.
