The Premier League clash at Alexandria Stadium on Monday sees home side Al Ittihad welcome Ismaily.
All Al Ittihad v Ismaily match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
Al Ittihad
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Al Ittihad go into this match coming off the back of a 1-1 Premier League drawn result versus Ceramica Cleopatra.
Ahmed Yasser Rayyan (30') was the scorer for Ceramica Cleopatra.
In their prior six fixtures, Talaat Youssef's Al Ittihad have managed to score 6 times, an average number of goals per match equal to 1.
Ismaily
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After a loss in their previous game against FC Masr in Premier League action, Ismaily will be aiming to make amends here.
The only scorer from Ismaily was Ahmed El Sheikh (72').
The numbers tell their own story, and Ismaily have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 6 goals in total. Defensively, Ismaily have seen their frailties exposed.
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Head to head
Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 05/07/2021 shows us that Al Ittihad have won 1 of them and Ismaily 4, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.
A sum of 18 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 6 of them from Master of the Country and 12 created by El Daraweesh. Thatโs an average goals per game figure of 3.
The previous league game featuring these sides was Premier League match day 2 on 28/09/2023 when it ended Ismaily 3-1 Al Ittihad.
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Team News: Al Ittihad
The Al Ittihad manager Talaat Youssef has no fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game owing to a fully injury-free group ready to go.
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Team News: Ismaily
From a largely full-strength group of players, thereโs just the sole fitness problem for the Ismaily manager Miodrag Jeลกiฤ to be concerned with. Mohamed Fawzi (Leg injury) wonโt be in action.
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Prediction
Itโs looking like Ismaily and Al Ittihad may well find themselves both scoring in what promises to be a very even battle here.
Will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw. Weโre therefore seeing a hard-fought 1-1 draw at the end of this game.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
21:09 19/04/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Al Ittihad
Formed: 1914
Stadium: Alexandria Stadium (13,660)
Captain: El-Hany Soliman
Chairman: Mohamed Mouselhy
Manager: Talaat Youssef
Competitions: Premier League position 4