Modern Sport vs Smouha Prediction: We might witness another tie in this fixture

Egyptian Premier League round 31 encounter will move to Al-Salam Stadium Cairo, where Modern Sport will take on Smouha. In their last meeting, the two teams settled for a 1-1 draw and will eye for a more favorable result. Will there be a winner in this one? Below, I will look at the two teams' forms and make a prediction. 

Modern Sport will be disappointed with how things ended against Al Ahly last time in the league. In that encounter, Modern Sport did take the lead, with Arnold Eba finding the back of the net for them in the 26th minute. However, Emam Ashour leveled their opponent's scores in the 45th minute, taking advantage of Afsha's pass. With the first half ending 1-1, Percy Tau rose to the stage for Al Ahly in the second half, scoring in the 62nd minute after converting Reda Slim's pass. 

In the meantime, a look at this team's previous encounters to that defeat saw them win three successive matches, defeating El Gouna, Baladiyat El Mahalla, and Arab Contractors. Modern Sport head into this game, having accumulated 47 points from 30 matches this season, scoring 32 goals in that run while conceding 23. 

Smouha are coming off a 1-2 win over National Bank of Egypt in a road game, extending their wins to two in a row. In that encounter, Smouha went behind after 22 minutes of the match, with Issahaku Yakubu setting Yaw Annor up. However, Mostafa El Badry leveled the scores just six minutes after that goal, with Abubakar Liadi getting the assist. In the meantime, Smouha needed an own goal in the 56th minute to secure a win, with Mohamed Grendo making the error. 

Heading into this game, Smouha have registered three wins in their last five matches, with one other game ending in a 2-3 defeat against Pyramids. In the meantime, their other wins came against El Daklyeh and ENPPI in games that ended 3-2 and 2-0, while their encounter against El Gaish ended 2-2. 

In their six times of meetings, there was only a winner in one encounter, and that came in their first-ever meeting in 2022, which Modern Sport won by four goals to nil. However, the other five encounters ended in draws, one ending goalless, while four ended 1-1 identical scores. 

The two teams' performances are on the same level now, which could be a toss of a coin. We did not witness a winner in their previous meetings, with five of their six games ending in draws. Looking at what the two teams have done in recent encounters, we might witness a tight encounter, and a draw could be the best option, with both teams scoring one goal each, like every other meeting.