Smouha vs Al Masry Prediction: A draw will satisfy the two teams

Smouha and Al Masry will battle it out at Borg El Arab Stadium in round 32 of the Egyptian Premier League. Al Masry won the first leg of this fixture and will hope for a similar result. Can the hosts, Smouha, get things right at home?

Smouha are coming off a 3-2 win over Kazma SC in a friendly encounter and will approach this game with the same energy. However, this team’s last league encounter was against Future FC, a game that ended 3-0. While taking a look at this team’s last five games in the league, Smouha defeated ENPPI and National Bank of Egypt while they drew El Gaish. Moreover, their encounter against the Pyramids ended in a 2-3 defeat.

Al Masry ended up losing against Al Ahly last time out, and in this game, they will look to get a positive result. However, that defeat was Al Masry’s lone loss in five league games, as they played to a draw with Arab Contractors in one other game. However, their encounters against El Ismaily, El Gouna, and Baladiyat El Mahalla ended in wins, good enough to see them move to the third spot in the league. 

The last five meetings between these teams ended in two wins for Smouha and one for Al Masry. However, the two other encounters ended in draws, ending 1-1 and 0-0. In those encounters, Smouha scored four goals, while Al Masry scored four.

There is no clear winner in this fixture. Smouha have been excellent and at home, they won’t have any issue replicating their success in this fixture last time out. However, the visiting Al Masry have been a misery this season, and we can expect them to be strong. Yet, I think the two teams will focus on avoiding defeat, and a draw ending 1-1 looks like the best result.