National Bank of Egypt vs Ghazl El Mahalla Prediction: Bet on both teams to score

In the round of 16 matches for the Egyptian Premier League, National Bank of Egypt will play host to Ghazl El Mahalla at Petrosport Stadium. Ghazl El Mahalla shocked Zamalek on their home ground, but the home team, National Bank of Egypt has been having trouble recently, losing two matches in a row.

National Bank of Egypt - looking to put an end to their poor run

National Bank of Egypt did not earn a victory in any of their prior contests; however, they finished with 2 losses against Al Ittihad and Al Ahly, and 3 draws against Ismaily, Aswan, and El Daklyeh. National Bank of Egypt was only able to score five goals, while they let seven others through. During the course of the current league season, National Bank of Egypt has scored an average of one goal per game. In terms of disciplinary action, the away team was given one red card and 27 yellow cards during their match at home. The National Bank of Egypt has a strange inability to maintain possession of the ball, as evidenced by their average of 48.75% possession during this season.

Ghazl El Mahalla - confident to upset the host

Ghazl El Mehalla comes into this match having won two of their most recent five matches against ENPPI and Zamalek, lost two of those matches to Ceramica Cleopatra and Pyramids FC, and tied Al Masry. The club was only able to score five goals while giving up eight. Away from home, Ghazl El Mehalla scored an average of one goal per game but allowed an average of 1.13 goals against. The team received 22 yellow cards but none of the more serious red ones. With an overall average of 52.50% in ball possession so far this season, Ghazl El Mehalla is doing a very good job at controlling the ball.

Expert Betting Tips

There have only been four previous encounters between National Bank of Egypt and Ghazl El Mehalla, with National Bank of Egypt emerging victorious just once. A total of three of the games were decided by a draw. During those contests, National Bank of Egypt was able to score a total of four goals, whereas Ghazl El Mehalla was only successful in scoring three. Having said that, taking into consideration the teams' prior matches, we anticipate that each of them will be able to find the back of the net.