El Gouna FC host Smouha SC in the Egypt Premier League. Both clubs have had shaky starts to this season and neither has found any real rhythm in recent weeks.
Looking back, meetings between these two have often been tight and low-scoring, so this next one might not throw up many surprises there.
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Neither side is flying
El Gouna's longer run tells a story of draws more than anything else - four wins, nine draws and seven losses across their last 20, including three defeats and two draws in their last five alone.
El Gouna FC: 20 completed matches; Smouha SC: 20 completed matches.
El Gouna FC
- Win
- 20% 4 / 20
- Draw
- 45% 9 / 20
- Loss
- 35% 7 / 20
- Scored
- 15
- Conceded
- 19
- Difference
- -4
Smouha SC
- Win
- 35% 7 / 20
- Draw
- 5% 1 / 20
- Loss
- 60% 12 / 20
- Scored
- 16
- Conceded
- 20
- Difference
- -4
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | El Gouna FC | Petrojet | 16.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| Premier League | Pyramids FC | El Gouna FC | 09.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Premier League | El Gouna FC | El Mokawloon | 02.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| Premier League | Olympic El Qanah | El Gouna FC | 28.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premier League | El Gouna FC | Future FC | 23.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premier League | Petrojet | El Gouna FC | 28.05.2026 | 1-2 |
| Premier League | El Gouna FC | El Geish | 22.05.2026 | 2-1 |
| Premier League | National Bank of Egypt | El Gouna FC | 17.05.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premier League | El Gouna FC | Kahraba Ismailia | 12.05.2026 | 0-1 |
| Premier League | El Mokawloon | El Gouna FC | 08.05.2026 | 1-0 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | El Geish | Smouha SC | 14.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| Premier League | Smouha SC | Ceramica Cleopatra | 08.09.2026 | 0-2 |
| Premier League | Al Ahly | Smouha SC | 03.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Premier League | Smouha SC | Asyut Petrol | 26.08.2026 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | AL Masry | Smouha SC | 22.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Premier League | Pyramids FC | Smouha SC | 20.05.2026 | 2-1 |
| Premier League | Smouha SC | Zamalek SC | 05.05.2026 | 0-1 |
| Premier League | Smouha SC | AL Masry | 27.04.2026 | 0-1 |
| Premier League | Smouha SC | Ceramica Cleopatra | 22.04.2026 | 0-2 |
| Premier League | Al Ahly | Smouha SC | 11.04.2026 | 2-1 |
Smouha's record is worse for the losing column: seven wins, a single draw and twelve losses in their last 20, and their most recent matches have brought four defeats in five.
Both teams look fragile, which could make for a scrappy contest rather than a free-flowing one.
Comparative Team Statistics: El Gouna FC vs Smouha SC

A fixture that rarely explodes
These two have met plenty of times down the years, and draws crop up often - six of the last ten meetings finished level.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | Smouha SC | El Gouna FC | 27.10.2025 | 0-1 |
| Premier League | El Gouna FC | Smouha SC | 28.04.2025 | 1-1 |
| League Cup | El Gouna FC | Smouha SC | 11.12.2024 | 1-0 |
| Premier League | Smouha SC | El Gouna FC | 01.12.2024 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | El Gouna FC | Smouha SC | 17.04.2024 | 1-0 |
| Premier League | Smouha SC | El Gouna FC | 20.09.2023 | 1-1 |
| Premier League | Smouha SC | El Gouna FC | 23.08.2022 | 2-2 |
| Premier League | El Gouna FC | Smouha SC | 20.04.2022 | 1-0 |
| League Cup | Smouha SC | El Gouna FC | 21.01.2022 | 2-1 |
| Premier League | Smouha SC | El Gouna FC | 21.08.2021 | 3-1 |
The most recent clash, back in October 2025, went 1-0 to Smouha away from home, continuing a pattern of narrow margins rather than goal fests.
Both sides sit low early on
From what we can see, El Gouna are 18th with just two points from five games, still waiting on a first win. Smouha aren't much better off, sitting 16th with four points from the same number of matches.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Enppi | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6/9 | 4 |
| 16 | Smouha SC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1/4 | 4 |
| 17 | Abu Qair Semad | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1/8 | 3 |
| 18 | El Gouna FC | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3/6 | 2 |
| 19 | Asyut Petrol | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1/5 | 2 |
It's worth remembering this only reflects where these two clubs stand relative to each other, not the full division table, but neither picture suggests much confidence heading into this one.
A win here would be a big lift for whichever side manages it.
Players making the headlines
Khaled Ahmed has been getting involved for El Gouna, picking up three assists in his last five appearances, so he's someone worth keeping an eye on if they're going to create anything.
At the other end, Smouha's Amr El Sisi has picked up three yellow cards in his last five games, a discipline note that could matter in a game likely to be feisty.

What sort of game we might get
Put the low points totals, shaky form and history of tight scorelines together, and this doesn't look like a match set up for goals.
El Gouna's habit of drawing balanced against Smouha's tendency to lose narrowly suggests another close finish, with neither side likely to dominate for long spells.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marwan Mohsen | Egypt | 37 | Attacker | 187 | 81 |
| Ahmed Massoud | Egypt | 35 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| Nour El Sayed | Egypt | 42 | Midfielder | 173 | 70 |
| Ahmed Belya | Egypt | 26 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Saber El Shimi | Egypt | 33 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| T. Ojo | Nigeria | 23 | Midfielder | 185 | n/a |
| Ahmed Gamal | Egypt | 25 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Alpha Turay | Sierra Leone | 21 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Salah Zayed | Egypt | 25 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Islam Reisha | Egypt | 29 | n/a | n/a | |
| Eslam Risha | Egypt | n/a | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| Reda Salah | Egypt | 28 | Midfielder | 186 | n/a |
| Abdel Gawad Taalab | Egypt | 24 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Khaled Ahmed | Egypt | 23 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Mohamed Reda | Egypt | 24 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Ahmed Zaki | Egypt | 24 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Omar El Gazar | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a | |
| I. Abou-Salima | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a | |
| A. Masoud | n/a | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a | |
| David Simukonda | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fady Farid | Egypt | 29 | Attacker | 186 | n/a |
| Mohamed Desouki | Egypt | 28 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Khaled El Ghandour | Egypt | 32 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Hesham Balaha | Egypt | 30 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Mohamed Adel | Egypt | 31 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Ahmed Abdel Rasoul | Egypt | 30 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Abdel Rahman Amer | Egypt | 34 | Defender | ||
| Samir Fekri | Egypt | 31 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Amr El Sisi | Egypt | 32 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Abdel Ghani Mohamed | Egypt | 25 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Ali Gamal | Egypt | 27 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Hussein Taimour | Egypt | 26 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| Hesham Hafez | Egypt | 25 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Mohamed Ragab | Egypt | 27 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Ahmed Mayhoub | Egypt | 30 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| Ahmed El Nadry | Egypt | 27 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Mohamed Abdel Samiae | Egypt | 26 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Clément Niyigena | Rwanda | 25 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Mohamed Saeed | Egypt | 36 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Marwan Hamdi | Egypt | 25 | Midfielder | 186 | n/a |
With both sides short on form and their recent meetings tending to be close, there's no strong angle jumping out here.
We're happy to sit this one out rather than force a view without a market to weigh it against.
