Ghazl El Mehalla vs Al Ittihad Prediction & Betting Tips

Contrasting recent form

Over their last 20 league matches, Al Ittihad have won seven, drawn eight and lost five, scoring 22 and conceding 18. That's a reasonable overall return, with goals at both ends.

Ghazl El Mehalla: 20 completed matches; Al Ittihad: 20 completed matches.

Ghazl El Mehalla

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

45% 9 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

16

Conceded

22

Difference

-6

Al Ittihad

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

40% 8 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

22

Conceded

18

Difference

+4

Ghazl El Mehalla's equivalent run reads four wins, nine draws and seven losses, with just 16 scored against 22 conceded. Draws have been their most common outcome, but they've not won often.

Al Ittihad's longer-term form looks the sturdier of the two, though neither side has been especially dominant.

Comparative Team Statistics: Ghazl El Mehalla vs Al Ittihad

A long history of tight games

These two have met 15 times in the data here, stretching back over a decade, and draws crop up regularly among the results.

The most recent meetings split fairly evenly: Ghazl won 1-0 in May, Al Ittihad won 2-0 back in March, and earlier fixtures include several 0-0s and 1-1s.

Historically this fixture hasn't been high-scoring, whatever the respective form at the time.

A big gap in the current table

Five games into this campaign, Al Ittihad sit sixth with 10 points from three wins, a draw and a loss, having scored six and conceded three.

Ghazl El Mehalla are down in 20th with just a single point from five matches, one draw and four defeats, and only one goal scored against nine let in.

That early-season gap is stark, though it's only a five-match sample so far.

What we know about the players

The player data available here is limited to Al Ittihad. Hossam Hassan has two goals in five matches, while J. Ebuka has a goal and an assist in the same span, with Nour Alaa also chipping in an assist.

Al Ittihad:

Best scorers:

Hossam Hassan - 2

J. Ebuka - 1

Best assist providers:

J. Ebuka - 1

Nour Alaa - 1

There's no equivalent player breakdown for Ghazl El Mehalla in the data we have, so we can't say much about who's carrying their attack.

Al Ittihad at least have a couple of players directly involved in goals this season; we simply don't have that picture for the hosts.

How this one might play out

Put the current table gap alongside the longer h2h record and you get a mixed picture. Al Ittihad look the stronger side on paper right now, both in this season's early standings and over the last 20 games.

But this fixture has a habit of being tighter than the form guide suggests, with plenty of draws and low-scoring games between these two sides over the years.