In this week 19 match on the 19th of February, National Bank of Egypt will host Smouha in a clash of the Premier League. National Bank of Egypt is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Pharco. Mahmoud Hamada scored the first goal for Pharco in the 4th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed National Bank of Egypt couldn’t manage to score, and Pharco took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while smouha is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Zamalek. Fadlallah scored the first goal for Zamalek in the 35th minute, then Ahmed Sayed added another in the 39th minute. Smouha is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Alexandria Stadium, Smouha and National Bank of Egypt battled to a 1-1 draw. Mohamed Helal scored the first goal for National Bank of Egypt in the 31st minute on a penalty shot, then in the 43rd minute, Dodo sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by squeezing out at least the one point for Smouha.
Smouha’s most prolific scorer has been Mohamed Essam Emara. The attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. National Bank of Egypt hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Moro Salifu and Naser El Mansi, and they each have 1 goal.