Match details. 2. Division A, Regular Season - 8. Kick-off is Fri 9 Oct, 13:30 Lagos time.
What's at stake. Ismaily SC are 16th on 6 points after 7 games, 1 point behind Team, 1 point clear of Dayrout. A win would take them above Team. Tanta FC are 13th on 8 points after 7 games, level on points with Baladiyyat Al Mehalla, 1 point clear of El Entag EL Harby. A win would take them above Baladiyyat Al Mehalla.
Form. Ismaily SC have won one, drawn four and lost five of their last ten, 0.7 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D W L D D. Tanta FC have won three, drawn four and lost three of their last ten, 1.3 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L D W L L.
The numbers. Ismaily SC score 0.6 and concede 1.6 a game in their last five at home, with one clean sheet and two games without a goal. Ismaily SC average 9.6 shots (2.4 on target), 3.4 corners and 2.6 cards a game. Tanta FC score 1.1 and concede 1.1 a game over their last ten, with three clean sheets and four games without a goal. Tanta FC average 7.3 shots (2.3 on target), 5.0 corners and 2.3 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last seven meetings Ismaily SC have won four, drawn three and lost none. Two of the seven went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in two. In the last four, Ismaily SC won two and two were drawn. The last time they met, on 4 Jan 2025, it finished Ismaily SC 1-0 Tanta FC.
Where it pulls both ways. Tanta FC are the form side, but the meetings favour Ismaily SC: in the last seven meetings, Ismaily SC won four and three were drawn.
The read. A draw. A tight game. Little separates them, and both sides draw often. Their goals for and against point to a tight game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 45%. Five of the last seven meetings went under 2.5.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Over 0.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read). Predicted score: Ismaily SC 1-1 Tanta FC (13% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call and a tight game).