Al Ahly vs National Bank of Egypt — Premier League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 97+ matches
Al Ahly56%
National Bank of Egypt19%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Al Ahly creates 95% more chances
Season form · 126 home / 97 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under54
- Over46
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No54
- Yes46
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Al Ahly ↓
Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Total goals
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Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Al Ahly at home — creates 2.13, concedes 0.56 · 126 matches
National Bank of Egypt away — creates 1.14, concedes 1.19 · 97 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Al Ahly attack 2.13 + National Bank of Egypt defence 1.19 → ÷2 → 1.66
National Bank of Egypt attack 1.14 + Al Ahly defence 0.56 → ÷2 → 0.85
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 56%?"
Al Ahly at 56% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 56% does not mean "Al Ahly will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
Al Ahly
Zamalek SC
AL Assiouty
AL Masry
El Mokawloon
Misr EL Makasa
Ismaily SC
El Geish
Enppi
Wadi Degla
Al Ittihad
Smouha SC
El Entag EL Harby
El Gouna FC
Haras El Hodood
Petrojet
El Dakhleya
Nogoom El Mostakbal FCIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Al Ahly host National Bank of Egypt on Saturday, 17 May 2025 at 17:00. The match is part of the Premier League 2018/2019 season.
Match Recap: Al Ahly vs National Bank of Egypt
Al Ahly beat National Bank of Egypt 2-1 in Premier League on May 17, 2025.
The match was played at Cairo International Stadium in Cairo.