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PajimonAlright, boet, let's get into this one. Al Ittihad are at home on 13 October to host El Gouna FC in the Premier League, and I'm telling you, this one smells like a home win the way a braai smells on a good evening.
Al Ittihad have been cooking. Three wins in their last five, and if you look at the last ten games across all venues, they've picked up 1.7 points per game with 1.2 goals scored per outing and only 0.7 conceded. At home specifically, over 20 games spanning 13 months, they've won 9, drawn 4 and lost 7, keeping a clean sheet in 9 of those 20. Their last home game before this was a 1-0 win over Asyut Petrol on 7 September, and before that they were winning 2-0 on the road. The two blemishes in the last five were the 0-1 loss to Wadi Degla in the League Cup on 8 October and the 1-3 defeat to Ceramica Cleopatra on 28 August, but the cup tie is five days ago and the other was six weeks back.
Now look at El Gouna FC. Four losses in a row. Four. They've scored one goal in those four games and conceded six. In their last five matches they've managed 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, with 0.4 goals per game and 1.4 conceded. They haven't kept a clean sheet in any of those five. In the League Cup on 8 October they lost 0-2 to El Mokawloon and got a red card in the 14th minute, so they've been struggling on multiple fronts. Their away record over 20 games is 8 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses, but that stretches back nearly a year and doesn't reflect what's happening right now.
The head-to-head at this venue is thin. The only meeting at Al Ittihad's ground in the last 12 months was on 23 November 2025, when El Gouna FC won 2-0, but Al Ittihad had a red card in the 39th minute. The more recent meeting, on 4 April 2026 at El Gouna's ground, was a 0-0 draw. So the head-to-head is dated and doesn't give us a clear edge either way. I'd lean on current form here.
The counter-argument is that El Gouna FC's away record over 20 games is actually respectable — 8 wins, 7 draws, 5 losses, 1.55 points per game, scoring 1.05 per game and conceding 0.8. And the H2H at this ground did go El Gouna's way last time, albeit with a man down. But that was 10 months ago, and the El Gouna FC that lost 0-2 to El Mokawloon with a red card in the 14th minute is not the same team that drew 1-1 with Olympic El Qanah back in August. The form gap is real and it's pointing one way.
Key Points:
- Al Ittihad have won 3 of their last 5 and 5 of their last 10, with 1.7 points per game and 0.7 conceded per game
- El Gouna FC have lost their last 4, scoring just 1 goal and conceding 6, with 0 clean sheets in 5 games
- Al Ittihad's home record: 9 wins in 20 games, 9 clean sheets, 1.1 goals scored per game
- The only recent H2H at this venue (November 2025) saw El Gouna win 2-0 with Al Ittihad a man down
- Both teams' records over 20 games at their respective grounds favour under 2.5 goals
My take: the football evidence points firmly to Al Ittihad. The market prices them at 45.45%, but I rate their chance of winning closer to 55% when you factor in the form disparity and the home record. I'm going with the Al Ittihad home win at 2.2. The form is on their side, the home record backs it up, and El Gouna FC are going through the wringer. This is the one.