Ismaily vs El Daklyeh prediction 09.05.2024

• Competition: Egyptian Premier League
• Date: 9th May 2024
• Kickoff: 14:00 UTC +1 / 15:00 CEST
• Venue: Ismailia Stadium

Ismaily will be looking to continue their recent impressive form when they host relegation favorites El Daklyeh on Thursday afternoon in what will be matchday 22 of the 2023-24 Egyptian Premier League campaign.

After finishing successive campaigns between 2021-22 and 2022-23 in eleventh place, many expected El Ismaily to push for a top half finish this season, but Ehab Galal’s side had a slow start. The Brazilians picked up just one win from their first seven league encounters, losing five and drawing one. However, El Ismaily have been in great form of late, with the team having lost only three of the last eleven and home fans will love to see this form continue.

El Daklyeh escaped relegation from the Egyptian top flight by only two points last season, and while they expected to learn their lessons from that, things have instead got worse. The visitors sit at the bottom of the standings after picking up just one win from their 20 games played so far. However, they will get encouragement ahead of this week's game from the fact that they didn't lose any of their last two meetings with Ismaily.

Betting Tips Ismaily vs El Daklyeh: Under 2.5 goals

Ismaily boast just one clean sheet from their last eight games but the Mango Boys don’t concede many goals. Indeed, they conceded more than one goal in just two of their ten fixtures in the Egyptian Premier League. Bets on Under 2.5 goals were won in seven of those matches.

One of the major reasons El Daklyeh sit at the bottom of the standings is their inability to score goals. The visitors failed to score in six of their last eight matches, and I don’t think they will be able to find the back of the net this week.

• Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals
• Ismaily vs El Daklyeh prediction: 1-0