Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Al Ahly & Al Masry face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Egypt Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Al Ahly have less rest than Al Masry in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Egypt Cup game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus El Daklyeh, was also a home game here at Borg El Arab Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Al Ahly form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Borg El Arab Stadium as Al Ahly have scored 29 goals to get 41 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 12-5-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Al Ahly haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 199 minutes ago. Kahraba scored that one.
Ahly's previous match was a Egypt Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 2-0 versus El Daklyeh. The home team hope to to build on that result.
Before that, Al Ahly played out a Premier League draw 0-0 when visiting Al Masry.The Al Ahly fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 17 league matches. Ahly have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {6 goals}.
Al Masry form and stats
Al Masry was sent out of Egypt Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 5 wins, 9 draws and 3 defeats.
The attacking players of Masry have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 183 minutes.
There were no winners in Al Masry's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Al Ahly. Sayed was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Sayed hit one key pass and won 6 of 11 duels.
The game before that, in the League Cup, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Ceramica Cleopatra.The attacking power of Al Masry when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 17 league matches away. Masry are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 16 times in 17 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Ahly seven wins, two draws and Al Masry one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Al Ahly missing players
Al Masry missing players
| Al Ahly | Al Masry | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Scored | S | 11 | 30 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 52% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 28% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.2 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 36% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 7.8 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Ahly | 34 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 63 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 50 | 83 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 73 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 52 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 60 |
| 4 | Coca-Cola | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 58 |
| 5 | Al Masry | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 34 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 48 |
| 6 | ENPPI | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 24 | -6 | 45 |
| 7 | Al Mokawloon | 34 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 44 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 43 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 29 | -7 | 43 |
| 9 | Pharco | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 42 |
| 10 | Smouha | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -7 | 42 |
| 11 | Ismaily | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 35 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -3 | 40 |
| 12 | National Bank of Egypt | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 40 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -5 | 39 |
| 13 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 34 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 31 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 17 | -1 | 37 |
| 14 | El Geish | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 45 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -12 | 36 |
| 15 | El Daklyeh | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 32 | 43 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -11 | 35 |
| 16 | Aswan | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 45 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 21 | -14 | 33 |
| 17 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 24 | -21 | 33 |
| 18 | Haras El Hodood | 34 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 45 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 25 | -24 | 25 |
