Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Zamalek & Al Mokawloon face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Egypt Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning added pressure and significance.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League.
Zamalek form and stats
Zamalek was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Egypt Cup.36 points is a decent return from 16 Premier League games here at Cairo International Stadium for Zamalek. The data says 11 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.
Zamalek's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Ghazl El Mehalla. The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Fatouh got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, the max score being 10. Fatouh served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times and had 60 successful passes (of 73 total).
Ahead of that game, a home win hosting Pharco in the Egypt Cup.
The Zamalek fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 16 league matches. Zamalek are not conceding a lot of goals here at Cairo International Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 16 matches.
Al Mokawloon form and stats
They also participated in Egypt Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 5 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.
Al Mokawloon failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs El Daklyeh that ended with defeat 0-1. Niass, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.44. Niass hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
Ahead of that, the Egypt Cup win away at Ceramica Cleopatra.
Mokawloon are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 16 games (in the league). 18 goals have been conceded by Al Mokawloon in these games.
Head 2 Head
Zamalek have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (3-3-0) when playing Al Mokawloon.Zamalek missing players
Al Mokawloon missing players
| Zamalek | Al Mokawloon | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 36 | 26 | Scored | S | 19 | 30 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Conceded | C | 12 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 72% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 36% | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.9 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 36% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 29% | ||
| 11.8 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | ||
| 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 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 44 | 68 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 31 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 30 | 67 |
| 3 | Coca-Cola | 31 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 57 |
| 4 | Zamalek | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 56 |
| 5 | Al Masry | 31 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 44 |
| 6 | Al Mokawloon | 32 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 43 |
| 7 | ENPPI | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 42 |
| 8 | Pharco | 32 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 41 |
| 9 | Al Ittihad | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 23 | -2 | 41 |
| 10 | Smouha | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -9 | 36 |
| 11 | National Bank of Egypt | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 40 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -6 | 35 |
| 12 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 32 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 34 |
| 13 | Ismaily | 31 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -6 | 34 |
| 14 | El Geish | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -11 | 33 |
| 15 | Aswan | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 20 | -11 | 33 |
| 16 | El Daklyeh | 32 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -12 | 32 |
| 17 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -20 | 32 |
| 18 | Haras El Hodood | 31 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 16 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 24 | -25 | 20 |
