Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Zamalek & Ismaily face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Egypt Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Zamalek form and stats
Zamalek was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Egypt Cup.Zamalek have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier League with 11 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss. Ever since the Pyramids FC game Zamalek has been unbeatable here at New Suez Stadium producing four straight wins.
A nice win for Zamalek last time playing, versus Al Masry. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Zizo, Achraf Bencharki and Mohamed Abdelghani scoring for the victors. Tarek Hamed was on the receiving end of a red card in the Zamalek-Al Masry match, being sent off in the 67th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 3-2 victory. A late climax in the match against Al Masry as the winning goal came eight minutes into overtime; scored by Zizo.
Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting El Geish in a game that was won 2-1.Zamalek are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at El Gounah awaits in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Zamalek are scoring many of them at home; 32 on target from 14 league matches. Zamalek have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ismaily form and stats
They also participated in Egypt Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.The visitors are W3-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Ismaily are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Premier League against Misr Lel Makasa.
A 0-1 defeat away at Al Mokawloon before that.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Pyramids FC.
Ismaily have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Ismaily have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Zamalek won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Ismaily has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  A. Bencharki 12 goals | Y. Ibrahim Obama 9 goals |  F. Ben Youssef 7 goals |
Zamalek missing players
Ismaily missing players
| Zamalek | Ismaily | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 17 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 12 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 43 | 36 | Scored | S | 12 | 27 | ||
| 22 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 84% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.6 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.8 | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 34% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zamalek | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 54 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 41 |
| 3 | Al Masry | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Smouha | 23 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 35 |
| 5 | Pyramids FC | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Misr Lel Makasa | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 33 |
| 7 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 31 |
| 9 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 31 |
| 10 | Ismaily | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 29 |
| 11 | ENPPI | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | El Geish | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 27 |
| 13 | El Gounah | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 27 |
| 14 | Al Mokawloon | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 15 | Aswan | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -17 | 21 |
| 16 | National Bank of Egypt | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -10 | 18 |
| 17 | Wadi Degla | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 18 | El Entag El Harby | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 27 | -25 | 13 |