There's seemingly a pronounced difference in quality between these sides based on results so far, with Al Ahly ahead of El Daklyeh by 24 points.
- Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premier League
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
These are hustling days for the host team, as they were in action only three days ago in the CAF Champions League. This match was also played here at Cairo International Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, El Daklyeh have had more rest.
Al Ahly form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Cairo International Stadium as Al Ahly have scored 11 goals to get 18 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 5-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The Al Ahly goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 585 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
The home regulars witnessed a 2-2 draw vs Mamelodi Sundowns in the CAF Champions League last time out and are looking for a win here.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Aswan.It should be taken into account that a peek at the 12 latest league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ahly, as the CAF Champions League home game vs Cotonsport is only four days away.
Al Ahly has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Al Ahly have only let in {2 goals} at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
El Daklyeh form and stats
Playing away, El Daklyeh have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Al Ittihad with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Late heartbreak for Daklyeh in the Al Ittihad match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
Preceding that game was the away victory against El Geish with the score of 1-0.Many goals are not expected from the visiting El Daklyeh as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Al Ahly have put together a sequence of 11 consecutive games without defeat (9-2-0) when playing El Daklyeh.Al Ahly and El Daklyeh have played each other before this season: El Daklyeh - Al Ahly 1-4.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Sherif 5 goals | A. Al Sulaya 3 goals | A. Abdel Kader Radwan 3 goals |
Al Ahly missing players
El Daklyeh missing players
| Al Ahly | El Daklyeh | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 29 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 79% |
| 69% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 56% | 58% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 42% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 53% |
| 69% | 75% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 32% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 37% |
| 7 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| 1 | 1.1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13.3 | 11.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.9 | 7.1 |
| 5.6 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 32% | 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 21% | 26% |
| 6 | 6.5 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9.3 | 9.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
- Al Ahly have not yet lost a game.
- Al Ahly have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Premier League
- Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premier League
- Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
- Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Premier League
- Al Ahly have the most clean sheets (11) in Premier League
- Al Ahly have the the best goal difference (+24) in Premier League
- Al Ahly have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Ahly is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 40 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 38 |
| 3 | Coca-Cola | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Zamalek | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 32 |
| 6 | Al Mokawloon | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 32 |
| 7 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 27 |
| 8 | Aswan | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Smouha | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Pharco | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Al Masry | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 13 | El Geish | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | ENPPI | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -10 | 17 |
| 15 | El Daklyeh | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Haras El Hodood | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 15 |
| 17 | Ismaily | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 14 |
| 18 | National Bank of Egypt | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
