This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Zamalek at King Fahd Sport City Stadium when the Arab Club Championship tournament arrives in town and Monastir with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Monastir have to travel 2600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Zamalek form and stats
37 points is a decent return from 17 Premier League games here at King Fahd Sport City Stadium for Zamalek. The data says 11 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.
The home followers saw a 2-2 draw versus Pharco last time out and are looking for a victory here. Opportunity lost for Zamalek in the Pharco match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Al Ahly.The manager Arbeláez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Al Shabab in only three days.
Zamalek have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at King Fahd Sport City Stadium with 28 goals in 17 league matches. Zamalek are not conceding a lot of goals here at King Fahd Sport City Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 17 matches.
Monastir form and stats
There were no winners in Monastir's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs CS Sfaxien.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Olympique Beja.A new game in only three days for Monastir, the Arab Club Championship home match versus Al Nassr. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Oumarou Alio 9 goals |  M. Bouziane 5 goals |  I. Mhirsi 4 goals |
Zamalek missing players
Monastir missing players
| Zamalek | Monastir | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 32 | Scored | S | 20 | 38 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Conceded | C | 13 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 7.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 42% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 49% | ||
| 11.3 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 Nassr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Zamalek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 63 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 53 | 82 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 31 | 70 |
| 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 | 33 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 34 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 47 |
| 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 |
