All the facts and stats for the CAF Champions League clash: Zamalek - Al Merreikh

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Fri 31.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cairo International Stadium (75000 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Zamalek at Cairo International Stadium when the CAF Champions League tournament arrives in town and Al Merreikh with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Al Merreikh have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 7-4-8 (win-draw-loss) from 19 matches.

These teams have little in common geographically as Al Merreikh have to travel 2200 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.

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Zamalek form and stats

Last season, Zamalek's CAF Champions League journey ended in the group stage.

On the other hand, in the CAF Champions League, Zamalek has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.

Zamalek's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus National Bank of Egypt.

Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against CR Belouizdad in the CAF Champions League.

The manager Ferreira will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Al Masry in only four days.

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Al Merreikh form and stats

Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.

Al Merreikh's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Al Merreikh collect 17 points from their 8 away matches in the Sudan Premier League. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Total CAF Champions League statistics for Al Merreikh: 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.

Al Merreikh go into this game after a win, the home game against Al Zoma Khartoum that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Al Merreikh was the only team on the pitch versus Al Zoma Khartoum in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Al-Ahly Merowe.

The visiting Merreikh have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. Al Merreikh are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {2 away goals} have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

These two sides encountered each other earlier on this season: Al Merreikh - Zamalek 0-0.

Zamalek missing players

Al Merreikh missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Zamalek Al Merreikh
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   11 25
9 6   Won W   5 16
7 3   Drew D   2 5
9 4   Lost L   4 4
28 18   Scored S   10 36
28 16   Conceded C   7 14
84% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 92%
68% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   36% 56%
48% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   18% 32%
24% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   9% 16%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
36% 46%   BTTS BTTS   18% 32%
36% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   55% 56%
44% 31%   Failed to Score F T   36% 20%
 
5 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3 3.3
4.6 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   10 5.3
1.2 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.4 10.9   Shots (avg) S (   5.5 8
3.9 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2 2.3
29% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 50%
 
11.6 11.2   Shots against (avg) S A   17.5 9.7
4.3 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 2.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ES Tunis 5 3 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 10
2 CR Belouizdad 5 3 0 2 4 2 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 9
3 Al Merreikh 5 1 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 -1 5
4 Zamalek 5 1 1 3 3 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 1 2 0 4 -3 4
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ES Tunis 5 3 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 10
2 CR Belouizdad 5 3 0 2 4 2 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 9
3 Al Merreikh 5 1 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 -1 5
4 Zamalek 5 1 1 3 3 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 1 2 0 4 -3 4
  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 Merreikh 19 15 3 1 33 8 11 10 1 0 24 6 8 5 2 1 9 2 25 48
2 Al Hilal Omdurman 18 15 2 1 47 12 10 9 1 0 29 3 8 6 1 1 18 9 35 47
3 Hay Al Arab 24 13 6 5 37 25 11 9 1 1 23 11 13 4 5 4 14 14 12 45
4 Haidob En Nahud 25 12 6 7 30 22 14 10 3 1 18 7 11 2 3 6 12 15 8 42
5 Al Ahli Khartoum 25 9 8 8 31 26 12 7 3 2 19 9 13 2 5 6 12 17 5 35
6 Hilal El-Fasher 25 9 6 10 28 28 14 7 4 3 20 12 11 2 2 7 8 16 0 33
7 Al Hilal Port Sudan 25 8 9 8 24 27 12 3 7 2 11 10 13 5 2 6 13 17 -3 33
8 Al Shorta 25 9 5 11 26 28 12 5 3 4 13 10 13 4 2 7 13 18 -2 32
9 Wad Nubawi 24 6 12 6 19 22 12 3 6 3 9 9 12 3 6 3 10 13 -3 30
10 Alamal Atbara 23 8 5 10 19 25 10 5 3 2 14 8 13 3 2 8 5 17 -6 29
11 Hay Al Wadi 21 7 7 7 22 27 10 4 1 5 9 14 11 3 6 2 13 13 -5 28
12 Tuti 25 7 6 12 25 34 12 3 3 6 13 17 13 4 3 6 12 17 -9 27
13 Al Fallah 22 6 8 8 20 18 11 5 2 4 16 9 11 1 6 4 4 9 2 26
14 Kober 25 6 8 11 26 33 13 4 4 5 15 15 12 2 4 6 11 18 -7 26
15 Al Ahly Shendi 22 6 6 10 12 19 10 3 4 3 5 7 12 3 2 7 7 12 -7 24
16 Al-Ahly Merowe 24 3 12 9 15 32 13 2 9 2 10 12 11 1 3 7 5 20 -17 21
17 Al Zoma Khartoum 23 4 8 11 18 31 9 2 3 4 8 9 14 2 5 7 10 22 -13 20
18 Al Rabta Kosti 23 5 5 13 15 30 13 5 3 5 11 12 10 0 2 8 4 18 -15 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ES Tunis 5 3 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 10
2 CR Belouizdad 5 3 0 2 4 2 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 9
3 Al Merreikh 5 1 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 -1 5
4 Zamalek 5 1 1 3 3 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 1 2 0 4 -3 4

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