There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the CAF Champions League 2nd Preliminary Round meeting between Zamalek and Flambeau du Centre. Game on!
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
Zamalek have reached this CAF Champions League stage through battling and winning against Elect-Sport. Zamalek participated in CAF Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.The story so far in the Premier League for Zamalek at their home stadium (Borg El Arab Stadium) is 10 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. This match is a CAF Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Zamalek are returning here after guesting Flambeau du Centre in a CAF Champions League fixture and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
A home win before that, as expected. The team were solid favourites against Elect-Sport and won 2-0. Everyone expects Zamalek to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 4 games: 4 home wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Zamalek have won with at least two goals margin 4 times in similar situations.
A decent goal production from Zamalek in their home games so far, with 33 goals from 17 league matches. Zamalek's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Flambeau du Centre form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Al-Ittihad in order to reach 2nd preliminary round of CAF Champions League.Things could have gone better for Flambeau du Centre in their Ligue A away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right. Total CAF Champions League statistics for Flambeau du Centre: 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a CAF Champions League home defeat versus Zamalek with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Ahead of that match was the Ligue A away draw versus Vital'O that ended 1-1.Flambeau are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 32 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 13 wins, 5 draws and 14 defeats. Of the defeats, 7 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Flambeau du Centre manager Rukundo as the team has another away game coming up in only one day, this time against Aigle Noir.
The attacking power of Flambeau du Centre when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
These sides played each other earlier this match year: Flambeau du Centre - Zamalek 0-1.
Zamalek missing players
Flambeau du Centre missing players
| Zamalek | Flambeau du Centre | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 44 | 25 | Scored | S | 15 | 33 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 44% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3 | ||
| 39% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 39% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 9.5 | ||
| 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 2.7 | ||
| 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 | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 62 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 33 | 77 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 31 | 71 |
| 3 | Al Ahly | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 62 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 41 | 70 |
| 4 | Coca-Cola | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 56 |
| 5 | El Geish | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 56 |
| 6 | Smouha | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 44 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 28 | -1 | 47 |
| 7 | National Bank of Egypt | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 40 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 23 | -1 | 46 |
| 8 | Pharco | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 42 |
| 9 | ENPPI | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 37 | 39 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 18 | -2 | 39 |
| 10 | Al Masry | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 40 | 41 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 23 | -1 | 38 |
| 11 | Al Mokawloon | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 30 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 38 |
| 12 | Al Ittihad | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 52 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 28 | -12 | 38 |
| 13 | Ismaily | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 20 | -12 | 38 |
| 14 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 34 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 34 | 41 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 37 |
| 15 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 26 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -11 | 36 |
| 16 | El Gounah | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -13 | 36 |
| 17 | El Sharqia Dokhan | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 56 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -23 | 33 |
| 18 | Misr Lel Makasa | 34 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 50 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 29 | -38 | 15 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aigle Noir | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Musongati | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Vital'O | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Bumamuru | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 5 | Olympic Star | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Le Messager Ngozi | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Rukinzo | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Kayanza United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | Flambeau du Centre | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | Bujumbura City | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Inter Star | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 7 |
| 12 | Dynamik | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 13 | Top Junior | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 14 | Athletico Olympic | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -7 | 5 |
| 15 | Magara Young Boys | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -8 | 5 |
| 16 | Tigre Noir | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
