National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Al Ahly or Egy Salloum that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both sides have had enough rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an enthusiastic fixture!
Al Ahly form and stats
Al Ahly participated in Egypt Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Al Ahly have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier League with 6 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses.
Ahly's previous game was also a home event, the loss 0-2 versus Wydad Casablanca (in CAF Champions League).
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus ENPPI with a 2-1 scoreline.Everyone expects Al Ahly to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 5 games: 5 home wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Al Ahly have won with at least two goals margin 3 times in similar situations.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as El Sharqia Dokhan are coming to town in three days.
Al Ahly have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Egy Salloum form and stats
There were no winners in Salloum's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Haras El Hodood.
Prior to that match, the Egy Salloum manager faced defeat when travelling to Sporting Alexandria and losing 0-2.Salloum are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 8 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Of the defeats, 2 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Head 2 Head
Al Ahly missing players
Egy Salloum missing players
| Al Ahly | Egy Salloum | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Scored | S | 10 | 32 | ||
| 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 9 | 17 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 8% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 15% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.2 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 26% | ||
| 8.2 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 44 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 43 |
| 3 | Al Ahly | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 23 | 37 |
| 4 | Coca-Cola | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 36 |
| 5 | Smouha | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 35 |
| 6 | El Geish | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 32 |
| 7 | National Bank of Egypt | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Pharco | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | ENPPI | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 10 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | Al Ittihad | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | El Gounah | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 21 |
| 14 | Al Masry | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | Al Mokawloon | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Ismaily | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -9 | 18 |
| 17 | Misr Lel Makasa | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 14 |
| 18 | El Sharqia Dokhan | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -19 | 13 |
