National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Zamalek or Pharco that keep their silverware dream alive.
Zamalek form and stats
Last season their Egypt Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.33 points is a decent return from 15 Premier League games here at Cairo International Stadium for Zamalek. The data says 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.
Zamalek's last game was hosting Al Ittihad and winning 2-1. Midfield player Zizo got a match rating of 8.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Zizo signed up for two assists, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times and had 38 successful passes (of 40 total).
Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting El Geish in a game that was won 2-0.The match schedule is unforgiving for Zamalek as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Ghazl El Mehalla are visiting.
Zamalek have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Cairo International Stadium with 24 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Zamalek have conceded only 13 goals.
Pharco form and stats
They also participated in Egypt Cup last season. This ended in the round of 32.Pharco have only collected 15 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-9-4 (15 played).
Hamada was the last player to score for the away team. Pharco haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
The manager Ashri was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium. Pharco suffered a 0-1 loss to Pyramids FC. Midfield player Hamada was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10. Hamada hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 32 successful passes (of 37 total).
A 0-0 draw at Ceramica Cleopatra's stadium before that.Goals are few and far between in Pharco's away league games. Only {7 goals} from 15 travels. Pharco are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the prior four meetings): Zamalek won one game, one match ended with a draw and Pharco have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / three.
Zamalek missing players
Pharco missing players
| Zamalek | Pharco | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 8 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 32 | 21 | Scored | S | 8 | 26 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 72% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 36% | ||
| 12.1 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 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 | Pyramids FC | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 27 | 64 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 38 | 62 |
| 3 | Coca-Cola | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 57 |
| 4 | Zamalek | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 53 |
| 5 | Al Mokawloon | 31 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 43 |
| 6 | Pharco | 31 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 41 |
| 7 | Al Ittihad | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 23 | -2 | 41 |
| 8 | Al Masry | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 41 |
| 9 | ENPPI | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 22 | -7 | 39 |
| 10 | Smouha | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -6 | 36 |
| 11 | National Bank of Egypt | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -3 | 35 |
| 12 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 31 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 33 |
| 13 | Ismaily | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -6 | 33 |
| 14 | El Geish | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -11 | 32 |
| 15 | Aswan | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 19 | -11 | 32 |
| 16 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -18 | 32 |
| 17 | El Daklyeh | 31 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 27 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -13 | 29 |
| 18 | Haras El Hodood | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 24 | -22 | 20 |
