Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Al Ahly - Al Mokawloon!
The hosts Al Ahly saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Egypt Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Tersana, was also a home game here at Cairo International Stadium. The away team is better rested.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Ahly are already the Premier League winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one. Al Mokawloon is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
Al Ahly form and stats
Al Ahly, who have the most scored goals (67) in Premier League, have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier League with 13 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy not having conceded a league goal in 810 minutes.
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Tanta with a 1-0 scoreline.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Ahly home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Al Ahly as they are travelling to their away game against ENPPI in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Ahly are scoring many of them at home; 37 on target from 15 league matches. Ahly have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Al Mokawloon form and stats
Playing away, Al Mokawloon have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Mokawloon won their last game, 6-0 versus Masr played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Misr Lel Makasa before that.
As mentioned above, Al Mokawloon was the only team on the pitch versus Masr in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Mokawloon played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Mokawloon are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Al Mokawloon - Ahly 0-2 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ahly won eight games, zero matches ended with a draw and Al Mokawloon has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveAl Ahly missing players
Al Mokawloon missing players
| Al Ahly | Al Mokawloon | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| 24 | 12 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 65 | 35 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 41 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 73% |
| 48% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 21% | 30% |
| 24% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 47% |
| 79% | 86% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 33% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 363 | 172 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 109 | 223 |
| 165 | 83 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 46 | 96 |
| 37% | 42% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | 39% |
- Al Ahly has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the fewest conceded goals (8) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most clean sheets (12) at home in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most clean sheets (23) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals (37) at home in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals (67) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals in the second half (49) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the the best goal difference (+35) at home in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the the best goal difference (+59) in Premier League
- Al Ahly have not yet lost a game at home.
- Al Ahly have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Ahly have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Ahly have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Al Mokawloon have scored away.
- Al Mokawloon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 67 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 59 | 79 |
| 2 | Zamalek | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 64 |
| 3 | Pyramids FC | 31 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 20 | 60 |
| 4 | Al Mokawloon | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 52 |
| 5 | ENPPI | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 45 |
| 6 | Smouha | 31 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 40 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 44 |
| 7 | Misr Lel Makasa | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 40 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad | 29 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 38 |
| 9 | El Entag El Harby | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -6 | 37 |
| 10 | Ismaily | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -9 | 35 |
| 11 | El Geish | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 34 |
| 12 | Aswan | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -8 | 34 |
| 13 | Wadi Degla | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 17 | -8 | 34 |
| 14 | El Gounah | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 25 | -12 | 34 |
| 15 | Al Masry | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -6 | 33 |
| 16 | Haras El Hodood | 31 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 36 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 15 | -9 | 30 |
| 17 | Masr | 30 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 50 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 33 | -32 | 21 |
| 18 | Tanta | 31 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 50 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 32 | -33 | 18 |