A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Al Ahly fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and El Geish's 13th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Al Ahly have less rest than El Geish in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Pyramids FC, so at least Al Ahly are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Al Ahly form and stats
Al Ahly, who have the most scored goals (37) in Premier League, have collected 15 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-0-0. Al Ahly haven’t lost a game in 14 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Etoile du Sahel, 72 days ago.
Al Ahly are returning here after visiting Pyramids FC in a Premier League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. A. Dieng and A. Badji scored the goal(s). 1-1 away at Al Hilal Omdurman before that.
A late climax in the match against Pyramids FC as the winning goal came one minutes into overtime; scored by A. Dieng.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Al Ahly as they are travelling to their away game against Zamalek in the Premier League. That match is one day after this one.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Al Ahly is on fire here. A stunning 17 from 5 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Al Ahly have only let in 1 goal at home.
El Geish form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for El Geish so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-3 (win-draw-lose).
El Geish had fun at their own home (Cairo International Stadium) last time out, beating Masr 4-0. Amr Gamal, Naser El Mansi, Karim Tarek and K. Muhire scored. A 1-1 draw at Misr Lel Makasa's stadium before that.
As mentioned above, El Geish was the only team on the pitch versus Masr in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking El Geish's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won zero of these as expected, zero of them by at least two goals. El Geish managed one draw and zero surprise wins.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Tanta in just one day.
El Geish find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, El Geish have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - two - zero (Al Ahly wins - draws - El Geish wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mohamed 4 goals |  K. Tarek 4 goals |   K. Nedved 3 goals |
Al Ahly missing players
El Geish missing players
| Al Ahly | El Geish | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 37 | 17 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 77% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 75% |
| 62% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 46% | 80% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 15% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 23% | 20% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 77% | 80% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 5.9 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 3.8 | 2.6 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 149 | 67 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 67 | 143 |
| 67 | 28 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 27 | 57 |
| 49% | 61% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 30% | 30% |
- Al Ahly has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home
- Al Ahly has the fewest conceded goals (3)
- Al Ahly has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0)
- Al Ahly has the most clean sheets (10)
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals (17) at home
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals (37)
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
- Al Ahly has the the best goal difference (+16) at home
- Al Ahly has the the best goal difference (+34)
- 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 in all their matches so far.
- Al Ahly have scored more than double the goals of El Geish.
- Al Ahly have won all their games so far.
- Al Ahly have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Ahly haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Ahly is in the best form (6-0-0)
| 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 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 34 | 39 |
| 2 | Al Mokawloon | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 32 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Pyramids FC | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | ENPPI | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | El Entag El Harby | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Smouha | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Ismaily | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 21 |
| 10 | Haras El Hodood | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | El Gounah | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 18 |
| 12 | Al Masry | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | El Geish | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | Aswan | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 15 |
| 15 | Wadi Degla | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Tanta | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 17 | Misr Lel Makasa | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 13 |
| 18 | Masr | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -15 | 11 |