Al Ahly perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. ENPPI can look both up and down from their 7th position.
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
Home games in the Premier League have been a walk in the park for Al Ahly so far, with 25 points won from 9 matches; 8 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Al Ahly haven’t lost a league-game in 19 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Etoile du Sahel, 253 days ago.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Smouha in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Smouha that ended 1-1.
Goals are plentiful at Cairo International Stadium in the league this season as Ahly has scored 26 goals here in 9 home games. Defensively Ahly have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
ENPPI form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. It's been quite a sequence of draws for ENPPI when traveling as their last four away games have all ended all square. Not since the Wadi Degla match has the points been distributed unevenly.
Mohamed Sherif was the last player to score for the away team. ENPPI haven't scored a league goal in the last 296 minutes.
ENPPI's previous game was their home loss versus Pyramids FC (0-1). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to El Geish.
ENPPI have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. 12 goals have been conceded by ENPPI in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ahly won six games, three matches ended with a draw and ENPPI has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  M. Kaoud 5 goals |  K. Nedved 3 goals |
Al Ahly missing players
ENPPI missing players
| Al Ahly | ENPPI | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 44 | 24 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 78% |
| 81% | 88% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 56% |
| 62% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 39% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 50% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 44% |
| 5.9 | 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 183 | 101 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 54 | 92 |
| 82 | 43 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 28 | 46 |
| 49% | 56% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 36% | 30% |
- Perth Glory has the most clean sheets (5) away
- Perth Glory has the most clean sheets (8)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P | ||
| 1 | Sydney | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 51 | ||
| 2 | 7 | ENPPI | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 25 | |
| 8 | El Entag El Harby | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 23 | ||
| 9 | Ismaily | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 22 | ||
| 10 | Al Masry | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 | ||
| 11 | El Gounah | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -9 | 20 | ||
| 12 | Haras El Hodood | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 19 | ||
| 13 | Aswan | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 18 | ||
| 14 | El Geish | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 17 | ||
| 15 | Tanta | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 16 | ||
| 16 | Wadi Degla | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -10 | 15 | ||
| 17 | Misr Lel Makasa | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 14 | ||
| 18 | Masr | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -16 | 11 | ||