The bragging rights belong to Al Ahly at this point, with the 1st place in the Premier League table and welcoming Ghazl El Mehalla (who are placed 8th).
- Al Ahly have the most scored goals (32) in Premier League
The hosts Al Ahly saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the CAF Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Al Hilal Omdurman, was also a home game here at Cairo International Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Al Ahly form and stats
Al Ahly are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Cairo International Stadium. 6 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 10 games.
Al Ahly's previous match was a CAF Champions League game also played at their home, ending 3-0 versus Al Hilal Omdurman. The home team hope to to build on that result.
In the game before, a strong away victory at Cotonsport. A CAF Champions League match.
Ahly are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. As for guarding their own goal, Al Ahly have only let in {4 goals} at home. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Ghazl El Mehalla form and stats
2-5-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ghazl El Mehalla in their Premier League matches away.
Mehalla are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the fixture against Al Ittihad (placed 4th). Yippee; their first victory in the league after six games not winning.
A draw for Ghazl El Mehalla before that, at their own venue hosting Ismaily (after extra-time) (1-1).The attacking power of Ghazl El Mehalla when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. As opposed to that, Mehalla have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The latest logged match between these teams is the Ghazl El Mehalla - Al Ahly 0-2 played earlier this season. Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Ahly won seven games, two matches ended in a draw and Ghazl El Mehalla got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Al Ahly missing players
Ghazl El Mehalla missing players
| Al Ahly | Ghazl El Mehalla | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 32 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 23 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 29 |
| 89% | 80% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 91% |
| 72% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 77% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 30% | 50% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 14% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 39% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 50% |
| 61% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 30% | 27% |
| 11% | 20% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 32% |
| 6.9 | 5.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 11.3 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 6.1 | 8 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
| 36% | 33% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 39% | 32% |
| 6 | 6.6 | 3.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 11.1 | 11.5 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4 | 4.4 |
- Al Ahly have not yet lost a game.
- Al Ahly have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premier League
- Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
- Al Ahly have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
- Al Ahly have the most scored goals (32) in Premier League
- Al Ahly have the the best goal difference (+25) in Premier League
- Al Ahly have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Al Ahly is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premier League
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | Coca-Cola | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 42 |
| 3 | Pyramids FC | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 36 |
| 5 | Zamalek | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | Al Mokawloon | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Al Masry | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 31 |
| 8 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 30 |
| 9 | Pharco | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | Smouha | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | -2 | 28 |
| 11 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 12 | Aswan | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 13 | ENPPI | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 15 | -7 | 26 |
| 14 | El Daklyeh | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Ismaily | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | National Bank of Egypt | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 17 |
| 17 | El Geish | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 17 |
| 18 | Haras El Hodood | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -13 | 16 |
