Al Ahly have performed better than Ismaily so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
It's no vacation for neither Al Ahly nor Ismaily as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Al Ahly form and stats
12-1-0 is the performance here at Cairo International Stadium so far in the Premier League, giving Al Ahly a total of 37 from their 13 games here. Outstanding results! After failing to beat Smouha here at Cairo International Stadium, Ahly has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Al Ahly has won their last four matches.
Al Ahly are confident in defense, having played 360 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Ahly, who won 2-0 against Haras El Hodood (placed 13th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Wadi Degla in a game that was won 2-0.
The manager R. Weiler will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Al Ittihad in only three days.
Ahly are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (34 goals in 13 games). Ahly have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Ismaily form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Ismaily go into this game after a win, the home game against Masr that ended 4-0. Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Misr Lel Makasa's place.
As mentioned above, Ismaily was the only team on the pitch versus Masr in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
The visiting Ismaily have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 11 games. As opposed to that, Ismaily have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Ismaily - Ahly 0-1, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Ahly won six, Ismaily won zero and four draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, nine matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Nedved 3 goals |  B. Shilongo 3 goals |  M. Mohsen 2 goals |
Al Ahly missing players
Ismaily missing players
| Al Ahly | Ismaily | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 58 | 32 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 28 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 83% | 83% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | 71% |
| 50% | 58% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 45% | 46% |
| 29% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 45% | 54% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 27% | 25% |
| 6.1 | 5.8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 307 | 151 | 56 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 92 | 215 |
| 138 | 74 | 30 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 29 | 74 |
| 39% | 43% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 38% | 38% |
- Al Ahly has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home
- Al Ahly has the fewest conceded goals (8)
- Al Ahly has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Al Ahly has the most clean sheets (10) at home
- Al Ahly has the most clean sheets (18)
- Al Ahly has the most points (37) at home
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals (34) at home
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals (60)
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals in the second half (44)
- Al Ahly has the the best goal difference (+32) at home
- Al Ahly has the the best goal difference (+52)
- 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 in all their matches so far.
- Al Ahly have scored more than double the goals of Ismaily.
- Al Ahly haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Al Ahly is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Ismaily has the fewest matches under the total-line (7)
- Ismaily haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 52 | 68 |
| 2 | Zamalek | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 51 |
| 3 | Pyramids FC | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 45 |
| 4 | Al Mokawloon | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 44 |
| 5 | Al Ittihad | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Smouha | 25 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | ENPPI | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 32 |
| 8 | Misr Lel Makasa | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -2 | 30 |
| 9 | El Entag El Harby | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 30 |
| 10 | Ismaily | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 30 |
| 11 | El Gounah | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 28 |
| 12 | Wadi Degla | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -8 | 27 |
| 13 | Haras El Hodood | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 26 |
| 14 | El Geish | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 15 | Aswan | 25 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -12 | 25 |
| 16 | Al Masry | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 22 |
| 17 | Masr | 24 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -20 | 18 |
| 18 | Tanta | 25 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 23 | -22 | 17 |