Al Ittihad and Al Ahly are both riding high in the Premier League with their 5th and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ittihad and Al Ahly.
Al Ittihad form and stats
3-6-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Al Ittihad so far this season. Ittihad are slowly digging their own grave here at Borg El Arab Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Masr match.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Ittihad, who played 0-0 against Al Ahly. That match was also played at this venue (Borg El Arab Stadium). Before that, Ittihad played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Masr.
Ittihad has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Ittihad are not conceding a lot of goals here at Borg El Arab Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches.
Al Ahly form and stats
Al Ahly, who have the most scored goals (63) in Premier League, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 31 points collected from 12 Premier League games. 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the record so far.
450 minutes! That's how long the Al Ahly goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Ahly are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Al Ittihad (placed 5th). Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Ismaily.
Ahly have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 26 goals from 12 away matches. The Al Ahly defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (6 goals in 12 games).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Al Ahly - Al Ittihad 4-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Ittihad victory, two draws and seven Al Ahly wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Kamar 14 goals | R. Cissé 7 goals |
Al Ittihad missing players
Al Ahly missing players
| Al Ittihad | Al Ahly | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 26 | 61 |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 81% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 58% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 77% | 81% |
| 31% | 23% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 50% |
| 19% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 23% | 27% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 46% | 54% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 31% | 23% |
| 38% | 31% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 69% | 77% |
| 35% | 31% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 170 | 85 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 161 | 328 |
| 70 | 35 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 66 | 148 |
| 33% | 26% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 33% | 39% |
- Al Ahly has the fewest conceded goals (6) away 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 most clean sheets (19) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most clean sheets (8) away in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most points (31) away in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals (26) away in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals (63) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals in the second half (46) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the the best goal difference (+20) away in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the the best goal difference (+55) in Premier League
- Al Ahly have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Ahly have scored more than double the goals of Al Ittihad.
- Al Ahly is in the best form (5-0-0)
| 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 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 55 | 71 |
| 2 | Zamalek | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 55 |
| 3 | Al Mokawloon | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 47 |
| 4 | Pyramids FC | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 45 |
| 5 | Al Ittihad | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 36 |
| 6 | ENPPI | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 35 |
| 7 | Smouha | 26 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 33 |
| 8 | Misr Lel Makasa | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Aswan | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 31 |
| 10 | El Entag El Harby | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 30 |
| 11 | Ismaily | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 30 |
| 12 | El Geish | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 29 |
| 13 | Al Masry | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | El Gounah | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -12 | 28 |
| 15 | Wadi Degla | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -9 | 27 |
| 16 | Haras El Hodood | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | -5 | 26 |
| 17 | Masr | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -20 | 19 |
| 18 | Tanta | 27 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 27 | -28 | 17 |