Al Ittihad and Zamalek are both riding high in the Premier League with their 6th and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great fixture!
- Al Ittihad have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Zamalek have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Premier League
Zamalek could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only three sleeps ago.
Al Ittihad form and stats
5 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Al Ittihad have to build on here at Alexandria Stadium in the Premier League.
A good away victory last time out for Ittihad, who won 2-1 against Ismaily (placed 11th). The victory against Ismaily came after Abdelghani Mohamed's winning goal. The Al Ittihad manager H. Hussein was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 74th minute.
Before that, Ittihad played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Ghazl El Mehalla.Ittihad are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Wadi Degla awaits in three days.
Ittihad has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Ittihad have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Zamalek form and stats
6 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Zamalek playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Zamalek as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Zamalek goalkeeper Mahmoud Abdel Rahim Ahmed Abdel Rahim is eager to challenge this, with his 381 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing from Zizo, S. Jaziri and A. Bencharki secured the home win 3-0 against Ghazl El Mehalla in their previous game. It was a convincing performance from Zamalek when Ghazl El Mehalla were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Zizo, S. Jaziri and A. Bencharki scored their goals.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Misr Lel Makasa.Zamalek has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Ismaily in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Zamalek have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 13 goals have been scored. The Zamalek defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (5 goals in 12 games).
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Zamalek - Ittihad 2-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ittihad two wins, one draw and Zamalek seven victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Bencharki 13 goals | Y. Ibrahim Obama 9 goals |  R. Cissé 7 goals |
Al Ittihad missing players
Zamalek missing players
| Al Ittihad | Zamalek | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 28 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 51 |
| 32 | 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 75% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 58% | 79% |
| 39% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 50% |
| 18% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 4% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 50% | 57% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 25% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 32% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 4.3 | 5.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 9.8 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 12.2 | 11.7 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 33% | 27% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 40% |
- Al Ittihad have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Zamalek have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zamalek have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Premier League
- Zamalek have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Premier League
- Zamalek have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Premier League
- Zamalek have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Premier League
- Zamalek have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Premier League
- Zamalek have the most clean sheets (14) in Premier League
- Zamalek have the most clean sheets (8) away in Premier League
- Zamalek have the most scored goals in the first half (29) 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 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 60 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 38 | 64 |
| 2 | Zamalek | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 51 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 33 | 64 |
| 3 | Al Masry | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 46 |
| 4 | Pyramids FC | 29 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 42 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Smouha | 29 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 43 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 41 |
| 6 | Al Ittihad | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 41 |
| 7 | ENPPI | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 39 |
| 8 | El Geish | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 38 |
| 9 | El Gounah | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 37 |
| 10 | Misr Lel Makasa | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -8 | 37 |
| 11 | Ismaily | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 33 |
| 12 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 21 | -4 | 33 |
| 13 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 32 |
| 14 | Al Mokawloon | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -12 | 29 |
| 15 | National Bank of Egypt | 29 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -7 | 28 |
| 16 | Aswan | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -26 | 26 |
| 17 | Wadi Degla | 28 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -10 | 23 |
| 18 | El Entag El Harby | 29 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 55 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 32 | -26 | 20 |