Al Ittihad will hope to draw on their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s adversaries. The hosts are currently 17 points behind Zamalek.
- Al Ittihad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zamalek have the most points from losing position (7) in Premier League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Al Ittihad form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Al Ittihad have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. Ittihad are slowly digging their own grave here at Alexandria Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the El Gounah match.
The home team returns to Alexandria Stadium after drawing with National Bank of Egypt (placed 8th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Al Ahly (0-1).A decent goal production from Al Ittihad in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Zamalek form and stats
Zamalek have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 21 points collected from 8 Premier League games. 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat is the record so far. Momentum is building for Zamalek in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
The Zamalek goalkeeper Mohamed Abougabal is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 233 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Zamalek's last game was the home draw against Pharco (0-0).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Misr Lel Makasa with the score of 1-0.The travelling fans enjoy Zamalek's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Al Ittihad two wins, one draw and Zamalek seven victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Sayed 8 goals |  C. Paciencia Mabululo 6 goals | A. Bencharki 5 goals |
Al Ittihad missing players
Zamalek missing players
| Al Ittihad | Zamalek | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 22 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 64% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 79% |
| 43% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 21% |
| 57% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 62% | 50% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 14% |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 9.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.6 | 10.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 34% | 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 37% | 43% |
| 9.9 | 8.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.4 | 8.1 |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
- Al Ittihad have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Ittihad have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Al Ittihad haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Zamalek have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Zamalek have the most clean sheets (5) away in Premier League
- Zamalek have the most points (21) away in Premier League
- Zamalek have the most points from losing position (7) in Premier League
- Zamalek have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Premier League
- Zamalek have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Zamalek 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 | Zamalek | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 31 |
| 3 | Pyramids FC | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 29 |
| 4 | Smouha | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | Coca-Cola | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | Pharco | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Al Masry | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 8 | National Bank of Egypt | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | ENPPI | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Al Ittihad | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | El Geish | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 13 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | El Gounah | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | Al Mokawloon | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Ismaily | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 17 | Misr Lel Makasa | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 18 | El Sharqia Dokhan | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -16 | 10 |
