The managers Mokhtar Mokhtar and P. Carteron are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Zamalek's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Zamalek have performed like this: Played five matches resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 9-7 (scored/conceded).
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
El Entag El Harby form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for El Entag El Harby at their home stadium is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 201 minutes.
Happy days for El Entag El Harby in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Aswan (placed 18th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. A strong away win before that one, visiting Tanta and winning 1-0.
El Entag El Harby have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 6 goals in 4 league matches. El Entag El Harby's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Zamalek form and stats
Things could have gone better for Zamalek in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Zamalek's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Zamalek's last game was the home draw against Smouha (0-0). Prior to that match, the Zamalek manager P. Carteron faced defeat when travelling to El Geish and losing 2-3.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The CAF Champions League trip to ZESCO United.
Zamalek find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Zamalek have conceded 5 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 3 - 5 (El Entag El Harby wins - draws - Zamalek wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Mahmoud Alaa 15 goals |  Youssef Obama 10 goals |  F. Sassi 7 goals |
El Entag El Harby missing players
Zamalek missing players
| El Entag El Harby | Zamalek | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 44% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 38% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 22% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 56% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.7 | 6.8 |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.7 | 3.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 75 | 24 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 24 | 90 |
| 26 | 8 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 11 | 30 |
| 23% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 30% |
- El Entag El Harby have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- El Entag El Harby haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Zamalek have scored in all their away matches so far.
| 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 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 21 |
| 2 | Al Ittihad | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Al Mokawloon | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Zamalek | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Smouha | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | El Entag El Harby | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Ismaily | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 13 |
| 8 | Pyramids FC | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Haras El Hodood | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | ENPPI | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Tanta | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Misr Lel Makasa | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | Al Masry | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | El Geish | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 15 | Masr | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | El Gounah | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -9 | 7 |
| 17 | Wadi Degla | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Aswan | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 5 |