This could be an interesting match as El Geish have their presumed home advantage while Al Ahly are ahead 45 points in the Premier League table.
El Geish and Al Ahly should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Geish can neither be promoted or relegated from Premier League. Happy, happy days for Ahly who are already winners of the Premier League. This could affect their motivation.
El Geish form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, El Geish have managed 6 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 16 games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Geish, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 189 minutes in the Premier League.
It's back home for El Geish, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Masr away with the result 1-0. Ahmed Samir found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Pyramids FC that ended 0-0.
The victory against Masr came after Ahmed Samir's winning goal. The El Geish manager A. Bassiouni was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Ahmed Samir scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time.
Geish has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Geish have conceded only 15 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Al Ahly form and stats
The strength of Al Ahly, who have the most scored goals (71) in Premier League, on their travels this season is incredible with 41 points collected from 16 Premier League away games. Al Ahly has 13-2-1 on the road, with 33 goals scored and 6 conceded. In general it has been a productive period now for Ahly as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games. Ahly are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
1080 minutes! That's how long the Al Ahly goalkeeper Aly Lotfy Mostafa and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Al Ahly go into this game after a win, the home game against Wydad Casablanca that ended 3-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Wydad Casablanca at their stadium, the result 2-0.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Ahly are regular goalscorers on their travels. Ahly are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 6 goals away. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Al Ahly - Geish 3-0. El Geish-Al Ahly H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: El Geish zero wins, Al Ahly eight wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Mohamed 4 goals | K. Tarek 4 goals |
El Geish missing players
Al Ahly missing players
| El Geish | Al Ahly | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 33 | 69 |
| 34 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 82% | 81% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 94% | 91% |
| 55% | 44% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 75% | 72% |
| 36% | 38% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 21% | 25% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 19% | 22% |
| 6% | 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| 39% | 25% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 25% | 19% |
| 36% | 44% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 75% | 81% |
| 42% | 50% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 6% | 9% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 309 | 169 | 53 | Total Shots | T S | 80 | 201 | 396 |
| 128 | 70 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 87 | 182 |
| 25% | 24% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 33% | 36% |
- 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 fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most clean sheets (12) away in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most clean sheets (26) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most points (41) away in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals (33) away in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals (71) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the most scored goals in the second half (50) in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the the best goal difference (+27) away in Premier League
- Al Ahly has the the best goal difference (+63) 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 El Geish.
- El Geish have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 71 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 63 | 86 |
| 2 | Zamalek | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 71 |
| 3 | Pyramids FC | 33 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 52 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 21 | 64 |
| 4 | Al Mokawloon | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 53 |
| 5 | Smouha | 33 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 42 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 48 |
| 6 | ENPPI | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 48 |
| 7 | Al Masry | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 45 |
| 8 | El Entag El Harby | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 38 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 20 | -3 | 43 |
| 9 | Misr Lel Makasa | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 39 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 41 |
| 10 | El Geish | 33 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 41 |
| 11 | Ismaily | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 48 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -10 | 41 |
| 12 | Al Ittihad | 33 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 33 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 16 | -2 | 39 |
| 13 | Aswan | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -9 | 37 |
| 14 | El Gounah | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 25 | -12 | 37 |
| 15 | Wadi Degla | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 41 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | -10 | 35 |
| 16 | Haras El Hodood | 33 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 29 | 40 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 17 | -11 | 30 |
| 17 | Masr | 33 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 55 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 34 | -37 | 21 |
| 18 | Tanta | 33 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 54 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 32 | -34 | 19 |