Struggling Ghazl El Mehalla will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Zamalek in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Ghazl El Mehalla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zamalek has the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ghazl El Mehalla form and stats
Ghazl El Mehalla have played 5 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in Mehalla's previous game, also at home. Visiting Ismaily (placed 13th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Misr Lel Makasa with the scoreline 1-2.
No victory last time out for Ghazl El Mehalla, but the draw 2-2 felt nice for Ahmed El Sheikh who came on as a substitute in the 58th minute and scored two goals.
Mehalla has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Mehalla have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Zamalek form and stats
The away team, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses in the Premier League.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Aswan that ended 0-0.
Zamalek are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). The Zamalek defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 6 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mehalla 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
  Y. Ibrahim Obama 5 goals | A. Bencharki 4 goals |  A. El Sheikh 3 goals |
Ghazl El Mehalla missing players
Zamalek missing players
| Ghazl El Mehalla | Zamalek | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 89% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 89% |
| 78% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 44% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 67% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 11% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.3 | 8.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 12.2 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 39% |
- Ghazl El Mehalla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Zamalek has the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League
- Zamalek has the most clean sheets (4) away in Premier League
- Zamalek has the most points (14) away in Premier League
- Zamalek has the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Premier League
- Zamalek has the the best goal difference (+6) away in Premier League
- Zamalek have not yet lost a game.
- Zamalek have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zamalek is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zamalek | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 21 |
| 3 | El Gounah | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Al Masry | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | Pyramids FC | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | ENPPI | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Misr Lel Makasa | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 13 |
| 9 | Smouha | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | El Geish | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Al Mokawloon | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Aswan | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 13 | Ismaily | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | National Bank of Egypt | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 16 | Al Ittihad | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Wadi Degla | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | El Entag El Harby | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 5 |