Cairo clubs clash in classic contest: Zamalek vs Al Ahly

Competition: Egypt Premier League
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Borg El Arab Stadium

Zamalek and Al Ahly are both riding high in the Premier League with their 1st and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

This is the Cairo Derby, a football match between two of the most successful clubs both in Egypt and Africa. According to Wikipedia, fans of both clubs can be violent when angry. Historically there has been numerous fights, injuries and deaths when these teams from the capital of Egypt meet in front of a full stadium and an estimated domestic TV audience of 50 million. 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.

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Zamalek form and stats

10-1-1 is the performance here at Borg El Arab Stadium so far, giving Zamalek a total of 31 from their 12 games here. Outstanding results! In general it's been a long time since Zamalek tasted defeat here at Borg El Arab Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games.

Zamalek drew their last game, 2-2 away at Al Mokawloon (placed 6th). Before that, Zamalek played out a CAF Confederations Cup draw 0-0 when visiting NA Hussein Dey.

Zamalek are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Borg El Arab Stadium, having scored an impressive 30 goals in 12 games. Zamalek have only conceded 10 in these games.

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Al Ahly form and stats

The away performances of Al Ahly have been very solid so far with 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.

The supporters enjoyed Al Ahly's previous game versus 3-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Vita Club wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Al Ahly are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 19 times in 11 away games so far. Al Ahly are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 11 matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Zamalek, 2 draws and 7 wins for Al Ahly.

Top Goalscorers

Mahmoud Alaa
12 goals
Kahraba
10 goals
Youssef Obama
8 goals

Zamalek missing players

Al Ahly missing players

Zamalek Al Ahly
Total Home Statistic Away Total
22 12 Played 11 22
95% 100% Over 0.5 91% 95%
82% 92% Over 1.5 64% 68%
68% 75% Over 2.5 36% 45%
36% 25% Over 3.5 27% 18%
23% 25% Over 4.5 9% 5%
64% 58% Both teams to score 36% 41%
32% 33% Clean Sheet 55% 55%
9% 8% Failed To Score 18% 9%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Zamalek 22 16 5 1 50 20 12 10 1 1 30 10 10 6 4 0 20 10 30 53
2 Al Ahly 22 16 3 3 38 15 11 7 2 2 19 8 11 9 1 1 19 7 23 51
3 Pyramids FC 24 13 9 2 45 24 12 8 4 0 27 10 12 5 5 2 18 14 21 48
4 Al Masry 25 10 11 4 34 28 13 6 5 2 23 17 12 4 6 2 11 11 6 41
5 Misr Lel Makasa 26 11 6 9 27 27 12 6 2 4 15 13 14 5 4 5 12 14 0 39
6 Al Mokawloon 25 10 5 10 33 27 13 6 2 5 22 16 12 4 3 5 11 11 6 35
7 El Entag El Harby 26 7 11 8 29 33 13 2 7 4 16 20 13 5 4 4 13 13 -4 32
8 Al Ittihad 26 7 11 8 34 43 12 2 8 2 14 16 14 5 3 6 20 27 -9 32
9 Ismaily 21 8 7 6 20 20 10 5 2 3 14 12 11 3 5 3 6 8 0 31
10 Haras El Hodood 26 6 11 9 24 28 14 5 5 4 17 14 12 1 6 5 7 14 -4 29
11 El Gounah 25 7 8 10 30 39 12 3 4 5 14 17 13 4 4 5 16 22 -9 29
12 El Geish 26 6 10 10 28 31 13 5 4 4 21 15 13 1 6 6 7 16 -3 28
13 Wadi Degla 26 7 6 13 30 40 14 1 4 9 14 26 12 6 2 4 16 14 -10 27
14 Petrojet 26 5 10 11 24 34 12 3 5 4 7 8 14 2 5 7 17 26 -10 25
15 Smouha 25 4 13 8 22 32 13 0 10 3 7 10 12 4 3 5 15 22 -10 25
16 El Daklyeh 26 4 12 10 28 37 13 2 5 6 11 16 13 2 7 4 17 21 -9 24
17 Nojom El Mostabel 26 5 8 13 24 33 13 2 4 7 8 13 13 3 4 6 16 20 -9 23
18 ENPPI 25 4 10 11 27 36 12 1 4 7 9 18 13 3 6 4 18 18 -9 22

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