Zamalek perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Al Masry can look both up and down from their 11th position.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago.
Zamalek form and stats
Zamalek are steadily winning Premier League games and points here. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Zamalek has won their last four matches. Zamalek has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Zamalek enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at El Gounah's place. The match ended 2-0 with Shikabala and M. Ounajem scoring. Previous to that game, a CAF Champions League home match hosting ZESCO United in a game that was won 2-0.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Zamalek have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won 1 time, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the CAF Champions League game versus TP Mazembe in only four days. This game is also played here.
Zamalek are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. As for guarding their own goal, Zamalek have only let in 2 goals at home.
Al Masry form and stats
Playing away, Al Masry have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Al Masry's last game was the home draw against Aswan (2-2). A 0-2 defeat away at Pyramids FC before that.
Al Masry are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of two matches.
Al Masry are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Al Masry as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Zamalek-Al Masry H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zamalek 6 wins, Al Masry 3 wins, 1 draw. 3 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Alaa Eldin 15 goals |  Y. Ibrahim Obama 10 goals |  F. Sassi 7 goals |
Zamalek missing players
Al Masry missing players
| Zamalek | Al Masry | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 83% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 58% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 17% | 17% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 6.5 | 7 | 11 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 3.8 | 2 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.4 | 5.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 131 | 79 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 43 | 104 |
| 47 | 26 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 11 | 40 |
| 34% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | 32% |
- Al Masry haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zamalek have not yet lost a game at home.
- Zamalek have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Zamalek have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 31 | 33 |
| 2 | Al Mokawloon | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | Pyramids FC | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Haras El Hodood | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Smouha | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | El Entag El Harby | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | ENPPI | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Ismaily | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Al Masry | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 12 | El Gounah | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -10 | 12 |
| 13 | Misr Lel Makasa | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | El Geish | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Masr | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | Wadi Degla | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Tanta | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 18 | Aswan | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 9 |