A key match in Premier League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Zamalek in 2nd position and El Gounah placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Zamalek has the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Premier League
- El Gounah have not yet lost a game.
Zamalek and El Gounah 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.
Zamalek form and stats
The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Cairo International Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Zamalek last season were 14 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses from 17 games. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Zamalek are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Zamalek, as their goalkeeper Mohamed Abougabal has completely shut out the opponents for 202 minutes in the Premier League.
A strong away win for Zamalek against Al Masry the last match, as Emam Ashour were on target. Previous to that game, a home match hosting El Geish in a game that was won 3-0.
There will be little rest for Zamalek after this match as they are travelling to Aswan for a Premier League game in only four days.
At Cairo International Stadium, Zamalek has the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
El Gounah form and stats
El Gounah are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Gounah goalkeeper Islam Kassem Tarek is eager to challenge this, with his 422 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
El Gounah won their last game, 2-0 versus Al Ittihad played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Ghazl El Mehalla that ended 0-0.
The attacking power of Gounah when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Gounah are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Zamalek, three draws and one win for El Gounah. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Ashour 3 goals | Y. Ibrahim Obama 2 goals | M. Abdallah 2 goals |
Zamalek missing players
El Gounah missing players
| Zamalek | El Gounah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 8.4 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| 48% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 42% |
- All of Zamalek's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- El Gounah have not yet lost a game.
- El Gounah have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zamalek has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Premier League
- Zamalek has the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Premier League
- Zamalek have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zamalek have scored in all their matches so far.
- Zamalek have won all their matches at home so far.
- Zamalek haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 16 |
| 2 | Zamalek | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | El Gounah | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Al Masry | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Misr Lel Makasa | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Pyramids FC | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 9 | ENPPI | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | National Bank of Egypt | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Smouha | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Aswan | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Ismaily | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | Wadi Degla | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 16 | Al Mokawloon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | El Entag El Harby | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 4 |
| 18 | El Geish | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 1 |