The managers P. Carteron and Hossam Hassan are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at El Geish.
Zamalek form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Zamalek, who have the most points (10) at home in Premier League, at their home stadium is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. After failing to beat Masr here, Zamalek has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
In their previous game, the manager P. Carteron led his Zamalek to a defeat in the Premier League match away at El Geish. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Pyramids FC.
The manager P. Carteron will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to El Entag El Harby in only four days.
A decent goal production from Zamalek in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Zamalek have only let in 2 goals at home.
Smouha form and stats
0 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Smouha playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. The awayteam now has four consecutive draws when travelling away from home.
The supporters enjoyed Smouha's previous game versus Aswan (placed 17th), a Premier League 1-0 win played at home. Before that, Smouha travelled to El Entag El Harby and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
Smouha find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. 5 goals have been conceded by Smouha in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 5 - 2 (Zamalek wins - draws - Smouha wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 9 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Mahmoud Alaa 15 goals |  Youssef Obama 10 goals |   Al Sayed Farid 8 goals |
Zamalek missing players
Smouha missing players
| Zamalek | Smouha | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 71% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 43% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 6.1 | 6.5 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| 3.4 | 1 | 1.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7 | 6.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | 41 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 23 | 42 |
| 26 | 15 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 35% | 40% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 38% | 50% |
- Smouha have not yet lost a game away.
- Smouha have yet to win a game away.
- Zamalek has the most points (10) at home
- 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 scored in all their matches so far.
- Zamalek have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- 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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| 2 | Al Ittihad | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Al Mokawloon | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Zamalek | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Smouha | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Ismaily | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Pyramids FC | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | El Entag El Harby | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Haras El Hodood | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Tanta | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Al Masry | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | El Geish | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | ENPPI | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Misr Lel Makasa | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Masr | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Wadi Degla | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Aswan | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | El Gounah | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 4 |