This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Zamalek when the CAF Champions League tournament arrives in town and ES Tunis with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Ligue 1 game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Etoile du Sahel. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Zamalek form and stats
Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the final.Zamalek have been very solid at home in the Premier League so far, with 18 points collected from 6 matches (6-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 3rd position in the table. 0W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the CAF Champions League for Zamalek. In general it's been a long time since Zamalek tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last 28 home games in the league.
Zamalek are confident in defense, having played 207 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Zamalek's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Ceramica Cleopatra. The home side are looking to build on that result. Heartbreak before that as Zamalek lost 1-3 at ES Tunis's place.
Zamalek can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 14 times. Defensively Zamalek have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
ES Tunis form and stats
Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Zamalek.ES Tunis have an excellent away record in the Ligue 1 so far with 6-0-2 from 8 games. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the CAF Champions League stats, they have 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Two away games in a row for ES Tunis, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Etoile du Sahel in the Ligue 1. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Ben Guerdane in the Ligue 1.
After this away game ES Tunis return home for a Ligue 1 game against Kairouan. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Tunis has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. It's not easy to score on ES Tunis as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; ES Tunis - Zamalek 3-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Zamalek won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and ES Tunis has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / oneTop Goalscorers
  Y. Ibrahim Obama 7 goals |  T. Khenissi 6 goals | A. Bencharki 5 goals |
Zamalek missing players
ES Tunis missing players
| Zamalek | ES Tunis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 37 | 23 | Scored | S | 18 | 38 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 10 | 17 | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 12.5 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 31% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 43% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ES Tunis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | MC Alger | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 4 | Teungueth | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 27 |
| 3 | Pyramids FC | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | Misr Lel Makasa | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 5 | ENPPI | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Al Masry | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 7 | Smouha | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | El Gounah | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 10 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Aswan | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -11 | 17 |
| 13 | Al Mokawloon | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | National Bank of Egypt | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 15 | El Geish | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Ismaily | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | El Entag El Harby | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -17 | 10 |
| 18 | Wadi Degla | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ES Tunis | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 40 |
| 2 | Etoile du Sahel | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | CS Sfaxien | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| 4 | Ben Guerdane | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Rejiche | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Stade Tunisien | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Slimane | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 | Olympique Beja | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Monastir | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 19 |
| 10 | Tataouine | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Metlaoui | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 18 |
| 12 | CA Bizertin | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 14 |
| 13 | Club Africain | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Kairouan | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -29 | 3 |