Zamalek SC vs Al Ahly Prediction & Betting Tips

How each side has been playing

Zamalek's last twenty matches across competitions show thirteen wins, four draws and just three losses, with ten goals conceded in that spell. That's a tidy defensive record over a decent sample size.

Zamalek SC: 20 completed matches; Al Ahly: 20 completed matches.

Zamalek SC

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

25

Conceded

10

Difference

+15

Al Ahly

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

33

Conceded

19

Difference

+14

Al Ahly's equivalent run reads twelve wins, three draws and five losses, with more goals scored but also nearly twice as many conceded. They've been the more open of the two, for better and worse.

Zamalek look tighter at the back over their recent matches, though Al Ahly have scored more freely.

Comparative Team Statistics: Zamalek SC vs Al Ahly

A history that favours Al Ahly

Looking back over the last twenty meetings between these two, Al Ahly have won the majority, with Zamalek picking up wins in only a handful and the rest drawn. The most recent league meeting went Al Ahly's way too, a 3-0 win at Zamalek back in May.

That's a lot of matches across different competitions and seasons, though, so it's more a record of past derbies than a guide to how either side is playing now.

Where they stand in the table

Zamalek sit second on thirteen points from five games, with Al Ahly just one place below on the same tally. Goal difference is really the only thing splitting them at this early stage of the campaign.

Players making the difference

Zizo has been Al Ahly's standout in recent matches, with three goals in five games. For Zamalek, Hossam Ashraf and Ahmed Sherif have both chipped in with two goals apiece in four appearances.

Zamalek SC:

Best scorers:

Hossam Ashraf - 2

Ahmed Sherif - 2

Best assist providers:

Oday Dabbagh - 2

M. Bentayg - 2

Chico Banza - 1

Penalty cards:

Mahmoud Hamdi El Wensh x 2

Al Ahly:

Best scorers:

Zizo - 3

Best assist providers:

S. Benjdida - 2

Marwan Attia - 1

Penalty cards:

Marwan Attia x 2

On the creative side, Oday Dabbagh and M. Bentayg have combined for four assists between them for Zamalek, while Al Ahly's Benjdida has two of his own. Nothing here points to any confirmed absences for either side.