Zamalek host El Mokawloon in the Egypt Premier League. Zamalek have been picking up wins regularly across the last few months, while El Mokawloon's results have been a lot more mixed, with plenty of draws mixed in.
This fixture is still a month away from the date we're looking at here, so nothing about team news or momentum is locked in yet. What we can do is look at how both sides have been playing and what the early-season table says so far.
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Two very different recent runs
Zamalek's last 20 matches across competitions read well: 13 wins, four draws and just three losses, with 25 scored against 10 conceded. That covers league games, continental football and a Super Cup tie, so it's a broad sample rather than a short hot streak.
Zamalek SC: 20 completed matches; El Mokawloon: 20 completed matches.
Zamalek SC
- Win
- 65% 13 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 15% 3 / 20
- Scored
- 26
- Conceded
- 10
- Difference
- +16
El Mokawloon
- Win
- 30% 6 / 20
- Draw
- 55% 11 / 20
- Loss
- 15% 3 / 20
- Scored
- 22
- Conceded
- 16
- Difference
- +6
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | Ghazl El Mehalla | Zamalek SC | 16.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| CAF Champions League | Zamalek SC | Port | 12.09.2026 | 4-0 |
| Premier League | Zamalek SC | Abu Qair Semad | 08.09.2026 | 2-0 |
| CAF Champions League | Port | Zamalek SC | 04.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| Premier League | Zamalek SC | Petrojet | 31.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| Premier League | National Bank of Egypt | Zamalek SC | 26.08.2026 | 0-3 |
| Premier League | Zamalek SC | Al Ittihad | 21.08.2026 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | Zamalek SC | Ceramica Cleopatra | 20.05.2026 | 1-0 |
| CAF Confederation Cup | Zamalek SC | USM Alger | 16.05.2026 | 1-0 |
| CAF Confederation Cup | USM Alger | Zamalek SC | 09.05.2026 | 1-0 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | Wadi Degla | El Mokawloon | 15.09.2026 | 0-2 |
| Premier League | El Mokawloon | Al Ahly | 09.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premier League | El Gouna FC | El Mokawloon | 02.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| Premier League | El Mokawloon | AL Masry | 27.08.2026 | 2-3 |
| Premier League | El Geish | El Mokawloon | 22.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Premier League | El Mokawloon | Future FC | 29.05.2026 | 3-1 |
| Premier League | Kahraba Ismailia | El Mokawloon | 23.05.2026 | 2-2 |
| Premier League | El Mokawloon | Wadi Degla | 18.05.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premier League | Haras El Hodood | El Mokawloon | 13.05.2026 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | El Mokawloon | El Gouna FC | 08.05.2026 | 1-0 |
El Mokawloon's equivalent run is far more even. Six wins, eleven draws and three losses, with 22 scored and 16 conceded, tells you they've drawn far more often than they've won or lost lately. That's a team that competes but struggles to turn games in their favour.
Zamalek look the more reliably winning side, while El Mokawloon's habit of drawing games is the standout feature of their form.
Comparative Team Statistics: Zamalek SC vs El Mokawloon

A long rivalry, tilted towards Zamalek
These two have met regularly going back to 2016, and Zamalek have the better record overall, including a 6-1 cup win back in 2023. There have also been a fair few draws sprinkled through the fixture list.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | Zamalek SC | El Mokawloon | 16.08.2025 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | El Mokawloon | Zamalek SC | 29.07.2024 | 2-1 |
| Premier League | Zamalek SC | El Mokawloon | 25.09.2023 | 1-1 |
| Cup | Zamalek SC | El Mokawloon | 04.07.2023 | 6-1 |
| Premier League | Zamalek SC | El Mokawloon | 17.04.2023 | 2-2 |
| Premier League | El Mokawloon | Zamalek SC | 25.12.2022 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | El Mokawloon | Zamalek SC | 21.12.2021 | 1-2 |
| Premier League | Zamalek SC | El Mokawloon | 29.04.2021 | 2-2 |
| Premier League | El Mokawloon | Zamalek SC | 12.12.2020 | 0-2 |
| Premier League | El Mokawloon | Zamalek SC | 20.03.2019 | 2-2 |
The most recent league meeting, last August, finished 0-0. So while the wider history favours Zamalek, the very latest meeting was tight rather than one-sided.
The head-to-head record supports Zamalek generally, but the last direct meeting was a stalemate, so it's not a guaranteed formality.
Early table already tells a story
Zamalek sit second after five league games, with four wins, one draw and no losses, scoring eight and conceding just one. El Mokawloon are down in seventh with two wins, one draw and two losses from the same number of games.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyramids FC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9/1 | 15 |
| 2 | Zamalek SC | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8/1 | 13 |
| 3 | Al Ahly | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9/3 | 13 |
| 6 | Al Ittihad | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6/3 | 10 |
| 7 | El Mokawloon | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6/5 | 7 |
| 8 | Petrojet | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8/8 | 7 |
It's only five matches in, so this is a small sample, but it lines up with the wider form picture: Zamalek starting strongly, El Mokawloon still finding their feet.

Zamalek's goals are spread around
Among the players listed, Hossam Ashraf and Ahmed Sherif have both scored twice in four Zamalek appearances, and Oday Dabbagh and M. Bentayg have two assists apiece in five matches. That points to a Zamalek attack with more than one reliable source of goals.
For El Mokawloon, Mostafa Gamal has also scored twice in four games, making him their standout name from what's available here. On discipline, Shady Hussein and D. Dokou have picked up the more yellow cards among the players listed for El Mokawloon.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmed Abou El Fotouh | Egypt | 28 | Midfielder | 177 | 68 |
| Omar Gaber | Egypt | 34 | Defender | 174 | 71 |
| Chico Banza | Angola | 27 | Attacker | 182 | 74 |
| Al Mahdi Soliman | Egypt | 39 | Goalkeeper | 189 | n/a |
| Abdalla El Said | Egypt | 41 | Midfielder | 175 | 75 |
| Naser Mansy | Egypt | 28 | Attacker | 183 | n/a |
| Mahmoud Hamdi El Wensh | Egypt | 31 | Defender | 180 | 72 |
| Mohamed Sobhi | Egypt | 27 | Goalkeeper | 183 | 80 |
| Ahmed Rabia | Egypt | 37 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Mohamed Awad | Egypt | 34 | Goalkeeper | 184 cm | 88 kg |
| Oday Dabbagh | Palestine | 27 | Attacker | 183 | 80 |
| Mostafa El Zenary | Egypt | 27 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Mohamed Ismail | Egypt | 27 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Mohamed Shehata | Egypt | 25 | Midfielder | 168 | 73 |
| Hossam Ashraf | Egypt | 25 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Ahmed Sherif | Egypt | 23 | Midfielder | 187 | n/a |
| M. Bentayg | Morocco | 26 | Defender | 181 | 79 |
| A. Kaied | Sweden | 24 | Midfielder | 177 | n/a |
| Mahmoud Gehad | Egypt | 25 | Midfielder | 185 | 74 |
| Ahmed Esho | Egypt | 23 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Ahmed Rabie | Egypt | 25 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Mohamed El Sayed | Egypt | 20 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan | n/a | n/a | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| A. Esho | n/a | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| M. Hamad | n/a | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| M. Farag | n/a | n/a | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| A. Khodary | n/a | n/a | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islam Gaber | Egypt | 30 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Omar Kamal | Egypt | 33 | Defender | 186 | 80 |
| Mahmoud Abou El Saoud | Egypt | 38 | Goalkeeper | 186 | 74 |
| Omar El Wahsh | Egypt | 31 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Mido Gaber | Egypt | 34 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| J. Ochaya | Uganda | 32 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| I. Niang | Senegal | 34 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Khaled Abdel Fattah | Egypt | 27 | n/a | 173 | n/a |
| I. Thiam | Mauritania | 26 | Midfielder | 178 | 69 |
| Ahmed Belya | Egypt | 26 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Nader Hesham | Egypt | 27 | Defender | 175 | n/a |
| Shady Hussein | Egypt | 33 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Joackiam Ojera | Uganda | 28 | Midfielder | 186 | n/a |
| Mohamed Hamed | Egypt | 32 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| D. Dokou | Benin | 22 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Mohamed Fawzi | Egypt | 29 | Goalkeeper | 190 | n/a |
| Ahmed Fouad | Egypt | 27 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| A. Aouled Behi | Tunisia | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ahmed Magdy Kahraba | Egypt | 27 | Defender | 180 | n/a |
| Hassan Hussein | Egypt | 28 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Mostafa Gamal | Egypt | 36 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Anas Baniouwda | n/a | n/a | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| H. H. Shakoush | n/a | n/a | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| I. Adel | n/a | n/a | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| M. Rifaat | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| M. Sandouqa | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Everything here points towards Zamalek as the stronger side at the moment, both in their broader form and in the early league table. El Mokawloon's tendency to draw games is the thing that stands out most about them.
Without a market to attach a view to, though, there's nothing concrete to recommend. This is one to keep an eye on as it gets closer, rather than something to act on now.
