In this week 17 match, on Sat Apr 30th, Al Ittihad and Ghazl El Mehalla will play a match in Alexandria in a meeting of these two mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 13th placed Al Ittihad is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Zamalek. Sayed struck first for Zamalek in the 13th minute, then Mohamed Abdel Ghani added another in the 84th minute on a feed from Ahmed Sayed In the end, Al Ittihad couldn’t muster any offence and Zamalek ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, 7th placed Ghazl El Mehalla, recorded a 1-1 draw against Pharco. Azmi Ghouma scored the first goal for Pharco in the 12th minute, but Walid Mostafa got the equalizer for Ghazl El Mehalla in the 63rd minute earning them at least the one point. Ghazl El Mehalla is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws each.
Ghazl El Mehalla is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, and Moaz El Henawy each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Al Ittihad hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Mabululo and Abdelhamid, and they each have 1 goal.