Week 20 brings us a match on May 21st where El Geish hosts Al Mokawloon at Cairo Military Academy Stadium in a clash of these two mismatched Premier League teams in the anticipated Cairo derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 31 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. El Geish is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Zamalek. Victory Beniangba struck first for El Geish in the 70th minute on a feed from Ahmed Samir Mohamed, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Zamalek was frustrated by El Geish’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. El Geish ended the match with the shutout victory. El Geish should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while 14th placed Al Mokawloon is fresh off their 2-2 draw against ENPPI. John Okoye Ebuka scored the first goal for ENPPI in the 22nd minute, then Mahmoud Abdel Aziz tied it up for Al Mokawloon in the 11th minute of the first half’s stoppage time . Al Mokawloon is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
El Geish and Al Mokawloon last played eachother at the Arab Contractors Stadium on Thursday Nov 4th. Al Mokawloon and El Geish battled to a 1-1 draw. Samir scored the first goal for Al Mokawloon in the 35th minute, but Ali Ahmed Mohab El Fil got the equalizer for El Geish in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for El Geish.
Both Mamadou Niass Ndiacko and Mahmoud Abdel Aziz have been the hottest scorers for Al Mokawloon in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Mohamed has been the most effective weapon for El Geish lately. The midfielder has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches.