In this week 21 match on the 28th of May, Zamalek hosts Ismaily at Cairo International Stadium in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 37 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. In their last match, 1st placed Zamalek, recorded a 0-1 loss against El Geish. Beniangba scored the first goal for El Geish in the 70th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Zamalek couldn’t muster any offence and El Geish ran away with the shutout win. Zamalek looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 16th placed Ismaily, recorded a 2-2 draw against National Bank of Egypt. Mohamed El Shamy struck first for Ismaily in the 13th minute on a feed from Ahmed Madbouli, then Karim Bambo tied it up for National Bank of Egypt in the 48th minute on a feed from Osama Ibrahim . Ismaily is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On Fri Nov 19th, Ismaily hosted Zamalek at the Ismaïlia Stadium in their last match together. Zamalek won by a score of 2 to 0. Sayed struck first for Zamalek in the 84th minute on a penalty, then Omar El Said added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ismaily couldn’t manage to score, and Zamalek took the shutout win.
Ismaily is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Baher El Mohamady and El Shamy each having 2 goals in their last 5. Zamalek’s top weapon lately has been Ahmed Sayed, who has 3 goals in the last five matches.