Week 3 brings us a match on Oct 31st, where Al Ittihad hosts El Geish in a Premier League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Al Ittihad recorded a 1-1 draw against Ghazl El Mehalla. struck first for Ghazl El Mehalla in the 21st minute on a feed from Hesham Nabawi, then Karim El Deeb tied it up for Al Ittihad in the 78th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Al Ittihad. Al Ittihad looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while el Geish sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Ismaily. Abdel Rahman Osama scored the first goal for El Geish in the 34th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Ismaily couldn’t muster any offence and El Geish ran away with the shutout win. El Geish should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season El Geish won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
El Geish’s top weapon lately has been Khaled Kamar, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Al Ittihad’s most prolific scorer has been Augustine Amutu. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.