In a weekend match on Friday Dec 16th, in week 7, Al Ahly hosts Coca-Cola at Cairo International Stadium in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 1st placed Al Ahly, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Al Ittihad. Percy Tau struck first for Al Ahly in the 12th minute, then Yasser Ahmed Ibrahim El Hanafi added another in the 32nd minute on a feed from Maaloul In the end, Al Ittihad couldn’t muster any offence and Al Ahly ran away with the shutout win. Al Ahly is on a hot streak lately, having won 6 of their last 10 matches, while coca-Cola is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Ismaily. Neither Ismaily nor Coca-Cola could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 6 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Coca-Cola should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points 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 Al Ahly won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Coca-Cola is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Mohanad Mostafa Lasheen and A. Atef each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Al Ahly is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Karim Fouad and Percy Tau each having 2 goals in their last 5.