On Sunday Feb 13th, in week 9, El Gounah will play host to Al Ahly in a meeting of these two mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 9th placed El Gounah is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against El Geish. Islam Abdelnaim struck first for El Gounah in the 14th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed El Geish couldn’t manage to score, and El Gounah took the shutout win. El Gounah is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Al Ahly, recorded a 1-1 draw against Coca-Cola. Mohamed Sherif scored the first goal for Al Ahly in the 3rd minute, then Karim Nedved tied it up for Coca-Cola in the 57th minute earning Coca-Cola at least a draw. Al Ahly is on a hot streak lately, with only 0 loss in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Al Ahly won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Both Maaloul and Percy Tau have been the hottest scorers for Al Ahly in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals. Khaled Kamar has been the most prolific scorer on El Gounah in his last 5 matches with two goals.