Egyptian football fans are awaiting the summit match scheduled for Thursday evening between the two rivals, Al-Ahly and Zamalek, for the postponed 31st round of the Egyptian Premier League.
Egyptian football fans are awaiting the summit match scheduled for Thursday evening between the two rivals, Al-Ahly and Zamalek, for the postponed 31st round of the Egyptian Premier League.
The events of the match will start at Cairo International Stadium, at exactly eight thirty in the evening, Egyptian time.
Today’s confrontation will be a formidable match for Al-Ahly, who in the last round secured the crowning of the league title for the 43rd time in its history, but that does not mean that the meeting will not be fierce, as was usual in previous confrontations between the two rivals.
The two teams’ struggle has been going on for a long time in various tournaments, and each of them seeks to dominate Egyptian football.
In this monitoring, we will learn about the history of Al-Ahly and Zamalek confrontations in the various tournaments.
The first match in history brought together the two poles of Egyptian football, it was on the ninth of February 1917, and at that time Al-Ahly won with a goal without a response.
While the first official match between the two teams in the Egyptian League took place on the tenth of December 1948 and ended in a draw with two goals for each team.
Al-Ahly and Zamalek played 125 matches in the Egyptian League, Al-Ahly achieved 48 wins compared to 27 victories for Zamalek, and 50 matches ended in a tie between the two teams.
In the Egyptian Cup, the two teams met in 32 matches, the Red Genie achieved 16 victories compared to 11 victories for the White Knight, and 5 matches ended in a draw.
In the Egyptian Super, Al-Ahly and Al-White met in 9 matches, Al-Ahly achieved 7 victories, compared to two for Zamalek.
In the Sultan Hussein Cup, Al-Ahly and Zamalek met in 6 matches, Al-Ahly achieved a single victory, compared to three victories for Zamalek, and two matches ended in a draw.
In the Cairo League, the two teams played 42 matches, Al-Ahly achieved 21 wins, compared to 9 victories for Zamalek, and 12 matches ended in a draw.
In the African Champions League, the two rivals faced each other in 9 matches, 6 of which ended with Al-Ahly winning, and 3 matches ended in a draw.
In the African Super, Al-Ahly and Zamalek gathered a single match that ended with Zamalek winning.
Source: agencies