Al Ahly and Zamalek are neck and neck in the Egyptian Premier League title race. The teams are locked on 31 points apiece, but Al Ahly have a game in hand. The Egyptian Premier League has a set of midweek fixtures and the title race could take a big twist this week.
Second-place Zamalek are the Egyptian Premier League’s form team with 15 points from the last 18 points on offer. Their last four games ended as wins. Pharco are winless in four straight games, but they did draw their last two fixtures.
Pharco picked up eight points from the last 18 points on offer. They posted a zero-goal difference across those six games with seven goals for and seven against. Pharco are eighth in the Premier League table.
Zamalek are on a three-game winning streak at home. They have scored 15 times on their own turf. Pharco are winless in their last two games on the road.
Tala'ea Al Jaish and ENPPI have drawn four straight matches in the Egyptian Premier League. On Thursday, the two sides will meet again with three massive points on the line in the division.
Tala'ea Al Jaish are 13th in the league standings with 14 points from 13 games this season. Jaish are unbeaten in five straight games and took nine points from the last 15 points on offer.
ENPPI are ninth in the league with 15 points from 13 matches. The team is winless in three straight league matches. ENPPI have picked up just five points from 18 points on offer away from home.
Arab Contractos, aka Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC, host Masr on Thursday. Mokawloon are 15th in the standings heading into the midweek game. Masr lel Maqassah are second from bottom in the division. They have won just one of 13 league matches this term.
Al Mokawloon are coming off of a 2-1 win over El Gounah. The victory ended a five-game winless streak in the division. Al Mokawloon took six points from the last 18 points on offer in the division. The home side is unbeaten in four straight games versus Masr.
Masr are the worst team in the Egyptian Premier League in terms of form. They picked up three points from the last 18 points on offer in the division. Just two goals were scored by Masr in their last six matches.
NBE are seventh in the Premier League heading into Thursday’s game. They are unbeaten in three straight league fixtures. Ittihad Alexandria are winless in five straight games in the Premier League. They have conceded the second-most goals in the league with 21.
Ittihad Alexandria took just five points from the last 18 points on offer. They scored just four goals across the last six games and conceded six times. Ittihad Alexandria are unbeaten in back-to-back games versus NBE.
NBE picked up seven points from the last 18 points available. Their last three games all ended without a defeat. NBE drew 2-2 with Pharco last time out.