Ninth and 15th will take on one another on Thursday night in the Egyptian Premier League with ENNPI set to welcome Ghazl El Mahalla to their own backyard with both sides sitting on topsy-turvy bouts of form right now.
Ghazl El Mahallah head into this game having failed to win any of their past eight games since defeating Al Ittihad 2-0.
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That win came all the way back at the end of March after Charles Ekpenyong and Hazem Morsi scored a goal each.
The club would lose to Al Ahly 3-0 shortly after that win and then go on to also lose to Future, Pharco, El Gaish and Smouha by conceding a total of seven goals and scoring just one of their own.
El Mahalla then returned with a draw against Ceramic Cleopatra and drew 0-0 before then losing to Pyramids in the league once more.
They then lost to Haras El Hodoud in the round of 32 in the Egypt Cup and head into this game without a win in eight games. It leaves the club with eight wins all seasons long, seven draws and 14 defeats.
At the same time, they have scored just 24 goals all campaign long from 29 games and only El Hodoud - who just beat them in the Egypt Cup - have scored fewer.
As for ENPPI, they have only scored 29 from 29 games but they do head into this one in much better form. The club lost to the league leaders Al Ahly in the last league match and this was their 13th defeat of the season.
They did, however, defeat Future on penalties in the Egypt Cup round of 16 in the previous match.
ENNPI's last win in the league came against Al Ittihad in a 1-0 win at home thanks to a finish from Ahmed Amin in the second half.
This was, however, just their 10th win of the season and with only a handful of games left to play, it's doubtful ENPPI will finish any higher than fifth unless they can win their remaining five league games and also if other results go their way.
These two sides did meet back in January in a game that saw El Mahalla steal all three points with a first half goal from Gabriel Orok Ibitham.
Forebet now predicts a narrow win for ENPPI and for the game to see under 2.5 goals.