About Match
The table reads 2nd (Al Ahly, 9 pts) against 7th (Al Masry, 6 pts), 3 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Al Ahly 2 scored and 0.67 conceded per game, Al Masry 1.25 and 1.25, with the league averaging 1.01. Al Ahly would climb to 12 points with a win and up to 1st (other results held equal).
Al Ahly come in having won three on the spin, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Over the last five, Al Ahly have taken 12 of 15 points to Al Masry's 6.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Al Ahly 6, draws 1, Al Masry 0, at 3 goals per meeting.
The match takes place at Cairo International Stadium in Cairo (capacity 10,000).