Match Report
The table gap was wide: 23 points between Zamalek (3rd, 53 pts) and Aluminium Nag Hammadi (14th, 30 pts). Recent form told a different story for Zamalek: only 7th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Per game in the league, Zamalek were scoring 1.5 and conceding 1, Aluminium Nag Hammadi 0.97 and 1.67, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Zamalek came in having won five on the spin, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Zamalek against 5/15 for Aluminium Nag Hammadi.
The match was played at Cairo International Stadium in Cairo (capacity 30,000).


