Match Report
The table gap was wide: 19 points between Zamalek (1st, 56 pts) and El Geish (9th, 37 pts). El Geish ranked just 20th in the league on five-round form despite their 9th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Zamalek 1.17 scored and 0.67 conceded per game, El Geish 0.54 and 0.77, with the league averaging 1.01.
A win had eluded El Geish for 6 matches. From the last five rounds, Zamalek held 8 points of 15 and El Geish 2.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 3 Zamalek wins, 4 for El Geish, 3 draws, at 3.3 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 30% of meetings won. Goals tend to flow: 70% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 70%.
The match was played at Cairo International Stadium in Cairo (capacity 42,056). Zamalek led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Zamalek: Oday Dabbagh (61'), Nasser Maher (5'), Nasser Maher (49') · El Geish: Mohamed Atef (80')