On Thu Jul 14th, Al Ittihad will travel to Suez to battle Ceramica Cleopatra in a clash of these two closely matched Premier League teams. 12th placed Ceramica Cleopatra is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Zamalek. Emam Ashour struck first for Zamalek in the 27th minute, then Seifeddine Jaziri added another in the 38th minute. Ceramica Cleopatra is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 9th placed Al Ittihad, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Pharco. Saïdou Simporé scored the first goal for Al Ittihad in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Pharco couldn’t manage to score, and Al Ittihad took the shutout win. Al Ittihad is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Alexandria Stadium, Al Ittihad and Ceramica Cleopatra battled to a 4-4 draw. Mohamed Abdel Salam struck first for Al Ittihad in the 12th minute, but got the equalizer for Ceramica Cleopatra in the 14th minute .
Benjamin Boateng has been the most prolific scorer on Al Ittihad in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Both Ahmed Mohsen and have been the hottest scorers for Ceramica Cleopatra in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.