In a mid week match in week 13, on Thursday Jan 12th, Al Ahly hosts Al Masry at Cairo International Stadium in a clash of these two mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Al Ahly recorded a 2-0 shutout win against ENPPI. Mohamed Magdi Kafsha struck first for Al Ahly in the 59th minute on a feed from Amr Al Sulaya, then Aliou Dieng added another in the 77th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed ENPPI couldn’t manage to score, and Al Ahly took the shutout win. Al Ahly is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10, while 8th placed Al Masry is fresh off their 2-1 win against Al Ittihad. Ilies Jelassi struck first for Al Masry in the 44th minute on a penalty kick, then Abdallah Mousa Musallam Naseeb got the equalizer for Al Ittihad in the 59th minute on a feed from Marwan Attia. Al Masry is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Al Masry’s top weapon lately has been Ilies Jelassi, who has three goals in the last five matches. Al Ahly’s most prolific scorer has been Amr Al Sulaya. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.