On the 24th of January, in this week 15 match, Al Ahly will play host to National Bank of Egypt in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 1st placed Al Ahly, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Al Masry. Neither Al Ahly nor Al Masry could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 3 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Al Ahly is on a hot streak lately, with only 0 loss in their last 10 matches, while 15th placed National Bank of Egypt is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Al Ittihad. Naser El Mansi scored the first goal for National Bank of Egypt in the 40th minute, then Salifu added another on an own goal in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time But luckily in the 89th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Austin Augustine Amutu. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Al Ahly won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
National Bank of Egypt’s most prolific scorer has been Mohamed Helal. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Al Ahly’s most prolific scorer has been Amr Al Sulaya. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.