On Monday Jan 23rd, in week 15, Al Ittihad and Haras El Hodood will play a match in Alexandria in a Premier League match in the anticipated Alexandria derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 6th placed Al Ittihad is fresh off their 3-2 win against National Bank of Egypt. Naser El Mansi struck first for National Bank of Egypt in the 40th minute on a feed from Assem Salah, then Salifu added another on an own goal in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 89th minute on a goal by Austin Augustine Amutu. Al Ittihad looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while 16th placed Haras El Hodood is fresh off their 0-1 loss against El Daklyeh. Atef scored the first goal for El Daklyeh in the 74th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Haras El Hodood couldn’t muster any offence and El Daklyeh ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Haras El Hodood’s most prolific scorer has been Mostafa Mohamed Zaki Abdelraouf. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. Al Ittihad’s most prolific scorer has been Mabululo. The attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches.