On Sun Jan 8th, in week 12, El Geish hosts Al Mokawloon at Cairo Military Academy Stadium in a clash of the Premier League in the ever popular Cairo derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. El Geish sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Pharco. Mohamed scored the first goal for El Geish in the 13th minute, then Rezki Hamroune tied it up for Pharco in the 19th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Pharco. El Geish is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 9th placed Al Mokawloon is fresh off their 3-2 win against Haras El Hodood. John Okoli struck first for Al Mokawloon in the 4th minute, then in the 13th minute, Mohamed Reda sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Omar Bassam , but luckily for Al Mokawloon it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Al Mokawloon is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season El Geish won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Al Mokawloon’s most prolific scorer has been Joseph Ochaya. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Both Islam Mohareb and Ahmed Samir Mohamed have been the hottest scorers for El Geish in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals.