Written by Lubna Abdullah – Omar Anwar
Thursday, May 18, 2023 03:00 PM
The Zamalek and Aswan teams are engaged in a strong confrontation at seven in the evening, Thursday, at Cairo International Stadium, in the twenty-ninth round of the Egyptian Premier League competition, in a meeting that is expected to witness excitement between them, due to the desire of each of them to collect match points.
1_ The 64th edition of the Egyptian Premier League competitions started on October 18, 2022, and its first edition was in 1948, and the tournament is considered one of the best ever in the Middle East and Africa.
2_ Al-Ahly is the historical champion of the Egyptian League after achieving the title 42 times, while Zamalek is the second most club to win the championship with a total of 14 times, and Ismaily comes in third place, and also with a large difference from the runner-up, after winning the competition throughout its history on only three occasions.
3_ Zamalek won the title in the last two seasons, to continue its control over the image of local titles in the past few seasons, while Pyramids ranked second in the 2021-22 season competitions, beating Al-Ahly third.
4_ Zamalek occupies fourth place in the league standings table, with 43 points, after playing 26 matches, winning 12 matches, drawing 7 confrontations, and receiving 7 defeats. Its players scored 38 goals and conceded 26 goals.
5_ Aswan occupies the twelfth place in the league standings table, with 31 points, after playing 27 matches, winning 8 matches, drawing 7 confrontations, losing 12 matches, its players scored 26 goals, and its net conceded 34 goals.
6_ The match between Aswan and Zamalek will be managed by referee Muhammad Youssef, assisted by Imad Al-Akkad and Islam Abu Al-Atta, Sabry Ibrahim, fourth referee, Khaled Al-Ghandour, video technology referee, and Mohamed Abdel Aziz, video assistant referee.
7_ Ontime Sports broadcasts the Zamalek and Aswan match in the league, in the presence of an analytical studio that includes a group of Egyptian football stars.
8_ Zamalek enters the match after losing from Ismaili with two goals to one in the last round of the league.
9_ Aswan achieved a great victory over Al-Masry Al-Port Said, with three goals to one, in its last appearance in the league.
10_ The marketing value of Zamalek is 20.63 million euros, while the marketing value of Aswan is 4.53 million euros.
11_ Zamalek met Aswan in 24 matches before tonight’s meeting, with 23 league matches and a cup meeting, and the White Knight achieved 15 victories against two wins for the Nile crocodiles, and 7 matches ended in a draw. Zamalek scored 48 goals against Aswan, while the Nile crocodiles only scored 13 goals in the white net.
12_ The first meeting between the two teams was on September 8, 1990 and ended with Zamalek winning 4-1, while the last meeting ended with Aswan winning with two goals to one.
13_ The biggest result was Zamalek’s victory 5-0 in the 2002/2003 season, while the top scorer in the two teams’ confrontations is Abdel Halim Ali with 5 goals, and the most participating player in the Zamalek and Aswan matches is Tariq Al-Sayed with 8 matches.
14_ The Colombian Osorio, the technical director of Zamalek, led the White Knight in 4 matches before facing Aswan, with three league meetings and a cup meeting, and the Colombian coach achieved two wins, a draw and a loss, and Zamalek scored five goals under his leadership and conceded 4 goals.
15_ Al-Khawaja, the Portuguese, included in the match list both .. Goalkeepers: Muhammad Awad – Muhammad Sobhi – Muhammad Nadeem, Defense Line: Hamza Al-Mathlouthi – Hossam Abdel-Majid – Mahmoud Shabana – Mustafa Al-Zanari – Muhammad Tariq – Hatem Muhammad “Sukar”, Midfield: Nabil Imad Dunga – Muhammad Ashraf “Rouqa” – Muhammad Hossam “Besso” – Saif Jaafar – Sayed Abdullah “Neymar” – Ahmed Belhadj – Mahmoud Abdel Razek “Shikabala” – Ahmed Sayed “Zizou” – Ibrahima Nday – Mustafa Shalaby, the offensive line: Saif Al-Din Al-Jaziri – Samson Akinola.
16_ It is expected that Zamalek will start with a formation consisting of: goalkeeper: Mohamed Sobhy, defense line: Hamza Al-Mathlouthi – Mahmoud Shabana – Hossam Abdel Majeed – Sayed Abdullah Neymar, midfield: Nabil Imad Dunga – Saif Jaafar – Ibrahima Naday, attack line: Ahmed Sayed “Zizou” – Saif Al-Jaziri – Mustafa Shalaby.
17_ Ayman Al-Ramadi, the technical director of the first football team at Aswan Club, called on his players to achieve a positive result against Zamalek, which would help improve the team’s position in the Premier League table, especially since the sons of Zahrat Al-Janoub occupy the twelfth place with 31 points.
18_ Ayman Al-Ramadi is considered one of the most famous coaches in the UAE league, as he achieved several great achievements with medium and small teams and won several professional awards, and he recently contributed to reaching the Aswan team to perform distinguishedly and achieve impressive results.
19_ Aswan promoted to the Premier League for the first time in the 1990-1991 season, and this is his twelfth appearance among the adults.
20_ Zamalek won the competition title 14 times, the last of which was the past two seasons. As for the best achievements of the southern team, it was the ninth place in the 1996-1997 season.
21_ Mustafa Al-Najjar scored Aswan’s first goals in the league against Zamalek in the second round of the 90-91 season, and his team lost (1-4) in Cairo.
22_ Mohamed Amin scored the first goals for Zamalek in the league against Al-Masry on October 22, 1948, and his team won (5-1).
23_ Abdel Halim Ali, the historic scorer for Zamalek Club, is the owner of the highest score in the history of the two teams’ confrontations, with 5 goals.
24_ Tariq Al-Sayed, the former left back of Zamalek, is the owner of the largest participation rate in the history of the team’s confrontations, and he has 8 participations.
25_ Ayman Younes, the former star of Zamalek, cut the tape of the goals of the history of the two teams’ confrontations, with a goal in the first minute of the first match that brought them together in Cairo in the 1990-1991 season.
