Zamalek is presently the leader of the Egyptian Premiere League. The closest pursuer in the standings is four points behind the hosting side. Still, this is not the reason to relax, and home matches against lower level opponents should be won. Zamalek got 8 victories in 11 games of the League and lost only once. As for now, Zamalek did not lose points within four rounds in a row and they are unlikely to lose any in the upcoming match. They have advantages of not only their class but their pitch as well, which is also crucial. And the team plays good football at home in this season – four victories got in five home matches. Zamalek players are clear favorites, and they are expected to win.
El Dakhleya is quite an average club according to the standards of the Egyptian Premiere League. They hold the seventh position in the standings and are very unstable in their performance, having four wins, four draws, and five defeats in 13 rounds of the League. In the last round, they lost to the mediocre Arab Contractors Sporting Club yet; now they are visiting the leader of the League, and even a draw there is unlikely. In this season, the team lost five times of which two were away defeats. In our view, after the game on 22nd against Zamalek, the number of home and away defeats will be same, amounting to three.
When the leader of the League takes on the seventh team in the table, the favorite is quite obvious. The home team should get three points. Zamalek looks very strong in this season, and they play perfect matches at their stadium. El Dakhleya is not confident in the League and in away matches in particular. Moreover, the latest head-to-heads record of the teams stands for Zamalek. The last four matches between the opponents finished with the wins by Zamalek, 2:1, 3:0, 4:3, and 3:0. Zamalek had two prominent wins over El Dakhleya at home. We predict another victory of Zamalek. Risk-takers can easily bet on Over 2.5 scored goals considering number of goals in recent head-to-heads between the opponents.
Prediction for the match: Zamalek to win home.
We may expect a goal scoring match between Zamalek and El Dakhleya wherein the home team will prevail and get a confident win.
