16:30 Al-Ahly Cairo – AL Ragaa

The campaign in the Egyptian Premier League is renewed after seven weeks hiatus and the hosts will have the difficult task to defend their title, considering the fact that the gap between Al Ahly SC and the leader Zamalek SC is now eight points.

However, there are two things that should be taken into consideration here.First of all – the hosts have been in this position many times before and have the needed experience to turn the things in their favor.Second – Al Ahly SC have played two games less compared with Zamalek SC and ENPPI Club.

The hosts should be in better form than their opponents, simply because they played two games during the break (ES Setif – Al Ahly SC 1-1/6-5 AP on 21.02.2015 / CAF Super Cup ; FC APR – Al Ahly SC 0-2 on 14.03.2015 / CAF Champions League), while this will be the first official match for El Raja Marsa Matruh since the beginning of February.

In the matter of fact, the visitors are among the worst-performing teams in this league this season, as El Raja Marsa Matruh is on the edge of the relegation zone (17th position / 6-2-12 25-34), with only four points from the previous nine away games (1-1-7 7-19).

Al Ahly SC excels El Raja Marsa Matruh in terms of the individual qualities of the players and experience and I really doubt, that the hosts will make mistake in such important moment and against such opponent.

The hosts have won each of the previous two games between these two teams at “Cairo International Stadium”, without conceding a single goal in those two encounters (Al Ahly SC – El Raja Marsa Matruh 3-0 on 10.04.2014 ; Al Ahly SC – El Raja Marsa Matruh 1-0 on 10.07.2014 / Cup of Egypt).