The Egyptian Port Said team hosts its counterpart Zamalek today in a match that witnesses the debut of Jimmy Pacheco, the new coach of Zamalek, who took over the task to succeed French Patrice Carteron, who terminated his contract with Zamalek and took over the training of Saudi cooperation.
The following report reviews the 5 most important information about the Zamalek and Al-Masry match
Zamalek ranking in the league table
Zamalek enters today’s match, occupying second place in the ranking table with 61 points collected from 30 games, where it won 18 games, tied in 7 matches and lost 5 matches, and its players scored 44 goals and conceded 25 goals.
Al-Masry’s ranking in the league table
Al-Masry enters the match, ranking 13th in the standings table with 33 points collected from 28 matches, after winning 8 games, drawing 9 games, losing 11 games, and his players scored 26 goals and conceded 31 goals.
Date of the match between Zamalek and Al-Masry Al-Port Said
The Zamalek and Al-Masry match will be held today at 8:00 pm at Burj Al Arab Stadium as part of the 31 round matches of the League.
The expected formation of Zamalek in front of Al-Masry
It is expected that the Portuguese Pacheco will start the match today with the basic strength to follow all the players on the ground, and it is expected that Zamalek will start the match with a formation consisting of: Muhammad Abu Jabal in the goalkeeping, in front of him the four-wheeler Hazem Imam, Mahmoud Alaa, Mahmoud Al-Wensh and Abdullah Juma, and in the middle in front of Ashour And Ferjani Sassi, in front of them Ashraf bin Sharqi, Ahmed Sayed Zizou and Youssef Obama, and in the attack, Mustafa Muhammad.
Zamalek list
Pacheco included 22 players to face Al-Masry, and three goalkeepers Mahmoud Jensh, Mohamed Abu Jabal and Mohamed Awad were included in the list, with Tariq Hamed being excluded for fatigue, while the white team lacked the efforts of Mohamed Hassan, the midfielder, to be suspended, due to having received three warnings.
While Pacheco has returned some youngsters to the white list, including Hatem Sukkar, the left back of the team, with the exclusion of Yassin Mari, the defender of the rising team, after settling on the inclusion of the trio Mahmoud Alaa, Mahmoud Al-Wensh and Mohamed Abdel-Ghani to the list, provided that Pacheco will exclude a pair of the 22 players tomorrow before the match.
Al-Masry absences in front of Zamalek
The Egyptian Port Said team suffers from many absences before confronting Zamalek, as it was confirmed the absence of each of Mohamed Jaber, who suffered a strain in the posterior muscle, who would be absent for a period of two weeks, in addition to Imad Fathy, Islam Abu Salima and Hussein Ragab for injury, as well as Saidou Semburi after his escape from the team, and Ahmed Yasser and Baha Magdy for disciplinary reasons.
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