Zamalek are still clinging to their faint hope of causing a huge upset in the decisive stage of the season as they host Wadi Degla, who survived relegation in their debut season in the top flight.
The White Knights will have to do without influential wingers Mahmoud Abdel-Razek ‘Shikabala’, the league’s top scorer with 13 goals, and Qatari Hussein Yasser, who produced a string of impressive displays lately.
Shikabala was given a two-match ban for mocking referee Fahim Omar during the 1-1 draw with Ittihad, which effectively ended Zamalek’s hopes of winning the title, while Yasser will serve an automatic one-game suspension for accumulating four yellow cards.
