LIVE: Aswan v AL Ahly | Egyptian League
19:00 Cairo local time | 13:00 ET Canada-USA
Recently crowned African Champions Ahly will be looking for a win on Thursday when they take on lowly ranked Aswan in a rescheduled league game in Cairo on Thursday, as the Red Devils are eying a sixth consecutive league trophy.
The Red Devils skipped a shock defeat on Monday when they came from 2-1 down against bottom side El-Entag El-Harbi to earn a last-gasp 3-2 win, keeping their hopes alive in the domestic league race.
Ahly are now second on the league table with 55 points, six points behind leaders Zamalek, who played two games more.
Since their 10th African title, Ahly have been hit with uncharacteristic inconsistency, being held to a 1-1 draw by the National Bank of Egypt club, a few days before being embarrassed against El-Entag El-Harbi.
Despite his satisfaction with his side’s result against El-Entag, coach Pitso Mosimane expressed his displeasure over the team’s performance, as there is no room for dropping points in the tough competition for the title this season.
The South African coach hopes to avoid a similar scenario against Aswan, with the Upper Egyptian side expected to fight fiercely on Thursday given their critical place on the league table.
Aswan are third from the bottom with 25 points, and they will be keen to avoid loss to skip the relegation zone.
Line-ups:
Ahly: Ali Lotfi – Rami Rabia, Ayman Ashraf, Yasser Ibrahim, Ali Maaloul – Aliou Dieng, Amr El-Soulaya, Mohamed Magdi, Hussein El-Shahat, Mahmoud Abdel Moneim , Mohamed Sherif
Aswan: Omar Radwan, Mahmoud Shabana, Ahmed Khaled, Amr El-Halwani, Abdel-Aziz Moussa, Ashraf Magdi, Solomon Mensah, Mohamed El-Ashri, Ahmed El-Alfi, Ahmed El-Soghayer, Emmanuel Egitor
