2019-20 Total CAF Champions League finals: The Final – Match Facts

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Cairo giants Zamalek and Al Ahly lock horns at the Cairo International Stadium on Friday, 27 November, 2020, as the 2019-20 Total CAF Champions League reaches its final.

This is the first CAF Champions League final to be played between teams from the same country, Egypt. The Land of the Pharaohs will provide a 15th winner of the tournament (African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League), nine more than any other African country.

Zamalek - Match Facts
· Zamalek have lost just one of their last nine games in the CAF Champions League (Won 5, Drew 3).

· Zamalek are undefeated in their last 15 CAF Champions League matches played in Egypt (W12, D3)

· Zamalek are winless in their 8 meetings with Al Ahly in the CAF Champions League (Lost 5, Drew 3)

· Zamalek have scored in 17 out of their last 18 CAF Champions League matches played in Egypt

· Zamalek have kept 11 clean sheets from their last 18 CAF Champions League games held in Egypt.

· No player has been directly involved in more goals in the competition this season than Zamalek’s Achraf Bencharki (7, 5 goals and 2 assists). In fact, he has been directly involved in 13 goals in his last 15 CAF Champions League appearances (10 goals, 3 assists).

Al Ahly - Match Facts

·  Al Ahly have not lost in any of their last 9 matches in the CAF Champions League (W6 D3)

·  Al Ahly have won all their last 18 matches in the CAF Champions League played in Egypt (L0 D0)

·  Al Ahly are unbeaten in eight CAF Champions League encounters with Zamalek (W5 D3), with this only the second time they’ve met in the knockout stages, Al Ahly winning both semi-final legs in 2005 (2-1 and 2-0).

·  Al Ahly have scored in 24 out of their last 25 CAF Champions League matches played in Egypt.

·  Al Ahly have conceded in only 4 of their last 18 CAF Champions League fixtures held in Egypt.

·  Al Ahly have lost their last two CAF Champions League finals against ES Tunis in 2018 and Wydad Casablanca in 2017. However, both of those finals came over two-legs, with this being the first single-game contest.

·  No team have averaged more possession (56.8%), passes per game (483) or goals per game (1.5) than Al Ahly in the CAF Champions League this season.

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