The Red Devils, who clinched a narrow 2-1 victory over Petrojet on Thursday, currently sit second in the league table with 26 points from 12 games, three points ahead of third-place Zamalek and one point behind leaders Pyramids FC.
The defending champions can rely on the outstanding form of talisman Emam Ashour and January signing striker Nejc Gradisar who have contributed to eight goals in the past three games.
Ahly is missing a host of players but most notably top marksman Wessam Abou Ali, international defender Yasser Ibrahim, Morocco's duo Achraf Dari and Yahia Attiat-Allah and winger Taher Mohamed Taher due to injuries.
Also, Ahly’s new signing forward Achraf Bencharki, who is yet to make his first appearance with the team, won’t be available for the game as he didn’t recover yet from his muscular injury.
On the other side, Mahalla’s newly appointed Cypriot coach Nikodimos Papavasiliou will be looking to make an impact against Ahly.
Nikodimos started his second tenure with Mahalla earlier this month in a bid to rescue the team from facing relegation after a series of poor results. He secured a precious winning start; guiding the team to a 2-1 league win over Modern SC on Thursday.
The team sit in the 15th place of the League table with 11 points from 12 games.
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