The Al-Ahly team bus arrived at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria, in preparation for facing Al-Ismaily in the framework of the twentieth round matches of the Egyptian Premier League Championship.
The two teams played 124 matches in the history of their confrontations in the General League since the beginning of the 1948-1949 season. Al-Ahly won 66 matches, Al-Ismaily won 22 matches, and the two teams tied in 36 matches. Al-Ahly players scored 184 goals and conceded 96 goals.
Al-Ahly achieved a record-breaking victory for its late star Saleh Selim, as Al-Ahly won 8-0 in the 1957-1958 season, of which Saleh Selim scored seven goals, making him the highest number of goals in one match in the Egyptian League, and Toto scored the eighth goal, and Al-Ahly also won over Al-Ismaily won 6-0 twice, the first in the 1996-1997 season, and the second in the 2004-2005 season, and Al-Ahly won 5-2 in the 1952-1953 season, and Al-Ahly won three times with a score of 4-0, in the 1975-1976, 2005-2006, and 2021-2022 seasons, With a score of 4-3 twice in the seasons 1985-1986 and 1993-1994.
As for Al-Ismaily, their biggest results were wins 4-1 in the 1963-1964 season, 4-2 in the 1964-1965 season, and 4-3 in the 1999-2000 season.
The two teams tied in one match, 4-4, in the 2001-2002 season.