Al Hilal vs Al Ahly Le Caire Prediction & Betting Tips - CAF Champions League

Prediction published on 18/02/2022, 06:59  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 18/02/2022 at 07:59 in CAF Champions League Predictions

Al Ahly will dive right into the action after returning from the Club World Cup, and a trip to Sudan to face Al Hilal Omdurman awaits this Friday. Both teams have no points in Group A so far, after Al Hilal’s opening loss and the fact that Al Ahly are yet to play. The hosts are coming from a 1-0 loss to Mamelodi Sundowns away in South Africa. That was their first game in 2022 and though a loss was expected, they will still be the underdogs here, despite playing at home. To book their slot in the group stage, Al Hilal saw off Nigerian side Rivers United in the preliminaries in October 2021, the last time they played before this season’s group stage matches. The Sudanese side has lost once in the last 20 matches and will want to carry this run of form to the Al Ahly game. However, in the Champions League, they have one win in their last 11 matches and have failed to score in five of the 11.

Al Ahly finished their Club World Cup campaign on a high, beating Saudi Arabia side Al Hilal 4-0 to finish third in the competition. While Al Hilal haven’t had a lot of competitive matches, Al Ahly have been playing at a much higher level, with a number of their players featuring at AFCON 2021 with Egypt. It has been a tight schedule for the Egyptian giants but they’ll have no complaints as they start the journey to defend their title. They haven’t been consistent in recent matches, winning just twice in the last five but their experience at this stage will be enough to carry them through. Twice in the last five matches, they kept clean sheets and they also failed to score in two of the last five matches. In the 2019/20 competition, these two sides faced off, with Al Ahly winning at home and drawing away. Al Ahly go to this game unbeaten in the last 11 Champions League matches and have six wins in 10 away Champions League matches.