ZED vs Haras El Hodood prediction 31.12.2025 | Egypt League Cup
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- Competition: Egypt League Cup
- Date: Wednesday, 31st December, 2025
- Kickoff: 18:00 UK / 19:00 CET
- Venue: Cairo Military Academy Stadium (Cairo)
During the 35th AFCON, the Egyptian Premier League is on pause, and teams are competing in the League Cup instead. Most clubs are using this competition to give their backup players more game time. One of the more interesting matches will be between ZED and Haras El Hodood. ZED have collected three points from the first two rounds, and even a draw here would move them up to second place, while Haras El Hodood have lost both matches so far and are still searching for their first points in this contest.
vs Head to Head (H2H) stats
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ZED FC
0 : 1
Haras El Hodood
Premier League
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ZED FC
2 : 0
Haras El Hodood
Premier League
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ZED FC
1 : 1
Haras El Hodood
Premier League
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Haras El Hodood
0 : 0
ZED FC
Premier League
These teams have already met once this season, with Haras El Hodood winning 1:0 in a game where ZED were a lot better and deserved at least one point. In the end, ZED had 62% ball possession, a lot more goal attempts, and 1.19 xG, compared to Haras El Hodood's 0.4 xG. In total, these teams met four times, with each team winning once.
Regarding the number of goals, we saw fewer than three goals in each duel, while both teams scored in one out of those four matches - 25%.
ZED team overview
ZED ended up last season in the Relegation Group, but were not even close to getting relegated as they finished as the best team in the group. However, this year, they are doing an even better job, sitting in 7th place (out of 21 teams) with 20 points from 14 rounds, although they have played one or two games more than most teams in the Premier League. So, even though they are in a good position, a couple of bad results could push them to around the middle of the league table.
For the upcoming game vs Haras El Hodood, the team will be without Mahmoud Saber. The 24-year-old midfielder is with his national team (Egypt) in the ongoing AFCON. Saber has been amazing for ZED this season, scoring two goals and assisting three in 12 appearances.
Last matches of
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ZED FC
1 : 0
Alo Egypt
Egypt Cup
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Al Masry
1 : 0
ZED FC
League Cup
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ZED FC
1 : 0
Smouha
League Cup
-
Kahraba Ismailia
1 : 2
ZED FC
Premier League
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ZED FC
1 : 1
National Bank of Egypt
Premier League
lineup
Goalkeeper
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16
Mohamed Mazzika
Defenders
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15
Sameh Ibrahim
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4
Ahmed Castelo
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3
Abdallah Bakri
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21
Mohamed Ashraf
Midfielders
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18
Ahmed El Sageery
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88
Kabaka
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22
Amar Hamdy
Forwards
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14
Messi
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90
Mazen Yasser
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99
Hazem Mohamed
Haras El Hodood team overview
Haras El Hodood have been one of the teams to have constantly travelled between the Premier League and the Second Division. Last season was one of their best in a very long time, finishing in the Championship Group (9th overall). Unfortunately, they failed to build on that success, currently sitting in 15th place with 13 points from 13 rounds. They have generally struggled for a long time. Interestingly, their only win in the past 11 games (in regular time) came against ZED.
In the League Cup, Haras El Hodood lost both games, but also had a pretty tough schedule, facing Zamalek and Al Masry. To have any chance of advancing, they have to secure all three points in this game.
In the previous game against Al Masry, central defender Moataz Mohamed suffered an injury and had to leave the field after only 12 minutes. That is a big blow for the team, since he has been one of their best players lately.
Last matches of
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Haras El Hodood
0 : 1
Al Masry
League Cup
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Zamalek
2 : 1
Haras El Hodood
League Cup
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Haras El Hodood
1 : 1
Ismaily
Egypt Cup
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Petrojet SC
3 : 1
Haras El Hodood
Premier League
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Wadi Degla
1 : 1
Haras El Hodood
Premier League
lineup
Goalkeeper
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18
Mahmoud El Zanfaly
Defenders
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17
Mohammed El Deghemy
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5
Ibrahim Abdelhakim
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24
Momen Awad
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4
Islam Abou-Salima
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3
Mahmoud El Badry
Midfielders
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12
Mohamed Bayoumi
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90
Ahmed Nail
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22
Omar Saviola
Forwards
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99
Mohamed Hamdi
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21
Mohab Yasser
Prediction
ZED went under 2.5 goals in the last three games. They have also gone under the mentioned line in 13 out of 17 games this season across the competitions - 77%.
Meanwhile, Haras El Hodood are in terrible form, failing to win in the last eight games, at least in regular time. They have been atrocious offensively, scoring one or zero goals in nine consecutive matches! So, suddenly expecting a great offensive match seems unreal.
Also, four h2h games ended with fewer than three goals. Considering the trend in the previous meetings and all the above, an under 2.5 goals seems like the best option for this League Cup tie.
4 Reasons why we should see fewer than three goals
- ZED went under 2.5 goals in the last three games with an average of only 1.0 per game
- ZED kept a clean sheet in two of the last three games
- Haras El Hodood scored one or zero goals in nine consecutive games across the competitions (in regular time)
- All four h2h games ended with fewer than three goals
Main prediction -
Under 2.5 goals
Best Odds:
Megapari
1.36
vs standings in League Cup
| Group C | P | W | D | L |
G - A
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GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Masry | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 - 0 | +2 | 7 |
| 2 | Zamalek | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 - 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Smouha | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Ittihad | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 - 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | ZED FC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Kahraba Ismailia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 - 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Haras El Hodood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 - 3 | -2 | 0 |