**Zamalek are heavy favorites to advance** — they've already beaten APR at home and come in absolutely rolling 🔥

Zamalek sit **4W-1L** over their last five, most recently demolishing AS Port 4-0. APR meanwhile are **1W-4L** and got thumped 1-0 by the same Zamalek squad just days ago. This feels like a formality more than a contest.

Key storylines:

- **Zamalek hunting another clean sheet**: Already won the first leg 1-0, so they'll park the bus and look to suffocate **APR** in midfield
- **APR's form alarm**: Four losses in five games, including that home humiliation to **Zamalek** — confidence is shot
- **Injury pile-up for Zamalek**: Five players out (A. Kaied, A. Aboul-Fetouh, A. Rabia, A. Nasser, M. Bentayg), but depth still looks solid

Expected lineups:

- **Zamalek SC**: M. S. Ghazi, M. Hamdi, O. Gaber, A. El-Said, A. Hossam, A. Esho, S. F. Gaafar, A. Ahmed
- **APR FC**: A. Hakizimana, A. Nduwayo, A. Zon, C. Ishimwe, D. Ouattara, D. Y. Seidu, M. Traore, M. R. Dao

Prediction:

**Zamalek 2–0 APR**. The Egyptian giants are a lean favorite to control this tie from whistle to whistle and cruise into the next round.