Facts and Records:

•The Cairo duo faced each other in 21 cup games, in which the Red Devils registered 12 victories while Zamalek beat their neighbors seven times.

•Both teams drew in the final and its replay in the 1957-1958 season to share the title. They also shared it in 1942 when the final was cancelled.

•Ahli boast the best Egyptian Cup pedigree, having won the competition 35 times. Zamalek come second on the winners list with 21 triumphs.

•Zamalek were the only team to win the cup four times on the trot (from 1957 to 1960) but Ahli emulated their feat in the 1980s (from 1981 to 1985). The Egyptian Cup was not held in the 1981-1982 season.

•Late Zamalek stars Essam Baheeg and Mostafa Kamel have the highest scoring tally in both clubs' head-to-head history in the Egyptian Cup, having scored four goals each.

•Mohamed Hafez 'Zoklut', who used to ply his trade at Zamalek in the 1940s, is the only player to have bagged a hat-trick throughout the 21 games.

•Zamalek handed Ahli their all-time biggest defeat in the 1944 cup final when they destroyed them 6-0.

•The 2006-2007 final saw the highest number of goals in both teams' cup meetings, when Ahli beat the Whites 4-3.

•Five cup matches between Ahli and Zamalek ended in extra time, but never in penalty shootout.

•Wednesday's cup clash is their first meeting in the round of 16. Their previous encounters were in the quarter finals, semi finals and final.

Ahli-Zamalek meetings in the Egyptian Cup:

•1927-1928

Result: Zamalek 0-1 Ahli

Round: Final

Scorer's': Mahmoud Mokhtar

•1930-1931

Result: Zamalek 1-4 Ahli

Round: Final

Scorer's': Ramzi (Zamalek), Labib Mahmoud '2', Mostafa Kamel, Mokhtar AL-Tetch (Ahli)

•1933-1934

Result: Zamalek 3-0 Ahli

Round: Semi-finals

Scorer's': Mostafa Kamel '2', Al-Sukkari

•1934-1935

Result: Zamalek 3-0 Ahli

Round: Final

Scorer's': Mohamed Latif, Mostafa Kamel, Sayed Marei

•1940-1941

Result: Zamalek 1-0 Ahli

Round: Final

Scorer's': Waheed

•1941-1942

Result: Zamalek 0-3 Ahli

Round: Final

Scorer's': Ahmed Mekkawi, Mohamed Al-Gendi, Saleh Al-Sawwaf

•1943-1944

Result: Zamalek 6-0 Ahli

Round: Final

Scorer's': Mohamed Hafez 'Zoklut' '3', Abdul-Karim Saqr '2', Al-Sehaimy

•1947-1948

Result: Zamalek 2-1 Ahli

Round: Semi-finals

Scorer's': Anwar Al-Beshbishi '2' (Zamalek), Helmi Aboul-Maati (Ahli)

•1948-1949

Result: Zamalek 1-3 Ahli (Extra time)

Round: Final

Scorer's': Younis Marie (Zamalek), Toto, Hussein Madkour, Fathi Khattab (Ahli)

•1951-1952

Result: Zamalek 2-0 Ahli

Round: Final

Scorer's': Alaa Al-Hamouli, Essam Baheeg

•1952-1953

Result: Zamalek 1-4 Ahli

Round: Final

Scorer's': Ahmed Abou-Hussein (Zamalek), Saleh Selim '2', Abdul-Wahab Selim, Ahmed Mekkawi (Ahli)

•1957-1958 (Two matches)

Result: Zamalek 0-0 Ahli

Replay's result: Zamalek 2-2 Ahli (Extra time)

Round: Final

Scorer's' (in replay): Essam Baheeg '2' (Zamalek), Mimi Al-Sherbini '2' (Ahli)

•1958-1959

Result: Zamalek 2-1 Ahli

Round: Final

Scorer's': Ali Mohsen, Essam Baheeg (Zamalek), Taha Ismail (Ahli)

•1977-1978

Result: Zamalek 2-4 Ahli

Round: Final

Scorer's': Tahaa Basri, Ali Khalil (Zamalek), Mostafa Abdou, Mahmoud Al-Khatib, Gamal Abdul-Hamid, Tarek Al-Shaikh (Ahli)

•1984-1985

Result: Zamalek 2-3 Ahli (Extra time)

Round: Quarter-finals

Scorer's': Farouk Gafaar, Emmanuel Kwarshi (Zamalek), Hamada Marzouk, Mohamed Al-Sayed, Tarek Khalil (Ahli)

•1988-1989

Result: Zamalek 1-2 Ahli (Extra time)

Round: Quarter-finals

Scorer's': Gamal Abdul-Hamid (Zamalek), Taher Abou-Zeid, Rabie Yassin (Ahli)

•1990-1991

Result: Zamalek 0-2 Ahli

Round: Semi-final

Scorer's': Mohamed Ramadan '2'

•1991-1992

Result: Zamalek 1-2 Ahli

Round: Final

Scorer's': Reda Abdul-Aal (Zamalek), Ayman Shawki '2' (Ahli)

•2005-2006

Result: Zamalek 0-3 Ahli

Round: Final

Scorer's': Emad Meteb '2', Emad Al-Nahhas

•2006-2007

Result: Zamalek 3-4 Ahli (Extra time)

Round: Final

Scorer's': Amr Zaki, Shikabala, Gamal Hamza (Zamalek), Emad Meteb, Mohamed Abou-Treika, Osama Hosni '2' (Ahli)