Mokwena names Pyramids starting lineup for Eastern Company clash

Pyramids FC coach Rulani Mokwena has named his starting eleven for today's Egyptian Premier League match against Eastern Company SC.

• Mokwena announced the lineup for Thursday's fifth-round league match at Peace Stadium, featuring four changes from the previous match.
• Mostafa Fathi returns to the side, joined by Mohannad Lasheen, Mahmoud Zalaqa and Mahmoud Saber in the revised lineup.
• Pyramids have won all four opening league rounds and beat Kenya's Gor Mahia home and away in the CAF Champions League.
• Pyramids sit fourth in the standings with 12 points, while Eastern Company rank 15th with four points.
• The Eastern Company–Pyramids match recorded the Egyptian Premier League's fastest substitution so far this season, made after 13 minutes.
• Mahmoud Zalaqa was substituted after 13 minutes with a hamstring strain, replaced by Ahmed Atef Qatta as a precaution.
• Head of medical staff Dr. Mustafa Al-Muniri said Zalaqa will undergo a scan after 48 hours to assess the injury's severity.
• Pyramids beat Eastern Company 2-1, coming from behind as Nasser Maher equalized in the 65th minute and Waleed El-Karti won it in the 90th.
• The win lifted Pyramids to 15 points at the top of the league, while Eastern Company remained on four points in fifteenth place.
• Pyramids came from behind to beat Eastern Company 2-1 away in Thursday's fifth-round league match.
• Walid El Karti scored a late winner after Nasser Maher equalized Hamed Abdullah's first goal of the season.
• Pyramids moved top of the standings with 15 points, while Eastern Company stayed 15th with four points.