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title: "Zamalek to host APR in CAF Champions League second preliminary round"
url: "https://riyadaty.com/en/news/zamalek-to-host-apr-in-caf-champions-league-second-preliminary-round"
language: "en"
description: "Zamalek meet APR on 24 October 2026 in the second preliminary round of the CAF Champions League, after Zamalek won the first leg 1-0."
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# Zamalek to host APR in CAF Champions League second preliminary round

Zamalek meet APR on 24 October 2026 in the second preliminary round of the CAF Champions League, after Zamalek won the first leg 1-0.

[Kareem Al-Saleh](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/kareem-al-saleh-2) Editor Published 23 October 2026، 08:01 Saudi time

![Zamalek to host APR in CAF Champions League second preliminary round](https://riyadaty.com/img/blog-1200.jpg/covers/21db0cfcafdc8e68b22f42e90d8450efb15cf33d.webp)

Zamalek to host APR in CAF Champions League second preliminary round

Zamalek will host [APR](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/apr-451) on 24 October 2026 at 8:00 pm Saudi Arabia time (Damascus), in the second preliminary round of the 2026 [CAF Champions League](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/caf-champions-league-29) season, with the match broadcast on beIN Sports.

Zamalek had won the first leg, held on 16 October 2026 at APR's stadium, by 1-0, the only result recorded between the two sides in their head-to-head meetings within the match data.

Zamalek enter this encounter after mixed results in their recent matches, having beaten Petrojet away 1-0 on 20 October 2026, and beaten APR 1-0 on 16 October 2026, before suffering a 0-2 home defeat to Al Ahly on 11 October 2026. They had also previously beaten Ghazl El Mahalla away 1-0 on 16 September 2026, and achieved a big win over Thai Port 4-0 at home on 12 September 2026.

Meanwhile, APR are looking to make up for their recent results, having lost to Zamalek at home 0-1 on 16 October 2026, as well as losing twice to Pyramids, the first away 0-3 on 5 October 2025, and the second at home 0-2 on 1 October 2025. In their matches against GSK, they won at home 3-0 on 11 September 2026, before losing away 0-1 on 6 September 2026.

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