The stadium has an estimated capacity of 37,500 and is the home venue of UAE Pro League side Al Jazira. It was one of the eight venues that hosted the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the country, including one of the semi-final matches. The stadium also hosted the 2016–17 Egyptian Super Cup between both teams on 10 February 2017, which was won by Zamalek 3–1 on penalties after the game originally ended goalless. Al Ahly's main winger Ramadan Sobhi was not included in the traveling squad to the United Arab Emirates after suffering from a hamstring injury during training in late December 2019. Other notable excluded players were Hamdy Fathy, who is on the recovery stage from a torn ACL injury, and striker Marwan Mohsen. Zamalek lost Mohamed Abdel Ghani's services for the match as he suffered from pubalgia during training just four days after facing Espérance de Tunis in the 2019–20 CAF Super Cup, which was won 3–1 by his side. On 16 February 2020, the Egyptian Football Association named Norwegian referee Svein Oddvar Moen as the referee for the match. Moen is familiar with Egyptian football, as he officiated the Cairo derby between the two teams during the 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League in addition to the 2017 Egypt Cup Final between Al Ahly and Al Masry. His compatriots Magnus Lundberg and Kim Tomas Haglund were chosen as the assistant referees, while Tore Hansen was chosen as the fourth official. Croatian referee Goran Gabrilo was named the video assistant referee, and fellow Croatian Miro Grgić appointed as the assistant video assistant referee.