The player was earlier allowed to head back to Ghana for nursing his Achilles injury, which sidelined him for the last three games.

However, Al-Ashri told FilGoal.com that the 27-year-old will be part of the squad to fill the void left by a number of absentees within the Alexandrians' team.

Hodoud's medical staff will be running a fitness test on Monday to check defender Ahmed Assem's availability for the clash, after he received a minor knock in training.

The coastal club enter the Ahli encounter without the suspended Ahmed Salama as well as injured midfielder Mohamed Gouda.