CAIRO. Al Ahly had a surprising win over ENPPI with a 2-0 win with a goal from Afsha (59′) and a goal from A. Dieng (78′).
The match was played at the Arab Contractors Stadium stadium in Cairo on Thursday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Mahmoud El Banna with the support of Mahmoud Ahmed Kamel Abo El Regal and Omar Fathi. The 4th official was Walid Abdelrazek. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.4 degrees Celsius or 65.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. ENPPI was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Al Ahly that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Ahly had a more offensive attitude with 67 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Ahly won the contest.
ENPPI shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Al Ahly shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
ENPPI received 1 yellow card (Khaled Reda). On the other side, Al Ahly received 1 yellow card (Afsha).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, ENPPI will stay with 10 points like National Bank of Egypt and Smouha to remain in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Ahly will have 30 points to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, ENPPI will play away against El Daklyeh on the 24th of April with a 3-3 head to head stats.
Al Ahly will play away agasint Pyramids FC on the 4th of May with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Al Ahly (4 draws).
ENPPI – Formation
ENPPI started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Talaat Youssef decided to play with the following team: Abdel Aziz El Balouti, Ahmed Khalil Ibrahim, Khaled Reda, Mohamed Ismail Hamed, Ahmed Eid, Ahmed Youssef, Momen Rady, Mostafa Dowidar, Mohamed Ibrahim, Ahmed Amin and Rafik Kabou.
The home team had on the bench: Abdel Rahman Emad, Karim El Tayeb, Marwan Mohamed Dawoud, Mohamed Ismail, Mohamed Abdel Aati, Ali Fawzi, Mostafa Shakshak, Ahmed El Agouz and Abdelrahman Samir.
Substitutions
ENPPI made 5 changes: Oufa for Ali Fawzi (66′), Ahmed Eid for Karim El Tayeeb (66′), Mostafa Adel for Mostafa Shakshak (67′), Momen Rady for Abdelrahman Emad (78′) and Mohamed Hamdy Ibrahim for Marwan Mohamed Dawoud (87′).
Al Ahly – Formation
Al Ahly started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Marcel Koller played with: Mohamed El-Shenawy, Mohamed Hany, Yasser Ibrahim, Mahmoud Metwaly, Ali Maâloul, Hussein El Shahat, Aliou Dieng, Amr El-Solia, Mohamed Magdy Afsha, Mohamed Sherif and Ahmed Abdelkader.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Mohamed Fakhry, Ahmed Nabil Kouka, Rami Rabia, Shady Hussein, Mostafa Saad, Ayman Ashraf, Rafaat Khalil, Bruno Sávio and Ali Lotfi.
Substitutions
Al Ahly made 5 changes: Mohamed Hany for Rami Rabia (83′), Mohamed Sherif for Shady Hussein (84′), Ahmed Abdelkader for Bruno Sávio (84′), Afsha for Ahmed Nabil Koka (86′) and Amr El Solia for Mostafa Saad (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.