ALEXANDRIA. Smouha and Al Ittihad played an incredible match before drawing 4-4. Al Ittihad was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%)
The match was played at the Alexandria Stadium stadium in Alexandria on Monday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Abdelaziz El Sayed with the help of Samy Halhal and Sherif Abdallah. The 4th official was Ahmed Hamdi. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 25 degrees Celsius or 76.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 11 Total 13
- 7 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 8
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 94 Attack 124
- 44 Dangerous attack 83
- 91 Ball safe 82
- 0 Penalties 2
- 1 Corners 7
Fouls
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Al Ittihad had a strong ball possession 62% while Smouha was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ittihad was more aggressive with 83 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Al Ittihad to win the contest.
Smouha shot 11 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Al Ittihad shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Smouha received 3 yellow cards (M. Hamdi, S. Ougola and A. El Ouadi). Regarding the opposition, Al Ittihad received 3 yellow cards (A. S. Ibrahim, M. Attia and S. Simpore).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Smouha has 1 points to occupy the 4th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Al Ittihad has 1 points (3rd).
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Smouha will play away against National Bank of Egypt on the 26th of December with a 0-0 head to head record.
Al Ittihad will play away agasint Al Masry on the 24th of December with a 11-5 head to head stats in favor of Al Masry (11 draws).
Smouha – Formation
Smouha started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Ahmed Samy decided to play with the following team: El-Hani Soliman, Ahmed Ramadan, Abdel Rahman Amer, Ragab Nabil, Mohamed Shokry, Mohamed Metwally Canaria, Sherif Reda, Hussein Faisal, Abdelkabir El Ouady, Sodiq Ougola and Marwan Hamdy.
The home team had on the bench: Fahd Gomaa, Ahmed Homos, Khalid Abdullfatah, Mohamed Nadi, Sikiru Okanlawon Olatunbosun, Amar Sharaf Eldin, Omar Salah, Mohamed Abdel Aati and Mahmoud Ezzat.
Substitutions
Smouha made 5 changes: S. Reda for K. M. Abdel Fattah (21′), K. M. Abdel Fattah for A. Abdul Sattar (42′), F. Hussein for M. Abdel Aati (74′), S. Ougola for S. Olantunbosun (74′) and A. Amer for M. Ezzat (74′).
Al Ittihad – Formation
Al Ittihad started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Hossam Hassan Hussein played with: Mohamed Abdel Monsef, Elsayed Salem, Mohamed Abdelsalam, Damion Lowe, Sabri Rahil, Ahmed Nabil, Saidou Simpore, Salifu Moro, Khaled El Ghandour, Ahmed Adel and Ahmed Ali Kamel.
They had on the bench: Karim Mamdouh Khaled, Ahmed Yehia, Ahmed Rashed, Marwan Attia, Fawzi El Henawy, Mabululu, Karim El Deeb, Mohamed Magdy and Abdel Ghani Mohamed.
Substitutions
Al Ittihad made 5 changes: A. Nabil for K. El Deeb (43′), D. Lowe for M. Attia (43′), A. A. Messi for F. El Henawy (60′), A. S. Ibrahim for J. Mabululu (60′) and A. Ahmed for K. Mamdouh (70′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Coca-Cola – Pharco – 1-0
- Smouha – Al Ittihad – 4-4
- National Bank of Egypt – El Geish – 3-0