ALEXANDRIA. Zamalek conquers Smouha 3-1. Zamalek was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Shikabala (35′), Zizo (39′) and Zizo (42′). Smouha reduced the distance with a goal (90′) by Mohamed El Sabahi, but there was not much to do for them.
Zizo squandered a penalty (26′) for Zamalek.
The match was played at the Alexandria Stadium stadium in Alexandria on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Ibrahim Nour El Din with the help of Ahmed Tawfik and Ahmed Salah. The 4th official was Galal Ahmed.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Smouha was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Zamalek that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Smouha had a more offensive attitude with 73 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyway, Zamalek was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Smouha shot 18 times, 7 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Zamalek shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Smouha received 2 yellow cards (Ahmed Gamal and Hossam Hassan). On the other side, Zamalek didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Smouha will host Future FC on the 4th of May with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Future FC (2 draws).
Zamalek will play away agasint El Daklyeh on the 7th of May with a 11-0 head to head in favor of Zamalek (3 draws).
Smouha – Formation
Smouha
79'
15'
90'
Smouha started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ahmed Samy decided to play with the following team: El-Hani Soliman, Sherif Reda, Ahmed Gamal, Ahmed Hakam, Mohamed El-Maghrabi, Ahmed Shousha, Fares Megahed, Mostafa Saad, Hussein Faisal, Ahmed Mostafa and Hossam Hassan.
The home team had on the bench: Omar Mohamed Salah Mohamed, Mohamed Essam Emara, Douko Dodo, Mohamed Nadi, Benjamin Bernard Boateng, Z. Tarek, Mohamed Saeed, Mohamed El Sabahi and A. Sylla.
Substitutions
Smouha made 5 changes: Mostafa Saad for Benjamin Boateng (46′), Ahmed Gamal for Mohamed Essam Emara (46′), Ahmed Mostafa for Mohamed El Sabahi (65′), Mahmoud Abdel Halim for Doku Dodo (79′) and Mohamed Maghrabi for Mohamed Nadi (85′).
Zamalek – Formation
Zamalek
Zamalek started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Manuel Jesualdo Ferreira played with: Mohamed Sobhi, Mohamed Tarek, Mohamed Abdelghani, Hossam Abdelmaguid, Shikabala, Seif Farouk Gaafar, Nabil Donga, Mohamed Abdel Shafi, Sayed Abdallah, Seifeddine Jaziri and Zizo.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Hamza Mathlouthi, Samson Akinyoola, Mohamed Hussein Awad, Mohamed Ashraf Roqa, Youssef Osama Nabih, Abdallah Gomaa, M. Shalaby, Ibrahima Ndiaye and Amr El Sisi.
Substitutions
Zamalek made 5 changes: Mohamed Abdelshafi for Abdallah Gomaa (65′), Nabil Dounga for Amr El Sisi (66′), Shikabala for Youssef Osama Nabih (75′), Sayed Abdallah for Hamza Mathlouthi (75′) and Seif Farouk Gaafar for Mohamed Ashraf Roaa (75′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
