BORG EL ARAB. Al Masry tops Pharco 1-0 after M. Gaber scored just 1 goal (54′). Al Masry was surely superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

Marwan Hamdi missed a penalty (40′) for Al Masry.​

The match was played at the Borg El Arab Stadium stadium in Borg El Arab on Thursday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Hamada Al Jalawi who had the assistance of Khaled Hussein and Mohamed Ragab. The 4th official was Ahmed Hamdi. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 27.95 degrees Celsius or 82.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Al Masry had a strong ball possession 63% while Pharco was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Masry had a more offensive attitude with 58 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Masry won the match​.

Al Masry shot 14 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Pharco shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Al Masry received 6 yellow cards (Essam Tharwat, Fakhreddine Ben Youssef, Mahmoud Hamada, Karim El Eraki, Samir Fekri and Elyes Jelassi). Regarding the opposition, Pharco received 1 yellow card (Ahmed Abdelaziz Mody).

Standings

After this match, Al Masry has 3 points to occupy the 11th place in the table. On the other side, Pharco stays with 0 points (17th).

Next matches

Al Masry – Formation

Al Masry started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ali Maher decided to play with the following team: Essam Tharwat (7.3), Karim El Eraki (7.5), Amr Moussa (7.3), Hussein El Sayed (7.7), Amr El Saadawy (7.7), Samir Fekri (7.0), Mahmoud Hamada (7.0), Mido Gaber (7.7), Elyes Jelassi (7.0), Mohamed El Shami (7.1) and Marwan Hamdi (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Osama El Gazar, Hassan Ali, Islam Ateya (6.4), Emeka Christian Eze (7.0), Franck Etouga, Hossam Greisha, Mahmoud Gad, Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (7.0) and Amadou Djoulde Bah (7.0).

Substitutions

Al Masry made 3 changes: Samir Fekri for Islam Ateya (84′), Mohamed El Shami for Emeka Christian Eze (71′) and Mido Gaber for Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (83′).

Best player: Marwan Hamdi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Masry was Marwan Hamdi even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 19 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Pharco – Formation

Pharco started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Bruno Romão played with: Mohamed Saeed (7.3), Jefferson Encada (6.6), Abdallah Bakri (6.6), Mahmoud El Badry (7.3), Azmi Ghouma (6.6), Rezki Hamroune (7.0), Mahmoud Gehad (6.8), Kingsley Sokari (6.6), Ahmed El Bahrawy (7.5), Saif Thierry (6.7) and Amr Warda (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Ahmed Awad, Gaber Kamel, Amr Gamal (6.8), Mohamed Ahmed Fouad, Mahmoud El Sayed, Mohamed Fakhry (6.8), Mahmoud Emad, Ahmed Abdelaziz Mody (7.3) and Ahmed Sherif (6.4).

Substitutions

Pharco made 4 changes: Jefferson Encada for Ahmed Abdelaziz Mody (54′), Mahmoud Gehad for Mohamed Fakhry (62′), Rezki Hamroune for Amr Gamal (62′) and Ahmed El Bahrawy for Ahmed Sherif (90′).

Best player: Ahmed El Bahrawy​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Pharco was Ahmed El Bahrawy.

His rating is (7.5) with 21 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Al Masry – Pharco – 1-0
• Ismaily – Al Ittihad – 3-1