ALEXANDRIA. Al Ittihad prevails over El Gounah 1-0 after K. El scored just 1 goal (65′).
N. El Sayed didn’t score a decisive penalty (52′). That would have allowed El Gounah to draw the match.
The match was played at the Alexandria Stadium stadium in Alexandria on Thursday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Nader Kamar with the help of Yousef El Bastay and Sayed Hassan. The 4th official was . The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 21 degrees Celsius or 69.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 7 Total 8
- 3 On Target 1
- 4 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 97 Attack 98
- 54 Dangerous attack 40
- 73 Ball safe 87
- 0 Penalties 1
- 7 Corners 1
Fouls
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Al Ittihad was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. El Gounah that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Ittihad was was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Al Ittihad won the match.
Al Ittihad shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, El Gounah shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Al Ittihad received 2 yellow cards (M. M. Abdel and M. Salifu). On the other side, El Gounah received 2 yellow cards (I. Abdelnaim and I. Mohareb).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Ittihad will have 7 points like Coca-Cola to sit in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, El Gounah will stay with 4 points like Al Masry, Al Mokawloon, Misr Lel Makasa and ENPPI to hold in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Al Ittihad will play away with Al Masry on the 24th of December with a 11-5 head to head record in favor of Al Masry (11 draws).
El Gounah will play away agasint El Geish on the 26th of December with a 5-4 head to head in favor of El Gounah (4 draws).
Al Ittihad – Formation
Al Ittihad
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Al Ittihad started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Hossam Hassan Hussein decided to play with the following team: Mohamed Abdel Monsef, Hesham Salah, Salifu Moro, Elsayed Salem, Sabri Rahil, Marwan Attia, Ahmed Nabil, Karim El Deeb, Khaled El Ghandour, Fawzi El Henawy and Mabululu.
The home team had on the bench: Karim Mamdouh Khaled, Ahmed Adel, Ahmed Ali, Mohamed Ragab El Safi, Ahmed Yehia, Abdel Ghani Mohamed, S. Simporé, B. Boateng and Mohamed Abdel Salam.
Substitutions
Al Ittihad made 5 changes: F. El Henawy for A. Elkalamawy (61′), K. El Deeb for S. Sanbore (76′), A. Nabil for A. Mohamed (90′), J. Mabululu for Ahmed Ali (90′) and H. Saleh for R. El Safi (90′).
El Gounah – Formation
El Gounah
El Gounah started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Reda Shehata El Sayed played with: Islam Tarek, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Mahmoud El-Gazzar, Louay Wael, Amr Saadawy, Nour El Sayed, Islam Abdelnaim, Islam Mohareb, Naser Naser, Islam Roshdi and Khaled Kamar.
These were the players on the bench: Amr Abdel-Fattah, Hossam Ghanem, Mohamed Naguib, Karim Tarek, Amr Barakat, S. Bekele, Ahmed Salem Safi, Ahmed Amer and Emad El Sayed.
El Gounah could not rely on the presence of M. Naguib (injured).
Substitutions
El Gounah made 5 changes: L. Wael for M. Naguib (18′), I. Roshdy for K. Tarek (46′), N. Naser for A. A. Abdelfattah (67′), K. Kamar for H. Gahnem (67′) and A. El Saadawy for A. Amer (81′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Al Ittihad – El Gounah – 1-0
- Ceramica Cleopatra – National Bank of Egypt – 1-0
- El Sharqia Dokhan – Coca-Cola – 1-4
- Pharco – Misr Lel Makasa – 2-0
