ISMAILIA. Zamalek beats Ismaily with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored byA. Sayed (84′) and a goal from O. El (90′). Zamalek took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Ismaïlia Stadium stadium in Ismailia on Friday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Mahmoud El Banna with the support of Samy Halhal and Sherif Abdallah. The 4th official was Ahmed Hamdi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.4 degrees Celsius or 65.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Zamalek was in firm control of the ball 59% while Ismaily was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Zamalek was more pushing with 78 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Zamalek won the match.
Ismaily shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Zamalek shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Ismaily received 5 yellow cards (B. El Mohamady, E. Hamdy, M. Hashem, A. Mostafa and M. El Desouky). Regarding the opposition, Zamalek received 2 yellow cards (Y. Ibrahim Obama and A. Gomaa).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Ismaily will stay with 0 points like El Sharqia Dokhan to sit in the 18th place. On the other side, Zamalek will have 9 points to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Ismaily will host Coca-Cola on the 25th of December with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Zamalek will host Ghazl El Mehalla on the 25th of December with a 10-4 head to head stats in favor of Zamalek (1 draw).
Ismaily – Formation
Ismaily started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Juan Brown decided to play with the following team: Mohamed Fawzi, Essam Sobhy, Baher El Mohamady, Mohamed Hashem, Mohamed Desouki, Ahmed Mostafa, Emad Hamdi, Mohamed Adel, Abdel Rahman Magdi, Benson Shilongo and Shokry Naguib.
The home team had on the bench: Mahmoud Abdelaati, Abdallah Gomaa Awad, Mohamed Ammar, Mohamed Sadek, Ahmed Eid, Ahmed Madbouly, Ahmed Abdel Moneim, Omar El Wahsh and Mohamed El Shamy.
Substitutions
Ismaily made 3 changes: M. Adel for M. Abdelaati (66′), B. Shilongo for M. Sadek (78′) and A. Magdi for M. El Shami (88′).
Zamalek – Formation
Zamalek started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Patrice Carteron played with: Mohamed Awad, Mohamed Abdel Shafi, Mohamed Abdelghani, Mahmoud Hamdi, Abdallah Gomaa, Emam Ashour, Tarek Hamed, Zizo, Mostafa Fathy, Achraf Bencharki and Seifeddine Jaziri.
They had on the bench: Mahmoud Alaa, Youssef Obama, Mohamed Ounajem, Mohamed Abou Gabal, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Hamza Mathlouthi, Omar El Said, Eslam Gaber and Ayman Hefni.
Substitutions
Zamalek made 5 changes: S. Jaziri for O. El Said (66′), A. Gomaa for H. Mathlouthi (66′), M. Fathi for I. Gaber (86′), E. Ashour for Y. Ibrahim Obama (86′) and A. Bencharki for M. Ounajem (86′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Al Ahly – Al Mokawloon – 1-0
- ENPPI – Smouha – 1-1
- Ismaily – Zamalek – 0-2
- Al Masry – Pyramids FC – 2-2
- El Geish – Ghazl El Mehalla – 0-0