ALEXANDRIA. Al Ittihad finds its way back against El Gounah with 2 goals from A. Belhadji from a goal on the 50′ and a goal on the 13′. Al Ittihad was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (67%)
Ahmed Belhadji squandered a decisive penalty (13′). That would have allowed El Gounah to win the match.
Ahmed Belhadji didn’t convert 1 penalty (13′) for El Gounah.
The match was played at the Alexandria Stadium stadium in Alexandria on Saturday and it started at 12:00 am local time. The referee was Ahmed Hamdi with the collaboration of Mohamed Azazi and Ibrahim Nour El Din. The 4th official was Mostafa Osman. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 18.54 degrees Celsius or 65.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Match Statistics
- ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
- 18 Total 11
- 8 On Target 7
- 7 Off Target 4
- 4 Shots blocked 0
- 124 Attack 96
- 92 Dangerous attack 44
- 107 Ball safe 95
- 1 Penalties 1
- 6 Corners 0
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 12 Total 20
- 2 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Al Ittihad was in firm control of the ball 67% while El Gounah was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ittihad was more pushing with 92 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Al Ittihad to win the match.
Al Ittihad shot 18 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, El Gounah shot 11 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Al Ittihad received 2 yellow cards (Seif Teka and Salifu Moro). Regarding the opposition, El Gounah received 5 yellow cards (Sabri Raheel, Mohamed El Deghemy, Arnaud Randrianantenaina, Ahmed Abdelrasoul and Ahmed Masoud).
Also, El Gounah didn’t end the match with 11 players after Alieu Jatta (El Gounah) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (39′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Al Ittihad has 4 points to occupy the 7th place in the table. On the other side, El Gounah has 2 points (13th).
Next matches
Al Ittihad – Formation
Al Ittihad
29'
12'
70', 90'
Al Ittihad adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Tarek El Ashri decided to play with the following team: Mahdi Soliman , Mostafa Ibrahim , Mahmoud Shabana , Seif Teka , Karim El Deeb , Zaghloul Mohamed , Salifu Moro , Khaled El Ghandour , Benjamin Bernard Boateng , Mabululu and Ahmed Eid .
The home team had on the bench: Hisham Salah , Omar El Wahsh , Ahmed Adel , Omar Salah, Ragab Omran , Hany Mostafa El Tamy, Amr Saleh, Ahmed Yassin and Van Derrick Bekalé Aubame .
Substitutions
Al Ittihad made 5 changes: Mostafa Ibrahim for Hisham Salah (29′), Khaled El Ghandour for Omar El Wahsh (58′), Benjamin Bernard Boateng for Ragab Omran (58′), Ahmed Eid for Van Derrick Bekalé Aubame (46′) and Ahmed Eid for Ahmed Adel (46′).
Best player: Mabululu
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Ittihad was Mabululu.
His rating is with 2 goals, 12 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
El Gounah – Formation
El Gounah
39'
Also El Gounah adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Alaa Abdel Aal played with: Ahmed Masoud , Ahmed Mahmoud , Ahmed Abdelrasoul , Ahmed Hossam , Sabri Raheel , Ahmed Belhadji , Alieu Jatta , Mohamed El Deghemy , Arnaud Randrianantenaina , Gabrila Chicoday and Ayman Saad .
These were the players on the bench: Hossam Ghanem , Mohamed El Sabahi, Nour El Sayed, Ashraf Magdy , Abdallah Hashem , Ahmed Shousha , Sobhy Soliman, Mohamed Emad and Lucky Emmanuel.
Substitutions
El Gounah made 3 changes: Mohamed El Deghemy for Ahmed Shousha (75′), Ahmed Belhadji for Ashraf Magdy (65′) and Arnaud Randrianantenaina for Hossam Ghanem (76′).
Best player: Ahmed Belhadji
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for El Gounah was Ahmed Belhadji.
His rating is with 2 goals, 20 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Al Ittihad – El Gounah – 2-2
- Pharco – Ceramica Cleopatra – 2-2
