CAIRO. Al Ahly overcame Ismaily 3-1 thanks to P. Tau who scored in the 23rd and 65th minute. Al Ahly was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with P. Tau (23′), Hussein El Shahat (38′) and P. Tau (65′). Ismaily reduced the distance with a goal (90′) by Yaw Annor, but there was not much to do for them. Ismaily lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Cairo International Stadium stadium in Cairo on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Mahmoud El Banna with the help of Ahmed Hossam Taha and Samir Gamal Saad. The 4th official was Sayed Munir. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 28.36 degrees Celsius or 83.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Ismaily was in firm control of the ball 56% while Al Ahly was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ismaily was more pushing with 82 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, Al Ahly managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Al Ahly shot 12 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Ismaily shot 25 times, 6 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Al Ahly received 1 yellow card (Taher Mohamed). Regarding the opposition, Ismaily received 1 yellow card (Abdel Rahman Magdi).

Standings

After this encounter, Al Ahly has 6 points to occupy the 5th place in the table. On the opposite side, Ismaily stays with 3 points (11th).

Next matches

Al Ahly – Formation

Al Ahly adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Marcel Koller decided to play with the following team: Mohamed El Shenawy (7.3), Mohamed Hany (6.8), Yasser Ibrahim (7.5), Mohamed Abdelmonem (7.0), A. Maâloul (7.3), A. Dieng (6.8), Ahmed Koka (7.7), Emam Ashour (6.8), Hussein El Shahat (7.5), P. Tau (8.7) and A. Modeste (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Khaled Abdel Fattah (6.4), Ahmed Abdelkader, R. Slim (6.4), Marwan Attia, Mohamed Magdi Kafsha (6.7), Taher Mohamed (7.5), Mostafa Shobeir, Karim El Debes and Mohamed Zaalouk (6.6).

Al Ahly could not rely on the presence of Taher Mohamed (injured) and R. Slim (injured).

Substitutions

Al Ahly made 5 changes: Emam Ashour for Taher Mohamed (31′), Hussein El Shahat for R. Slim (63′), Mohamed Hany for Khaled Abdel Fattah (79′), A. Modeste for Mohamed Zaalouk (79′) and A. Dieng for Mohamed Magdi Kafsha (80′).

Best player: P. Tau​

The most impressive player for Al Ahly was P. Tau.

His rating is (8.7) with 2 goals, 24 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.

Ismaily – Formation

Also Ismaily adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Ehab Galal played with: Mohamed Fawzi (6.4), Eiad El Askalany (6.0), Mohamed Hashem (6.6), Mohamed Nasr (6.7), Hamdi Nagguez (6.8), Mohamed Abdelsamia (7.5), Omar El Saaiy (6.4), Mohamed Makhlouf (7.3), Abdel Rahman Magdi (8.4), Marwan Hamdi (6.7) and Yaw Annor (7.5).

They had on the bench: Mohamed Desouki (6.8), Mahmoud Shabrawy (6.4), Ahmed Mohsen, Nader Farag, Kamal El Sayed, Basem Morsi, Mohamed Hassan (6.8), Abdallah El Saeed and Essam Sobhy (7.0).

Ismaily could not rely on the presence of Mohamed Hassan (injured) and Mahmoud Shabrawy (injured).

Substitutions

Ismaily made 5 changes: Eiad El Askalany for Mohamed Desouki (68′), Mohamed Abdelsamia for Mohamed Hassan (68′), Marwan Hamdi for Mahmoud Shabrawy (68′), Hamdi Nagguez for Essam Sobhy (68′) and Mohamed Nasr for Ahmed Mohsen (89′).

Best player: Abdel Rahman Magdi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ismaily was Abdel Rahman Magdi.

His rating is (8.4) with 67 passes (84% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Al Ahly – Ismaily – 3-1
• Pyramids FC – ENPPI – 1-0