Zamalek demolishes Smouha 5-1 with a great performance

CAIRO. Zamalek liquidates Smouha 5-1 with goals of

October 22, 2023

CAIRO. Zamalek demolishes Smouha 5-1 with goals of Mostafa Shalaby (3′), Zizo (13′), Youssef Obama (45′), Seifeddine Jaziri (81′) and Shikabala (88′). Talking about the opposition, Smouha scored with Fady Farid (67′). Zamalek was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

Zizo didn’t convert a penalty (45′) for Zamalek.

The match was played at the Cairo International Stadium stadium in Cairo on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Mohammed Yousef with the assistance of Ahmed Saleh and Hesham El Dessoky. The 4th official was Mahmoud Mansour. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was hot at 27.3 degrees Celsius or 81.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.

Match Statistics

Zamalek

5 - 1

Smouha

! 61 Ball Possession 39

Shots

15 Total 14
6 On Target 6
6 Off Target 7
3 Shots blocked 1

78 Attack 80
46 Dangerous attack 46
24 Ball safe 17

1 Penalties 0
5 Corners 4
2 Off Sides 2

Fouls

8 Total 12
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Zamalek had a strong ball possession 61% while Smouha was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Zamalek had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Zamalek won the match.

Zamalek shot 15 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Smouha shot 14 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Zamalek received 1 yellow card (Mostafa Shalaby). Regarding the opposition, Smouha received 1 yellow card (Amr Kalawa).

Match Timeline

Mostafa Shalaby(goal)Omar Gaber

Zizo(goal)Mostafa Shalaby

13'

15'

25'

Fady Farid- sub ->Mostafa El-Badry

Mostafa Shalaby- Yellow

29'

38'

D. Dokou- sub ->Ahmed Gamal

Zizo- missed penaltyZizo

45'

Shikabala (VAR)

90'

45'

Amr Kalawa- Yellow

Youssef Obama(goal)Shikabala

45'

46'

Islam Gaber- sub ->Lahcen Dahdouh

67'

Fady Farid(goal)Mahmoud Wahid

Seifeddine Jaziri- sub ->Omar Gaber

66'

Sayed Abdallah- sub ->Nabil Donga

66'

Ibrahima Ndiaye- sub ->Mostafa Shalaby

67'

Seifeddine Jaziri(goal)

81'

86'

Shikabala (goal)Ahmed Fatouh

88'

Shikabala (VAR)

44'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Baladiyyat Al Mehalla

National Bank of Egypt

Al Mokawloon

Pharco

El Daklyeh

After this encounter, Zamalek will have 8 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Smouha will stay with 7 points like ZED FC and Pyramids FC to remain in the 6th place.

Next matches

Zamalek – Formation

Zamalek

Mohamed Sobhi 16.Egypt

7.3

Omar Gaber 4.Egypt

7.5

66'

Mostafa El Zenary 6.Egypt

7.1

86'

Ahmed Fatouh 13.Egypt

7.7

Hamza Mathlouthi 24.Tunisia

7.0

Nabil Dunga 8.Egypt

7.0

66'

Shikabala 10.Egypt

9.1

88'

Mostafa Shalaby 11.Egypt

8.4

67'

29'

Mohamed Ashraf Roqa 12.Egypt

7.0

66'

Zizo 25.Egypt

7.3

13'

Youssef Obama 14.Egypt

7.7

45'

Substitutes

Abdelrahman Nafad 34.Egypt

Hatem Sukar 3.Egypt

Mohamed Abdel Ghani 5.Egypt

6.4

66'

Mahmoud Alaa 20.Egypt

Mohamed Tarek 27.Egypt

6.4

86'

Ibrahima Ndiaye 7.Senegal

7.0

67'

Sayed Abdallah 18.Egypt

6.8

66'

Nasser Mansy 19.Egypt

Seifeddine Jaziri 30.Tunisia

7.3

66'

81'

Zamalek started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Juan Carlos Osorio Arbeláez decided to play with the following team: Mohamed Sobhi (7.3), Omar Gaber (7.5), Mostafa El Zenary (7.1), Hamza Mathlouthi (7.0), Ahmed Fatouh (7.7), Nabil Donga (7.0), Zizo (7.3), Mohamed Ashraf Roqa (7.0), Shikabala (9.1), Youssef Obama (7.7) and Mostafa Shalaby (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Hatem Mohamed, Mohamed Abdelghani (6.4), Ibrahima Ndiaye (7.0), Sayed Abdallah (6.8), Naser Mansi, Mahmoud Alaa, Moahmed Hassan (6.4), Seifeddine Jaziri (7.3) and Abdel Rahman Nafad.

Zamalek could not rely on the presence of Sayed Abdallah (injured) and Moahmed Hassan (injured).

Substitutions

Zamalek made 5 changes: Mostafa Shalaby for Ibrahima Ndiaye (67′), Omar Gaber for Seifeddine Jaziri (66′), Nabil Donga for Sayed Abdallah (66′), Mohamed Ashraf Roqa for Mohamed Abdelghani (66′) and Mostafa El Zenary for Moahmed Hassan (86′).

Best player: Shikabala

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Zamalek was Shikabala.

His rating is (9.1) with 1 goal, 45 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.

Smouha – Formation

Smouha

El Hany Soliman 1.Egypt

5.8

Mohamed El Maghraby 3.Egypt

6.4

15'

Ahmed Hakam 5.Egypt

5.8

Sherif Reda 11.Egypt

6.3

Mahmoud Waheed 12.Egypt

6.3

L. Dahdouh 10.Morocco

6.4

46'

Hamdy Abdelmoaty 16.Egypt

6.8

Mostafa El Badry 19.Egypt

6.4

25'

Ahmed Khaled 22.Egypt

6.3

46'

Amr Kalawa 28.Egypt

6.4

45'

Hossam Hassan 18.Egypt

6.7

Substitutes

Hussein Taimour 26.Egypt

Ahmed Gamal 20.Egypt

6.6

15'

Hussein Faisal 7.Egypt

6.8

46'

Islam Gaber 15.Egypt

6.7

46'

M. Ibrahim 21.Egypt

D. Dokou 36.Benin

6.7

38'

Fady Farid 9.Egypt

7.3

25'

67'

Mohamed Essam 13.Egypt

A. Benkassou 30.Morocco

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

Ahmed Samy played with: El-Hani Soliman (5.8), Sherif Reda (6.3), Mohamed El-Maghrabi (6.4), Ahmed Hakam (5.8), Mahmoud Wahid (6.3), Amr Kalawa (6.4), Hamdy Alaa (6.8), Lahcen Dahdouh (6.4), Ahmed Khaled (6.3), Mostafa El-Badry (6.4) and Hossam Hassan (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Hussein Faisal (6.8), Fady Farid (7.3), Mohamed Essam Emara, Eslam Gaber (6.7), Ahmed Gamal (6.6), Mido Mostafa, Hussein Taimor, Abdellatif Benkassou and Douko Dodo (6.7).

Smouha could not rely on the presence of Fady Farid (injured), Ahmed Gamal (injured) and Douko Dodo (injured).

Substitutions

Smouha made 5 changes: Mostafa El-Badry for Fady Farid (25′), Mohamed El-Maghrabi for Ahmed Gamal (15′), Ahmed Gamal for Douko Dodo (38′), Lahcen Dahdouh for Eslam Gaber (46′) and Ahmed Khaled for Hussein Faisal (46′).