CAIRO. Al Ahly and Smouha didn’t manage to score any goal on Tuesday. Al Ahly was decisively better in terms of ball possession (68%).
The match was played at the Cairo International Stadium stadium in Cairo on Tuesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Mohamed Adel Elsaid assisted by Youssef Wahid Youssef Elbosaty and Khaled Hossam. The 4th official was Ibrahim Ghuloum Mohamed. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.93 degrees Celsius or 66.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 38%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Ahly had a superior ball possession 68% while Smouha was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ahly was more aggressive with 84 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Al Ahly to win the match.
Al Ahly shot 16 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Smouha shot 7 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Al Ahly received 2 yellow cards (Emam Ashour and Rami Rabia). On the other side, Smouha received 5 yellow cards (Tarek Alaa, Hossam Hassan, Eslam Gaber, Dokou Dodo and Mahmoud Wahid).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Al Ahly will have 14 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Smouha will have 9 points like El Gounah and Al Masry to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
Al Ahly – Formation
Al Ahly
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80'
Al Ahly started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Marcel Koller decided to play with the following team: Mohamed El Shenawy , Akram Tawfik , Rami Rabia , Mohamed Abdelmonem , A. Maâloul , Mohamed Magdi Kafsha , Karim Fouad , Marwan Ateya , Emam Ashour , Hussein El Shahat and Salah Mohsen .
The home team had on the bench: Khaled Abdel Fattah, Yasser Ibrahim, Ahmed Abdelkader , Aliou Dieng, Amr El Soleya, Mohamed Hany, Mostafa Shobeir, Mohamed Zaalouk and Ahmed Koka.
Substitutions
Al Ahly made 2 changes: Karim Fouad for Ahmed Abdelkader (80′) and Mohamed Magdi Kafsha for Mohamed Zaalouk (80′).
Player of the match: Emam Ashour
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Ahly was Emam Ashour.
His rating is with 60 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 16. He performed 2 crosses.
Smouha – Formation
Smouha
Smouha started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Ahmed Samy played with: El-Hani Soliman , Tarek Alaa , Mido Mostafa , Ahmed Hakam , Mahmoud Wahid , Dokou Dodo , Amr Kalawa , Ahmed Khaled , Hussein Faisal , Eslam Gaber and Hossam Hassan .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Abubakar Liday, Fady Farid, Lahcen Dahdouh , Sherif Reda, Mohamed Saeed , Hamdy Alaa , Halimo, Mostafa El-Badry and Mohamed Ashraf.
Substitutions
Smouha made 4 changes: Ahmed Khaled for Mohamed Saeed (58′), Eslam Gaber for Lahcen Dahdouh (58′), Hussein Faisal for Hamdy Alaa (77′) and Hossam Hassan for Mostafa El-Badry (87′).
Player of the match: Tarek Alaa
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Smouha was Tarek Alaa.
His rating is with 23 passes (65% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
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