CAIRO. El Gounah overcame National Bank of Egypt 3-2 thanks to H. Ghanem who scored in the 46th, 62nd and 63rd minute. National Bank of Egypt was vastly better in terms of ball possession (66%).
Ahmed Madbouli missed a decisive penalty (73′). That would have allowed National Bank of Egypt to draw the match.
The match was played at the Cairo International Stadium stadium in Cairo on Thursday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Hussni Sultan with the support of Mostafa Attia and Mahmoud Hussein Ali. The 4th official was Osama Ismail. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.08 degrees Celsius or 68.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 13 Total 14
- 5 On Target 7
- 3 Off Target 4
- 5 Shots blocked 3
- 112 Attack 75
- 61 Dangerous attack 46
- 86 Ball safe 77
- 1 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 8
Fouls
- 8 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
National Bank of Egypt was in firm control of the ball 66% while El Gounah was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
National Bank of Egypt had a more offensive attitude with 61 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, El Gounah managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
National Bank of Egypt shot 13 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, El Gounah shot 14 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
National Bank of Egypt received 2 yellow cards (Mahmoud El-Gazzar and Saidou Simpore). Regarding the opposition, El Gounah received 2 yellow cards (Alieu Jatta and Ayman Saad).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, National Bank of Egypt stays with 3 points to sit in the 18th place. On the opposite side, El Gounah will has 13 points like ZED FC and Future FC to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
National Bank of Egypt – Formation
National Bank of Egypt
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58'
National Bank of Egypt started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Tarek Mostafa Mohamed Labib decided to play with the following team: Mohamed Abou Gabal , Mahmoud El-Gazzar , Ayman Ashraf , Amir Medhat , Issahaku Yakubu , Mohamed Fathi , Saidou Simpore , Emad Fathy , Ahmed Madbouli , Ibrahim Hassan and Karim Bambo .
The home team had on the bench: Ahmed Sobhi, Alaa Atta, Mahmoud Kaoud , Assem Salah , Serge Aka , Ahmed El Nadry, Ahmed Said, Khaled Mostafa and Mohamed Grendo .
National Bank of Egypt could not rely on the presence of Serge Aka (injured).
Substitutions
National Bank of Egypt made 4 changes: Issahaku Yakubu for Mohamed Grendo (45′), Ibrahim Hassan for Mahmoud Kaoud (77′), Amir Medhat for Assem Salah (76′) and Mohamed Fathi for Serge Aka (8′).
Player of the match: Ahmed Madbouli
The player that probably impressed the most for National Bank of Egypt was Ahmed Madbouli.
His rating is with 41 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 10 duels out of 14. He performed 7 crosses.
El Gounah – Formation
El Gounah
El Gounah started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Alaa Abdel Aal played with: Ahmed Masoud , Ahmed Mahmoud , Ahmed Hossam , Ahmed Abdelrasoul , Abdallah Hashem , Alieu Jatta , Ashraf Magdy , Ahmed Shousha , Lucky Emmanuel , Ahmed Belhadji and Ayman Saad .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Kamal Aboul-Fetouh, Mohamed El Sakka, Hossam Ghanem , Mohamed El Sabahi, Mahmoud Abdelkader , Hosam Mohamed, Abdel Fattah Ashraf Sheta, Sobhy Soliman and Gabrila Chicoday.
El Gounah could not rely on the presence of Hossam Ghanem (injured).
Substitutions
El Gounah made 3 changes: Ayman Saad for Hossam Ghanem (31′), Ashraf Magdy for Mahmoud Abdelkader (77′) and Alieu Jatta for Hosam Mohamed (90′).
Player of the match: Hossam Ghanem
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for El Gounah was Hossam Ghanem.
His rating is with 3 goals, 19 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was amazing also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 31′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- National Bank of Egypt – El Gounah – 2-3
- Future FC – Ceramica Cleopatra – 1-1
- Al Masry – Zamalek – 1-0
- Pyramids FC – Baladiyyat Al Mehalla – 2-2
