BORG EL ARAB. Al Masry beats Zamalek 1-0 after G. Guenaoui scored just 1 goal (45′). Zamalek lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

Elyes Jelassi didn’t convert a penalty (31′) for Al Masry.​

The match was played at the Borg El Arab Stadium stadium in Borg El Arab on Thursday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Mahmoud El Banna with the help of Mahmoud Ahmed Kamel Abo El Regal and Heni Abdelfattah. The 4th official was Hamada Al Jalawi. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 18.86 degrees Celsius or 65.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Zamalek was more pushing with 76 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Al Masry was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Al Masry shot 13 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Zamalek shot 16 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Al Masry received 2 yellow cards (Hassan Ali and Amr El Saadawy). On the opposite side, Zamalek received 2 yellow cards (Seifeddine Jaziri and Moahmed Hassan).

Standings

After playing this match, Al Masry has 15 points to remain in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Zamalek will stays with 11 points to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Zamalek will host Al Ittihad on the 7th of December with a 23-3 head to head in favor of Zamalek (7 draws).

Al Masry – Formation

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

The manager Ali Maher decided to play with the following team: Mahmoud Gad (7.8), Karim El Eraki (7.3), Baher El Mohamady (7.8), Ahmed Ayman Mansour (7.7), Amr El Saadawy (7.5), Emeka Christian Eze (6.7), Mahmoud Hamada (7.1), Mido Gaber (7.5), Elyes Jelassi (6.3), Ghiles Guenaoui (7.9) and Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Mohamed Dabash (6.4), Samir Fekri (6.8), Amr Moussa (6.8), Hassan Ali (7.0), Mohamed El Shami (7.0), Ahmed Eid, Essam Tharwat, Hussein El Sayed and Listowell Amankona.

Substitutions

Al Masry made 5 changes: Ghiles Guenaoui for Samir Fekri (79′), Fakhreddine Ben Youssef for Mohamed El Shami (86′), Mido Gaber for Mohamed Dabash (86′), Emeka Christian Eze for Amr Moussa (69′) and Elyes Jelassi for Hassan Ali (70′).

Player of the match: Ghiles Guenaoui​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Masry was Ghiles Guenaoui.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 44 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.

Zamalek – Formation

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

Juan Carlos Osorio Arbeláez played with: Mohamed Awad (7.1), Omar Gaber (6.8), Hamza Mathlouthi (7.1), Mohamed Abdelghani (6.7), Mohamed Abdel Shafi (8.2), Nabil Donga (7.0), Youssef Obama (6.7), Mohamed Ashraf Roqa (7.1), Zizo (7.3), Seifeddine Jaziri (7.0) and Sayed Abdallah (6.3).

These were the players on the bench: Ibrahima Ndiaye (7.3), Samson Akinyoola, Shikabala (6.8), Amr El Sisi (6.8), Naser Mansi (7.3), Abdallah Gomaa, Moahmed Hassan (7.0), Abdel Rahman Nafad and Ahmed Refai.

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

Substitutions

Zamalek made 5 changes: Sayed Abdallah for Ibrahima Ndiaye (46′), Mohamed Abdel Shafi for Shikabala (79′), Seifeddine Jaziri for Naser Mansi (63′), Omar Gaber for Moahmed Hassan (37′) and Nabil Donga for Amr El Sisi (63′).

Player of the match: Mohamed Abdel Shafi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Zamalek was Mohamed Abdel Shafi.

His rating is 8.2 with 53 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.

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