ISMAILIA. Ismaily and Zamalek didn’t manage to score any goal on Monday. Zamalek was truly superior in terms of ball possession (62%)​.

The match was played at the Ismaïlia Stadium stadium in Ismailia on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Mohamed Adel Elsaid with the support of Samir Gamal Saad and Hesham El Dessoky. The 4th official was Osama Ismail. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 18.87 degrees Celsius or 65.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Zamalek had a strong ball possession 62% while Ismaily was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Zamalek was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 2 were on target. However, that was not enough Zamalek to win the match​.

Ismaily shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Zamalek shot 14 times, 2 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Ismaily received 3 yellow cards (Ahmed Adel, Hatem Mohamed and Mohamed Ammar ). Regarding the opposition, Zamalek received 2 yellow cards (Nabil Dunga and Mohamed Shehata).

Standings

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 stats in favor of Zamalek (7 draws).

Ismaily – Formation

Ismaily started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Ehab Galal decided to play with the following team: Ahmed Adel (7.5), Essam Sobhy (7.0), Mohamed Nasr (7.3), Mohamed Desouki (7.3), Hatem Mohamed (6.4), Mohamed Bayoumi (6.7), Mohamed Ammar  (7.3), Omar El Saaiy (7.0), Nader Farag (7.0), Eric Traore (7.0) and Abdel Rahman Magdi (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Mohamed Abdelsamia, Hesham Mohamed (6.8), Kamal El Sayed, Abdel Rahman El Dah (6.6), Hamdi Nagguez, Ali El Malawany (7.0), Mohamed Zidan, Abdel Karim Mostafa Shehata and Abdallah Mohamed.

Substitutions

Ismaily made 3 changes: Essam Sobhy for Ali El Malawany (85′), Eric Traore for Abdel Rahman El Dah (76′) and Hatem Mohamed for Hesham Mohamed (85′).

Player of the match: Ahmed Adel​

The most impressive player for Ismaily was the goalkeeper: Ahmed Adel. His rating is 7.45. He performed 2 saves.

Zamalek – Formation

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

José Manuel Martins Teixeira Gomes played with: Mohamed Sobhi (7.5), Omar Gaber (7.5), Hamza Mathlouthi (7.5), Hossam Abdelmaguid (7.5), Ibrahima Ndiaye (7.0), Nabil Dunga (7.3), Abdallah El-Said (7.3), Mohamed Shehata (6.4), Shikabala  (7.1), Youssef Obama (7.7) and Zizo (8.1).

These were the players on the bench: Mohamed Awad, Mostafa El Zenary (7.0), Mohamed Ashraf Roqa, Sayed Abdallah, Mahmoud Alaa, Seif Farouk Gaafar, Nasser Maher (7.5), Seifeddine Jaziri (7.0) and Travis Mutyaba.

Zamalek could not rely on the presence of Mostafa El Zenary (injured).

Substitutions

Zamalek made 3 changes: Mohamed Shehata for Seifeddine Jaziri (35′), Ibrahima Ndiaye for Mostafa El Zenary (54′) and Shikabala  for Nasser Maher (73′).

Player of the match: Zizo​

The most impressive player for Zamalek was Zizo.

His rating is 8.1 with 29 passes (97% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 18. He performed 9 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Future FC – Al Mokawloon – 2-2
• Ismaily – Zamalek – 0-0