Al Ittihad overcomes Al Masry after recovering from a 2-1 deficit

BORG EL ARAB. Al Ittihad was capable to turn the tables against Al Masry.

By
Luke Meyer
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Al Ittihad overcomes Al Masry after recovering from a 2-1 deficit

BORG EL ARAB. Al Ittihad was capable to reverse the score against Al Masry. Al Masry was much superior in terms of ball possession (66%).​

Salah Mohsen received a red card (68′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Al Masry lost the match.

The match was played at the Borg El Arab Stadium stadium in Borg El Arab on Thursday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Abdelaziz El Sayed who was helped by Hany Abdelfattah Mahmoud Elsnadidy and Shehab Rashed. The 4th official was Ahmed Hamdi. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 20.67 degrees Celsius or 69.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Al Masry

2 - 3

Team 1

Al Ittihad

  • ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
  • 21 Total 13
  • 8 On Target 8
  • 9 Off Target 5
  • 4 Shots blocked 1
  • 111 Attack 97
  • 64 Dangerous attack 45
  • 90 Ball safe 83
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 6 Corners 5
  • 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
  • 15 Total 10
  • 2 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Al Masry was in firm control of the ball 66% while Al Ittihad was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Al Masry had a more offensive attitude with 64 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 8 were on target. Nevertheless, Al Ittihad was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Al Masry shot 21 times, 8 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Al Ittihad shot 13 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Al Masry received 2 yellow cards (Amr Moussa  and Karim El Eraki). Regarding the opposition, Al Ittihad received 1 yellow card (Mabululu).

(Al Masry) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (68′).

Match Timeline

Baher El Mohamady(own-goal)
2'
Karim El Eraki- Yellow
9'
15'
Mabululu(VAR)
Fakhreddine Ben Youssef(goal)
54'
Ghiles Guenaoui(goal)Mido Gaber
61'
65'
Bekale Aubame- sub ->Omar El Wahsh
65'
Naser Naser- sub ->Abdelghani Mohamed
65'
Islam Abou-Salima- sub ->Sherif Reda
Salah Mohsen- Red
68'
Salah Mohsen(VAR_CARD)
67'
74'
Benjamin Bernard Boateng(goal)Naser Naser
Mohamed El Shami- sub ->Ghiles Guenaoui
75'
84'
Ahmed Eid- sub ->Karim El Deeb
84'
Amr Saleh- sub ->Benjamin Bernard Boateng
Hassan Ali- sub ->Mootez Zaddem
85'
Samir Fekri- sub ->Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
85'
90'
Mabululu(penalty)
Amr Moussa - Yellow
90'
90'
Mabululu- Yellow
Islam Ateya- sub ->Baher El Mohamady
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Pyramids FC
38
17
Al Masry
34
19
ZED FC
33
20
ENPPI
29
20
Al Ittihad
29
19
Smouha
28
19
El Gounah
28
19
El Geish
27
17
Ceramica Cleopatra
25
18
Future FC
25
17
Al Ahly
24
12
Zamalek
21
13
Ismaily
19
20
Baladiyyat Al Mehalla
19
19
National Bank of Egypt
18
19
Pharco
13
18
Al Mokawloon
12
19
El Daklyeh
11
19

After this encounter, Al Masry stays with 27 points like Al Ittihad and ENPPI to sit in the 3rd place. On the other side, Al Ittihad will has 27 points like ENPPI and Al Masry to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

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

Al Masry – Formation

Al Masry
G
Mahmoud Gad 27.Egypt
7.9
D
Baher El Mohamady 2.Egypt
6.3
90'
D
Karim El Eraki 7.Egypt
6.4
9'
D
Amr Moussa  8.Egypt
6.4
90'
D
Amr El Saadawy 13.Egypt
6.8
M
Mahmoud Hamada 14.Egypt
6.7
M
Mido Gaber 22.Egypt
6.7
M
Ghiles Guenaoui 23.Algeria
8.1
75' Goals61'
M
Fakhreddine Ben Youssef 28.Tunisia
7.9
85' Goals54'
M
Mootez Zaddem 29.Tunisia
7.8
85'
F
Salah Mohsen 9.Egypt
6.0
68'
Substitutes
G
Essam Tharwat 16.Egypt
D
Mohamed Dabash 4.Egypt
D
Ahmed Eid 12.Egypt
M
Samir Fekri 6.Egypt
6.3
85'
M
Hassan Ali 10.Egypt
6.4
85'
M
Islam Ateya 15.Egypt
90'
M
Youssef El Gohary 24.Egypt
M
Amadou Djoulde Bah 35.Guinea
F
Mohamed El Shami 11.Egypt
6.8
75'

Al Masry adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ali Maher decided to play with the following team: Mahmoud Gad (7.9), Karim El Eraki (6.4), Baher El Mohamady (6.3), Amr Moussa  (6.4), Amr El Saadawy (6.8), Mahmoud Hamada (6.7), Mootez Zaddem (7.8), Mido Gaber (6.7), Ghiles Guenaoui (8.1), Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (7.9) and Salah Mohsen (6.0).

The home team had on the bench: Mohamed Dabash, Samir Fekri (6.3), Hassan Ali (6.4), Mohamed El Shami (6.8), Ahmed Eid, Islam Ateya, Essam Tharwat, Youssef El Gohary and Amadou Djoulde Bah.

Substitutions

Al Masry made 4 changes: Ghiles Guenaoui for Mohamed El Shami (75′), Mootez Zaddem for Hassan Ali (85′), Fakhreddine Ben Youssef for Samir Fekri (85′) and Baher El Mohamady for Islam Ateya (90′).

Player of the match: Ghiles Guenaoui​

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

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 41 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.

Al Ittihad – Formation

Al Ittihad
G
El Mahdi Soliman 1.Egypt
7.3
D
Mostafa Ibrahim 3.Egypt
7.0
D
Seif Teka 5.Tunisia
6.8
D
Karim El Deeb 17.Egypt
6.4
84'
D
Sherif Reda 22.Egypt
6.3
65'
M
Mabululu 9.Angola
7.5
90' Goals90'
M
Khaled El Ghandour  10.Egypt
7.3
M
Omar El Wahsh 12.Egypt
6.4
65'
M
Ahmed Adel 14.Egypt
7.7
M
Abdelghani Mohamed 21.Egypt
7.5
65'
M
Benjamin Bernard Boateng 27.Ghana
7.8
84' Goals74'
Substitutes
G
Omar Salah 16.Egypt
D
Amr Saleh 24.Egypt
6.8
84'
D
A. Hassane 37.Niger
M
Naser Naser 8.Egypt
7.0
65'
M
Riga 19.Egypt
M
Hany El Tamy 20.Egypt
M
Ahmed Eid 28.Egypt
7.0
84'
M
Islam Abou-Salima 30.Egypt
6.8
65'
F
Bekale Aubame 39.Gabon
7.0
65'

Also Al Ittihad adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Tarek El Ashri played with: El Mahdi Soliman (7.3), Mostafa Ibrahim (7.0), Seif Teka (6.8), Sherif Reda (6.3), Karim El Deeb (6.4), Khaled El Ghandour  (7.3), Abdelghani Mohamed (7.5), Ahmed Adel (7.7), Omar El Wahsh (6.4), Benjamin Bernard Boateng (7.8) and Mabululu (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Naser Naser (7.0), Omar Salah, Riga, Hany El Tamy, Amr Saleh (6.8), Ahmed Eid (7.0), Islam Abou-Salima (6.8), A. Hassane and Bekale Aubame (7.0).

Al Ittihad could not rely on the presence of Bekale Aubame (injured).

Substitutions

Al Ittihad made 5 changes: Abdelghani Mohamed for Naser Naser (65′), Sherif Reda for Islam Abou-Salima (65′), Omar El Wahsh for Bekale Aubame (65′), Karim El Deeb for Ahmed Eid (84′) and Benjamin Bernard Boateng for Amr Saleh (84′).

Player of the match: Benjamin Bernard Boateng​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Ittihad was Benjamin Bernard Boateng.

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 21 passes (65% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 11 duels out of 16.

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