CAIRO. Zamalek conquered Al Ahly to win 2-1. S. Jaziri was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Zamalek to strike first with a goal of Seifeddine Jaziri at the 44′. Then it was a goal in the 73′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Seifeddine Jaziri gave the win to Zamalek in the 86′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Al Ahly lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Cairo International Stadium stadium in Cairo on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Ibrahim Nour El Din with the help of Samy Halhal and Heni Abdelfattah. The 4th official was Ahmed Ghandour. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was hot at 26.97 degrees Celsius or 80.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Al Ahly was in firm control of the ball 56% while Zamalek was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Ahly was more pushing with 66 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Zamalek found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Zamalek shot 9 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Al Ahly shot 8 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Zamalek didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Al Ahly received 2 yellow cards (Karim Nedved and Mohamed Abdelmonem).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Zamalek has 21 points like Al Ahly, Future FC and El Geish to sit in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Al Ahly will stays with 21 points like Zamalek, Future FC and El Geish to hold in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Zamalek will play away against Ceramica Cleopatra on the 2nd of January with a 6-0 head to head stats in favor of Zamalek (0 draws).
Zamalek – Formation
Zamalek
46'
22'
44', 86'
Zamalek adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager José Manuel Martins Teixeira Gomes decided to play with the following team: Mohamed Awad , Omar Gaber , Hamza Mathlouthi , Hossam Abdelmaguid , Ahmed Fatouh , Abdallah Said , Ahmed Hamdi , Nabil Dunga , Nasser Maher , Seifeddine Jaziri and Zizo .
The home team had on the bench: Yaser Hamed, Mostafa El Zenary , Nasser Mansy, Mohamed Shehata , Sayed Abdallah , Seif Farouk Gaafar , Samson Akinyoola, Moaz Alaa and T. Mutyaba .
Zamalek could not rely on the presence of T. Mutyaba (injured).
Substitutions
Zamalek made 5 changes: Zizo for T. Mutyaba (18′), Ahmed Fatouh for Mostafa El Zenary (46′), Nasser Maher for Seif Farouk Gaafar (80′), Ahmed Hamdi for Mohamed Shehata (65′) and Abdallah Said for Sayed Abdallah (66′).
Player of the match: Seifeddine Jaziri
The player that probably impressed the most for Zamalek was Seifeddine Jaziri.
His rating is with 2 goals, 16 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 12.
Al Ahly – Formation
Al Ahly
Also Al Ahly adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Marcel Koller played with: Mostafa Shobeir , Mohamed Hany , Rami Rabia , Mohamed Abdelmonem , Ali Maâloul , Karim Nedved , Afsha , Ahmed Koka , Omar Kamal , A. Modeste and Taher Mohamed .
They had on the bench: Mahmoud Metwaly, Kahraba, Akram Tawfik, W. Abou Ali , Ahmed Abdelkader , R. Slim , Amr El Soleya , Mahmoud El Zanfaly and Karim El Debes.
Substitutions
Al Ahly made 5 changes: A. Modeste for W. Abou Ali (46′), Mohamed Hany for Ahmed Abdelkader (70′), Ahmed Koka for Kahraba (90′), Taher Mohamed for R. Slim (46′) and Karim Nedved for Amr El Soleya (46′).
Player of the match: Ahmed Abdelkader
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Al Ahly was Ahmed Abdelkader.
His rating is with 1 goal, 17 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 1 duel out of 3.
His performance was fantastic also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 70′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Al Mokawloon – Pyramids FC – 0-2
- Zamalek – Al Ahly – 2-1
