ALEXANDRIA. Al Ahly was ultimately too much to handle for Al Ittihad with the goal of A. Sayed was the key of the match after he scored in the 35th and 47th minute. Ahmed Sayed (35′), Zeyad Tarek (44′) and Ahmed Sayed (47′).

The match was played at the Alexandria Stadium stadium in Alexandria on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Ibrahim Noureddine with the support of Youssef Wahid Youssef Elbosaty and Ahmed Tawfik Teleb Ali. The 4th official was Ahmed Naji.

Match Statistics​

Al Ittihad

0 - 3

Al Ahly

  • 0 Ball Possession 0
Shots
  • 8 Total 8
  • 3 On Target 5
  • 5 Off Target 3
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 111 Attack 77
  • 48 Dangerous attack 28
  • 77 Ball safe 94
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 4
Fouls
  • 6 Yellow Cards 2
  • 1 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Al Ittihad was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Al Ahly that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Al Ittihad was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Al Ahly managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Al Ittihad shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Al Ahly shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Al Ittihad received 6 yellow cards (Hisham Saleh, Mohamed Abdel Monsef, M. Salifu, S. Simporé, Ahmed Elkalamawy and Ibrahim Hassan). On the opposite side, Al Ahly received 2 yellow cards (Mohamed Abdelmonem and P. Tau).

M. Salifu (Al Ittihad) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (69′).

Match Timeline

Hesham Salah- Yellow
24'
35'
37'
44'
47'
Salifu Moro- Yellow
52'
55'
Ahmed Adel- Yellow
58'
Elsayed Salem- sub ->Mahmoud Shabana
62'
Fawzi El Henawy- sub ->B. Boateng
62'
65'
P. Tau- sub ->Ahmed Sayed
65'
66'
66'
Salifu Moro(yellowred)
69'
71'
Mohamed Abdelmonem- Yellow
76'
Mohamed Hossam Elnagar- sub ->A. Dieng
82'
Abdelghani Mohamed- sub ->Marwan Attia
82'
83'
Mohamed Hany- sub ->Mohamed Fakhry
Karim El Deeb- sub ->Ibrahim Hassan
83'
90'
P. Tau- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Zamalek
77
34
Pyramids FC
71
34
Al Ahly
70
34
Future FC
56
34
El Geish
56
34
Smouha
47
34
National Bank of Egypt
46
34
Pharco
42
34
ENPPI
39
34
Al Masry
38
34
Al Mokawloon
38
34
Al Ittihad
38
34
Ismaily
38
34
Ceramica Cleopatra
37
34
Ghazl El Mehalla
36
34
El Gounah
36
34
Eastern Company SC
33
34
Misr Lel Makasa
15
34

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Al Ittihad will play away with Ismaily on the 11th of August with a 15-6 head to head statistic in favor of Ismaily (9 draws).

Al Ahly will play away agasint Eastern Company SC on the 20th of August with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Al Ahly (0 draws).

Al Ittihad – Formation

Al Ittihad
G
M. Ahmed 1.Egypt
37'
D
Abdallah Nasib 31.Jordan
D
Mahmoud Shabana 4.Egypt
62'
D
Hesham Salah 7.Egypt
24'
M
Salifu Moro 18.Ghana
69'
M
Sabri Rahil 6.Egypt
M
S. Simporé 28.Burkina Faso
55'
M
Ahmed Adel 14.Egypt
82' 58'
M
Marwan Ateya 20.Egypt
82'
F
Ibrahim Hassan 2.Egypt
83' 65'
F
Benjamin Bernard Boateng 27.Ghana
62'
Substitutes
G
Sobhi Soliman 33.Egypt
D
Elsayed Salem 13.Egypt
62'
D
Karim Yehia 24.Egypt
D
Fawzi El Henawy 11.Egypt
62'
M
Nader Ramadan 12.Egypt
M
A. Nabil 8.Egypt
82'
M
Karim El Deeb 17.Egypt
83'
M
Abdelghani Mohamed 34.Egypt
82'
F
A. Rashed 22.Egypt

Al Ittihad adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Emad El Nahhas decided to play with the following team: Mohamed Abdel Monsef, Abdallah Nasib, Saidou Simpore, Mahmoud Shabana, Hesham Salah, Salifu Moro, Marwan Attia, Sabri Rahil, Ibrahim Hassan, Benjamin Bernard Boateng and Ahmed Adel.

The home team had on the bench: Nader Ramadan, Elsayed Salem, Karim Yehia, Sobhy Soliman, Ahmed Nabil, Karim El Deeb, Ahmed Rashed, Fawzi El Henawy and Abdelghani Mohamed.

Substitutions

Al Ittihad made 5 changes: Mahmoud Shabana for El Sayed Salem (62′), B. Boateng for Fawzi El Henawi (62′), Ahmed Elkalamawy for Ahmed Nabil Manga (82′), Marwan Attia for Abdel Ghani Mohamed (82′) and Ibrahim Hassan for Karim El Deeb (83′).

Al Ahly – Formation

Al Ahly
G
Aly Lotfy 16.Egypt
D
Rami Rabia 5.Egypt
D
Karim Fouad 28.Egypt
D
Mohamed Abdelmonem 24.Egypt
71'
D
Mahmoud Metwaly 4.Egypt
M
Mohamed Ashraf 44.Egypt
M
Aliou Dieng 15.Mali
76'
M
Mohamed Mahmoud 22.Egypt
66'
M
Mohamed Fakhry 43.Egypt
83'
M
Zeyad Tarek 45.Egypt
66' 44'
M
Ahmed Sayed 32.Egypt
65' 35', 47'
Substitutes
G
Mostafa Shobeir 31.Egypt
D
Mohamed Hany 30.Egypt
83'
M
Mohamed Nosseir 40.Egypt
M
Mohamed Hossam Elnagar 50.Egypt
76'
M
Amar Hamdy 47.Egypt
F
P. Tau 23.South Africa
65' 90'
F
Luís Miquissone 29.Mozambique
F
Salah Mohsen 18.Egypt
66'
F
Hossam Hassan 9.Egypt

Also Al Ahly adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

José Ricardo Soares Ribeiro played with: Ali Lotfi, Rami Rabia, Mahmoud Metwaly, Mohamed Abdelmonem, Karim Fouad, Aliou Dieng, Mohamed Mahmoud, Muhammad Bakri, Zeyad Tarek, Ahmed El Sayed and Hamdi Fathi.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Percy Tau, Luis Jose Miquissone, Salah Mohsen, Mohamed Nosseir, Ahmed Nabil Kouka, Mostafa Shobeir, Hossam Hassan, Mohamed Hany and Ammar Hamdy.

Substitutions

Al Ahly made 5 changes: Ahmed Sayed for P. Tau (65′), Zeyad Tarek for Salah Mohsen (66′), Mohamed Mahmoud for Mohamed Sherif (66′), A. Dieng for Mido El Nagar (76′) and Mohamed Fakhry for Mohamed Hany (83′).

Results of the day

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