CAIRO. El Geish beats Al Ahly 1-0 after A. Samir scored just 1 goal (67′).
The match was played at the Cairo Military Academy Stadium stadium in Cairo on Saturday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Mohamed Abbas with the help of Ahmed El Far and Saleh Mohamed. The 4th official was Atef Hussein. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27.4 degrees Celsius or 81.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. El Geish was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Al Ahly that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Al Ahly was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, El Geish was able to find the solution to win this match.
El Geish shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Al Ahly shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
El Geish received 1 yellow card (). On the other side, Al Ahly received 2 yellow cards (A. S. Gharib and Nabil Mido).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, El Geish will have 53 points like Future FC to hold in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Al Ahly will stay with 67 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, El Geish will play away with Ismaily on the 30th of August with a 14-7 head to head statistic in favor of Ismaily (12 draws).
Al Ahly will host Ceramica Cleopatra on the 30th of August with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Al Ahly (1 draw).
El Geish – Formation
El Geish adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Tarek El Ashri decided to play with the following team: Mohamed Bassam, Mohamed Samir, Khaled Stouhi, Mohamed Khaled Awad, Hassan Magdy, Amr El Sisi, Mohanad Lasheen, Mohamed Nassef, Mido Gaber, Ali El Zahdi and Ahmed Samir Mohamed.
The home team had on the bench: Mohamed Shaaban, Abdel Rahman Osama, Mohamed El Sabahi, Ali Hamdy, Fares Hatem, Mohamed Shehata and Mohamed Gaber.
Substitutions
El Geish made 5 changes: A. Emad for M. Gaber (46′), A. El Zahdi for A. Rahman Osama (46′), M. Jaber for F. Hatem (64′), M. Nassef for M. K. Awad (64′) and A. Samir for M. Shehata (83′).
Al Ahly – Formation
Also Al Ahly adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
José Ricardo Soares Ribeiro played with: Mostafa Shobeir, Karim Fouad, Rami Rabia, Mohamed Ahmed Sharqieh, Ahmed Sayed Abdelnaby, Mido Nabil, Mohamed Fakhry, Mohamed Ashraf, Luis Jose Miquissone, Ahmed El Sayed and Ahmed Abdelkader.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ali Lotfi, Hamza Alaa, Hamdy Ali Ahmed, Amr El-Solia, Mohamed Mahmoud, Zeyad Tarek, Mohamed Nosseir, Raafat Khalil and Salah Mohsen.
Substitutions
Al Ahly made 4 changes: A. S. Gharib for Z. Tarek (70′), A. S. Gharib for M. Mahmoud (76′), M. Ashraf for K. Raafat (76′) and M. Sharqieh for A. Amr (83′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Eastern Company SC – National Bank of Egypt – 2-3
- Pharco – Ghazl El Mehalla – 1-1
- ENPPI – Ismaily – 2-0
- El Geish – Al Ahly – 1-0