CAIRO. Eastern Company SC defeated Zamalek to win 2-1. It was Eastern Company SC to strike first with a goal of M. Naser at the 26′. Then scored again for Eastern Company SC in the ‘ minutea goal. Eventually, H. Ashraf reduced the distance for Zamalek (72’). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Cairo International Stadium stadium in Cairo on Tuesday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Ahmed Hamdi with the collaboration of Osama Abd Ellatif and Walid Hamid. The 4th official was Galal Ahmed. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27.4 degrees Celsius or 81.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
- 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
- 9 Total 12
- 3 On Target 6
- 6 Off Target 6
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 127 Attack 157
- 64 Dangerous attack 97
- 90 Ball safe 101
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 6
Fouls
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Zamalek was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Eastern Company SC that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Eastern Company SC was more pushing with 97 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Eastern Company SC won the match.
Zamalek shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Eastern Company SC shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Zamalek received 1 yellow card (M. Khodary). Talking about the opposition, Eastern Company SC didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Zamalek will stay with 77 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Eastern Company SC will have 33 points to remain in the 17th place.
Next matches
Zamalek – Formation
Zamalek
71'
42'
72'
Zamalek started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Manuel Jesualdo Ferreira decided to play with the following team: Mohamed Nadim, Mohamed Tarek, Marwan Hamdy, Ahmed Zaki, Mohamed Hossam, Ahmed Abdelrahim, Mohamed Khodary, Hatem Mohamed, Seif Farouk Gaafar, Marwan Hamdy, Youssef Osama Nabih and Hossam Ashraf.
The home team had on the bench: Ahmed Refai, El Sayed Ateya, Adham El Khawaga, Abdallah Gomaa, Maged Hany Abdel Rahman, Shikabala and Abdel Rahman Ali.
Substitutions
Zamalek made 4 changes: M. Hatem for M. Refai (46′), M. Besso for M. Hany (56′), M. Khodary for M. Khawaga (71′) and H. Abdelmoaty for A. Gomaa (77′).
Eastern Company SC – Formation
Eastern Company SC
Eastern Company SC started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Alaa Abdel Aal played with: Ahmed Busca, Hossam Hassan, Assem Saied, Ahmed Abdel Mawgod, Ahmed Dahesh, Ahmed Hamza, Mohamed Khalifa, Mody Naser, Mohamed Ramadan, Ahmed Meteb, Youssef Fathi.
They had on the bench: Adel Ibrahim, Youssef Magdy Abdel Ghani, Amr Hossam, Ahmed Heggy, Ahmed Temsah, Abdul Aziz Mousa, Omar Farouk Mira, Mohamed Anwar and Mahmoud Naim.
Substitutions
Eastern Company SC made 5 changes: A. Meteb for A. Heggy (46′), Y. Fathy for M. Anwar (46′), A. Hamza for Y. M. Abdelghani (64′), M. Khalifa for A. A. Mousa (64′) and M. Ramadan for M. Naim (78′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Zamalek – Eastern Company SC – 1-2
- Pyramids FC – El Gounah – 1-3
- National Bank of Egypt – ENPPI – 1-1
- Al Ahly – Ceramica Cleopatra – 4-0
- Al Mokawloon – Al Masry – 2-1
- Ghazl El Mehalla – Al Ittihad – 1-1
- Ismaily – El Geish – 0-1
- Smouha – Pharco – 0-0
