CAIRO. Al Mokawloon bested Al Masry to win 2-1. It was Al Mokawloon to strike first with an early goal of F. Kabore at the 5′. Then J. Okoli scored again for Al Mokawloon in the 30′ minute. Eventually, A. A. Eldin reduced the distance for Al Masry (71′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Al Mokawloon capitalized on its better ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Arab Contractors Stadium stadium in Cairo on Tuesday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Mohamed El Hanafi with the help of Youssef Wahid Youssef Elbosaty and Ahmed Tawfik. The 4th official was Mohammad Sabahi.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 6 Total 11
- 4 On Target 4
- 2 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 86 Attack 144
- 27 Dangerous attack 77
- 98 Ball safe 89
- 1 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 7
Fouls
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Al Mokawloon was in firm control of the ball 56% while Al Masry was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Al Masry was more pushing with 77 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Al Mokawloon was able to find the solution to win this encounter.
Al Mokawloon shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Al Masry shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Al Mokawloon received 2 yellow cards (M. Aboul-Saoud and M. H. Hozian). On the opposite side, Al Masry received 1 yellow card (E. Eze).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Al Mokawloon will have 38 points like Al Masry, Al Ittihad and Ismaily to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Al Masry will stay with 38 points like Al Mokawloon, Al Ittihad and Ismaily to hold in the 10th place.
Next matches
Al Mokawloon – Formation
Al Mokawloon started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Shawky Garib decided to play with the following team: Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud, Amir Abed, Farouck Kabore, Omar Fayed, Mohamed Hozian, Youssef El Gohary, Ahmed El Shimi, Luis Hinestroza, Mohamed Magli, Mamadou Niass and John Okoli.
The home team had on the bench: Emad Fathy, Ahmed Ali, Ahmed Dawooda, Abdelrahman Khaled Gebna, Mohamed Hamdy Zaki, A. Yaisien, Hassan Mahmoud, Ahmed Bassiouny and Hassan El Shamy.
Substitutions
Al Mokawloon made 5 changes: M. Niass Ndiacko for M. Hamdi Zaki (46′), L. Hinestroza for A. Dawooda (82′), M. Hamdi Zaki for A. Khaled (82′), J. Okoli for Ahmed Ali (90′) and M. H. Hozian for H. El Shami (90′).
Al Masry – Formation
Al Masry started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Hossam Hassan Hussein played with: Essam Tharwat, Ahmed Alaa, Amr Moussa, Islam Abou-Salima, Karim El Eraki, Emeka Eze, Farid Shawky, Hassan Ali, Ahmed El Sheikh, Austin Amutu and Hussein Ragab.
These were the players on the bench: Islam Al Mazayen, Mohamed Shehata, Zyad Farag, Osama El Gazar, Amr Ahmed Abdelfattah, H. Ayouni, Mostafa Soltan, Mohamed Mohsen Hamdy and Mohamed Grendo.
Substitutions
Al Masry made 5 changes: S. A. El for M. Grendo (26′), K. El Eraki for A. A. Abdelfattah (43′), A. Amutu for Z. Farag (43′), M. Grendo for M. Soltan (89′) and A. A. Abdelfattah for O. Elshaal (89′).
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