Premier League: Al Ahly conquers El Gounah 2-0 on Sunday
AL-QāHIRAH. Al Ahly overcomes El Gounah with a 2-0 win with a goal from R. Rabia (73') and a penalty scored by A. Maaloul (77').
AL-QāHIRAH. Al Ahly defeats El Gounah with a 2-0 win with a goal from R. Rabia (73′) and a penalty scored by A. Maaloul (77′). Al Ahly was vastly superior ball possession (66%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the WE Al-Ahly Stadium stadium in al-Qāhirah on Sunday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Ibrahim Nour El Din who had the assistance of Hesham El Dessoky and Emad Al Akkad. The 4th official was Mohammed Yousef. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot around 32.8 degrees Celsius or 91.09 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 11%.
Match Statistics
Al Ahly was in firm control of the ball 66% while El Gounah was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Al Ahly was more aggressive with 91 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Al Ahly won the contest.
Al Ahly shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, El Gounah shot 4 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Al Ahly received 1 yellow card (A. El Solia). On the other side, El Gounah received 1 yellow card (M. Abdel Gawad).
After playing this contest, Al Ahly will have 22 points like Smouha to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, El Gounah will stay with 14 points like Al Ittihad to stay in the 8th place.
Match Events
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36'36'
M. Abdel Gawad
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46'46'
A. Ashraf
M. Abdelmonem
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58'58'
A. El Solia
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66'66'
M. Hany
A. El Solia
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66'66'
S. Mohsen
K. Fouad
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72'72'
S. Bekele
K. Kamar
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72'72'
N. Naser
M. Shabrawy
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73'73'
R. Rabia
A. Maaloul
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77'77'
A. Maaloul (Penalty)
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82'82'
M. Wahid
A. Maaloul
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84'84'
W. Soliman
H. Hassan
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86'86'
I. Abdelnaim
K. Tarek
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86'86'
A. Randrianantenaina
D. Edeh
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90'90'
A. Kyambadde
I. Mohareb
Next match
In the upcoming Premier League match, Al Ahly will play away against Misr Lel Makasa on the 27th of July with a 15-2 head to head stats in favor of Al Ahly (4 draws).
El Gounah will host Ismaily on the 28th of July with a 6-4 head to head stats in favor of Ismaily (4 draws).
Al Ahly: Formation and Lineups
Al Ahly adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager José Ricardo Soares Ribeiro chose to play with the following team: Mohamed El-Shenawy, Rami Rabia, Mohamed Abdelmonem, Yasser Ibrahim, Ali Maâloul, Mohamed Magdy Afsha, Hamdi Fathi, Karim Fouad, Amr El-Solia, Hossam Hassan and Ahmed Abdelkader.
Substitutes
Al Ahly made 5 changes: M. Abdelmonem for A. Ashraf (46′), A. El Solia for M. Hany (66′), K. Fouad for S. Mohsen (66′), A. Maaloul for M. Wahid (82′) and H. Hassan for W. Soliman (84′).
El Gounah: Formation and Lineups
Also El Gounah adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the opposite side, Talaat Youssef played with: Emad El-Sayed, Mohamed Abdelgawad, Mahmoud El-Gazzar, Mohamed Naguib, Amr Saadawy, Seif El Agouz, Daniel Edeh, Islam Mohareb, Mahmoud Shabrawy, Khaled Kamar and Karim Tarek.
Substitutes
El Gounah made 5 changes: K. Kamar for S. Bekele (72′), M. Shabrawy for N. Naser (72′), K. Tarek for I. Abdelnaim (86′), D. Edeh for A. Randrianantenaina (86′) and I. Mohareb for A. Kyambadde (90′).
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