Match Report
2 points and 1 places separated them: Ceramica Cleopatra 4th with 38, Al Ahly 3rd with 40. Ceramica Cleopatra ranked just 29th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Against a league average of 1.01 goals per team per game, Ceramica Cleopatra ran at 1.45 scored and 0.8 conceded, Al Ahly at 1.65 and 0.95.
Ceramica Cleopatra had drawn their last four. Al Ahly arrived off three straight defeats.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 0 Ceramica Cleopatra wins, 8 for Al Ahly, 0 draws, at 2.63 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 75% of the meetings won by the home side. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 63% of the meetings.
New Suez Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 27,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Ceramica Cleopatra led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Ceramica Cleopatra: Fagrie Lakay (39') · Al Ahly: Yasser Ibrahim (82')
Key stats
Possession: Ceramica Cleopatra 36% · Al Ahly 64% · Total shots: 5-24 · On target: 2-4 · Corners: 2-13