Match Report
11 points for Al Ahly (2nd), 12 for Etoile du Sahel (1st): a 1-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Etoile du Sahel: only 5th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. In league terms the two rates read 1.17/0.67 for Al Ahly and 1.33/0.5 for Etoile du Sahel (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.06.
Al Ahly carried a 10-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 10 consecutive games. Etoile du Sahel arrived on a run of four straight wins.
Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, capacity 30,000, hosted the game. Al Ahly led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.


