Match Report
Al-Ittihad went into the game 1st in the table on 12 points; Al-Magd sat 5th on 4 — an 8-point gap. On recent form Al-Magd sat only 29th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Against a league average of 1.16 goals per team per game, Al-Ittihad ran at 2 scored and 0.75 conceded, Al-Magd at 1 and 1.
Al-Ittihad's unbeaten run stood at 8, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Al-Ittihad had banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Al-Magd, 5.
11 June Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 67,000. On the scoreboard, Al-Ittihad led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.
Goal scorers
Al-Ittihad: Ahmed Al-Bizi (5'), Ahmed Al-Bizi (53')