Match Report
El Geish went into the game 9th in the table on 37 points; Al Masry sat 5th on 40 — a 3-point gap. Al Masry had been under-performing their position — 17th on five-round form against 5th in the table. In league terms the two rates read 0.54/0.77 for El Geish and 1/1.5 for Al Masry (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.01.
Four consecutive draws preceded this one for El Geish. Momentum sat with Al Masry, winners of their last three.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 El Geish win, 3 for Al Masry, 1 draw, at 1 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 0% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at New Suez Stadium in Suez (capacity 27,000). On the scoreboard, Al Masry led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-3.
Goal scorers
Al Masry: Salah Mohsen (12'), Mounder Temine (52'), Mohamed Makhlouf (87')