Match Report
2 points and 2 places separated them: Al Masry 5th with 40, Ghazl El Mehalla 7th with 38. On recent form Ghazl El Mehalla sat only 38th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. In league terms the two rates read 1/1.5 for Al Masry and 1.15/0.85 for Ghazl El Mehalla (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.01.
Ghazl El Mehalla carried an 8-game unbeaten run into this.
New Suez Stadium in Suez staged the fixture, a ground that holds 27,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Al Masry: Salah Mohsen (4'), Salah Mohsen (51') · Ghazl El Mehalla: Ahmed Shousha (45')