Match Report
Baladiyyat Al Mehalla went into the game 16th in the table on 28 points; Ismaily sat 14th on 33 — a 5-point gap. The last five rounds placed Baladiyyat Al Mehalla 9th in the league for form — higher than their 16th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Baladiyyat Al Mehalla 0.91 scored and 1.91 conceded per game, Ismaily 0.97 and 1.26, with the league averaging 1.19.
Baladiyyat Al Mehalla had gone 9 games without a win.
El Mahalla Stadium in El-Mahalla El-Kubra staged the fixture, a ground that holds 29,000. With 19 matches recorded and 2.4 yellow cards per game, N. Kamar was the man in the middle. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 4-2 full-time score.