Match Report
36 points for National Bank of Egypt (13th), 28 for Baladiyyat Al Mehalla (16th): an 8-point gap. Baladiyyat Al Mehalla had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 9th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Per game in the league, National Bank of Egypt were scoring 1.35 and conceding 1.32, Baladiyyat Al Mehalla 0.91 and 1.91, against a competition average of 1.19 goals per team per game.
M. El Banna took charge of the match — our records show 41 games refereed with an average of 1.6 yellow cards per game. The match was played at WE Al-Ahly Stadium in al-Qāhirah (capacity 30,000). On the scoreboard, National Bank of Egypt led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 5-0.