Match Report
El Zarqa, 14th on 22 points, faced a 24-point deficit to Sporting Alexandria (6th, 46). Sporting Alexandria's recent output outran their position: 2nd on form over five rounds, 6th in the table. Per game in the league, El Zarqa were scoring 0.83 and conceding 1.63, Sporting Alexandria 1.47 and 0.9, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Sporting Alexandria in 5 games.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 6 more goals closed it at 1-5.