The goalless draw was decided as a result of the first half between the Ismaili and Mahalla Municipality teams in the match that currently brings the two teams together at the Ismailia Stadium in the 15th round of the Egyptian Premier League competition “League.” Nile“.
First half events
The first half witnessed complete control by the players of the Ismaily team and pressure on the defense of the Mahalla Municipality team without threatening the goal. In the 41st minute, Hossam Ashraf, the striker of the Municipality team, fell inside the penalty area. Due to the obstruction of Mohamed Abdel Moneim, the Dervishes goalkeeper, and the referee withdrew from counting it after returning to the VAR technique due to the reason of offside.
The Ismaili team, led by Ihab Galal, played the match with the following formation:
Goalkeeper: Ahmed Adel Abdel Moneim
Defense: Hatem Sukkar, Mohamed Desouky, Mohamed Ammar, Issam Sobhi.
Midfield: Omar Al-Saei, Hisham Mohamed, Mohamed Bayoumi.
Attack: Eric Traoré, Nader Faraj, Ali Al-Malwani.
While the formation of the Mahalla Municipality team, led by Ahmed Abdel Raouf, includes:
Goalkeeper: Ahmed Hussein
Defense line: Alaa Marcelo – Mohamed Saber – Ahmed Reda – Hisham Hafez
Midfield: Mohamed Amisi – Majed Hani – Mohamed Adel Amo – Islam Marzouk – Enoch
Offensive line: Hossam Ashraf
Ranking of the Ismaily team and the Mahalla municipality
Ismaily occupies thirteenth place in the league standings with 13 points after the Dervishes played 13 matches, winning 3 matches, drawing 4 matches and losing 6 matches. Its players scored 12 goals and conceded 15 goals..
On the other hand, Mahalla Municipality occupies 14th place with 13 points after playing 14 matches, winning 3 matches, drawing 4 matches, and losing 7 matches, and its players scored 17 goals and conceded 31 goals.