Al-Ahly club achieved a precious victory this evening, Thursday, against the Al-Masry team from Port Said, with a score of 2-0, in the match that was held at Burj Al-Arab Stadium, within the matches of the sixth round of the Egyptian Premier League.
Yahya Atiyatallah scored in the 39th minute from a free kick, before Mohamed Magdy Afsha added the second goal in the 90th + 6th minute to score 3 important points in the Egyptian League campaign.
With this result, Al-Ahly reaches the 11th point in second place in the Egyptian League table, behind Zamalek Club, which also collected 11 points, but from 6 matches played, while the red team played only 5 matches.
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5 teams in the lead
If we look at the Egyptian League standings, we will find that Zamalek is in the lead due to the goal difference it achieved after the first 6 matches, as the white team players scored 12 goals and conceded 6 goals as well.
As for Al-Ahly, after 5 matches, they scored only 9 goals and conceded 6 goals as well. Although the goal difference between Al-Ahly and Zamalek is 6 goals, Zamalek is tipped to be in the lead due to its players scoring more goals.
The same thing happened for Pyramids, Ceramica and Al-Masry, each of whom collected 11 points after the first 6 matches, but the goal difference favored Zamalek and then Al-Ahly in first place and in second place.
League summit schedule
1- Zamalek (11 points)… scored 12 goals and conceded 6 goals.
2- Al-Ahly (11 points)… scored 9 goals and conceded 3 goals.
3- Pyramids (11 points)… scored 10 goals and conceded 5 goals.
4- Ceramica (11 points)… scored 10 points and conceded 8 goals.
5- Al-Masry (11 points)… scored 4 goals and conceded two goals.