Ceramica Cleopatra vs Masr 2-1

Ceramica Cleopatra came from behind to beat Masr 2-1 at Cairo International Stadium after late goals from Mohamed Reda and Khaled Al-Nabris turned the match around. Masr had led from the 52nd minute until stoppage time.

The first half ended goalless after a yellow card for Masr’s Mahmoud Ali Sayed Elaraby in the 18th minute and a pair of changes at the interval, with Ceramica Cleopatra sending on Justice Arthur for Ahmed Hany and Masr bringing on Marwan Mohamed Marzouk for Sameh Ibrahim. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Masr went in front in the 52nd minute when Rafaat Khalil scored from Abdelrahman Hassan El Banouby’s assist for 1-0, and they briefly had a penalty overturned by VAR in the 57th minute when Tarek Alaa’s spot-kick was cancelled. Ceramica Cleopatra made two changes in the 61st minute and levelled in the 86th minute through Mohamed Reda, who had come on in the 61st minute, from Ahmed Ramadan’s pass. In the sixth minute of stoppage time, Khaled Al-Nabris, who had come on in the 83rd minute, finished from Ahmed Belhadji to make it 2-1.

Ceramica Cleopatra had 62% of the ball and 491 passes to Masr’s 289, while also edging shots on target 4-3. Masr had more shots, 15 to 13, more corners, 4 to 2, and a better xG return at 1.63 to 0.83, but they also committed 21 fouls to Ceramica Cleopatra’s 10.

Masr were booked twice, with Mahmoud Ali Sayed Elaraby shown a yellow card in the 18th minute and Mostafa Saad Abdallah Sayed booked in the 86th minute. Ceramica Cleopatra’s only booking went to Khaled Al-Nabris in the seventh minute of stoppage time after he scored.