El Gouna FC vs Smouha SC 0-2

Smouha SC left El Gouna Stadium with a 2-0 win after two late goals and a red card that left El Gouna FC a man down from the 38th minute. Pape Abasse Badji broke the deadlock in the 82nd minute and Fady Farid added the second four minutes later.

The first half finished goalless, but a VAR review in the 38th minute upgraded Saber Ashraf El Shimi's booking to a red card. El Gouna then made a change in the 45th minute, sending on Marwan Essam for Mohamed Reda before the break arrived at 0-0.

Smouha kept control after the interval and used their bench to keep the pressure on. Mohamed Farouk was replaced by Attidjikou Samadou in the 59th minute, then Smouha made two changes in the 70th minute, with Fady Farid among those introduced. Badji, who had come on in the 70th minute, scored in the 82nd minute from Fady Farid's assist to make it 1-0, and Farid, who had come on in the 70th minute, sealed it in the 86th minute from Abdelrahman Amer's pass. El Gouna also made two changes in the 68th minute, then another in the 75th, but they did not find a way back.

The numbers backed Smouha's edge. They had 65% of the possession, 457 passes to El Gouna's 249, and 15 shots to 8, with 4 on target to 1. Smouha also finished with 7 corners to 5 and 0.82 expected goals to 0.4, while El Gouna's two saves came against Smouha's none.

Discipline was central to the match. Saber Ashraf El Shimi was sent off in the 38th minute after the VAR review, while Mohamed Farouk and Marwan Mohsen were booked for Smouha and El Gouna respectively.