Wadi Degla vs National Bank of Egypt 1-1

Wadi Degla led through Omar Adly’s 15th-minute goal, then lost Seif Teka to a red card two minutes later, before National Bank of Egypt came back to claim a 1-1 draw through Salah Abd Etouab Bouchama in the 56th minute.

Adly gave the home side the lead in the 15th minute with the score moving to 1-0. That was the only goal before the interval, with Wadi Degla 1-0 up at half-time.

National Bank of Egypt levelled in the 56th minute when Bouchama scored after coming on in the 43rd minute, making it 1-1. The visitors had already made two changes in the 43rd minute and another two in the 52nd, and their pressure kept building after the break. Wadi Degla responded with changes in the 60th minute and two more in the 82nd, but they did not find a winner after going down to 10 men.

The numbers backed the away side’s share of the game. National Bank of Egypt had 64% of the ball, 443 passes to Wadi Degla’s 249, 17 shots to 8, 9 on target to 1 and 1.54 expected goals to 0.57, while Wadi Degla still forced 9 saves and had 2 corners to 4.

There were three yellow cards and one red. Ahmed Ayman was booked for Wadi Degla in the 5th minute, Mahmud El Gazzar and Mohamed Naser were booked for National Bank of Egypt in the 12th and 52nd minutes, and Seif Teka was sent off for Wadi Degla in the 17th minute.