Zamalek SC vs El Mokawloon 2-1

Zamalek SC beat El Mokawloon 2-1 after two second-half goals. Mohamed Ahmad Hamad Shehata, who came on in the 45th minute, set them on their way straight after the restart, and Chico Banza sealed it late on.

The first half ended 0-0. Zamalek were booked early when Mohamed Shehata was cautioned in the 2nd minute.

Shehata opened the scoring in the 46th minute, finishing from Oday Dabbagh after replacing Ahmed Abdel Rahim at the break. Zamalek doubled their lead in the 57th minute when Omar Gaber scored an own goal to make it 2-0. El Mokawloon made two changes in the 78th minute and two more in the 86th, but Zamalek kept their lead and added a third in the 88th, when Chico Banza scored from Mohamed Ahmad Hamad Shehata, who had come on in the 45th minute, to make it 3-0.

Zamalek had 53% of the possession and 368 passes to El Mokawloon’s 324, while the visitors had 8 corners to Zamalek’s 5. The away side also finished with 12 fouls to 10 and 2 offsides to Zamalek’s none, but the home side left with the result.

There were five yellow cards in total. Zamalek had four of them, for Mohamed Shehata in the 2nd minute, Hossam Ashraf in the 69th, Chico Banza in the 77th and Ahmed Sherif in the 81st minute. El Mokawloon’s Mohamed Abdelnasser was booked in the 61st minute. There were no red cards.