Al Ahly beat Abou Qir Semad 2-0 in the Premier League Regular Season fifth round on Tuesday evening. The hosts kept their unbeaten run intact while the visitors extended a difficult spell. The result leaves Al Ahly top of the table with 13 points from five games, and Abou Qir Semad still rooted to 17th place on three points.
Zizo Sayed opened the scoring in the 16th minute, and the goal shifted the rhythm of the match. Al Ahly pressed forward with more confidence after that, while Abou Qir Semad struggled to find their footing. To be fair, the visitors had moments but could not convert them into real chances.
The second goal came late, in the 90th minute plus three, when Hussein El Shahat finished off a move. By then the game was already decided, but it added a clean end to the evening. Al Ahly saw the game out without panic, keeping possession and limiting any late threat.
And here's the thing about the pre-match thinking: we had backed the home side with 48 per cent confidence, and the result followed that reading. The hosts have the deeper squad and showed it in the second half when fresh legs came off the bench. Substitutions at the 67th minute brought Mohamed Camara and Omar Ibrahim on, and the team cut them open at will from that point.
The statistics back up the flow of the match. Al Ahly held 58 per cent possession and created 1.98 expected goals, while Abou Qir Semad managed 0.55. The hosts registered 24 shots to five, with nine on target compared to three. They also won more aerial duels in the air, though both sides level at 21 in that category.
Discipline was not perfect for either side. Five yellow cards were shown in total, with Omar El Saeey and Mohamed Dabash among the first bookings. The table gap now stands at ten points, and while there is still a long season ahead, Al Ahly have opened a comfortable cushion.
