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Coca-Cola — Ghazl El Mehalla, Premier League

Premier League
Coca-Cola D23 May · Home Ghazl El Mehalla · 0:0L29 May · Away El Mokawloon · 1:3D23 Aug · Away El Gouna · 1:1W27 Aug · Home Ghazl El Mehalla · 2:0L2 Sep · Away Cerâmica Cleopatra · 0:2W9 Sep · Home Wadi Degla · 2:1
2:0
Finished

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Ghazl El Mehalla D23 May · Away Coca-Cola · 0:0W29 May · Home Haras El Hodood · 4:2L22 Aug · Home Al Assiouty Sport · 0:3L27 Aug · Away Coca-Cola · 0:2D1 Sep · Home Enppi · 0:0L7 Sep · Away National Bank of Egypt · 1:3
Venue: Al Salam Stadium City: Cairo

Match report

Coca-Cola Edge Gazl-el-Mahalla in Tight Encounter

Coca-Cola secured a 2:0 victory over Gazl-el-Mahalla in the Premier League's second round of the regular season on Thursday. The hosts took all three points after a match decided by two second-half goals, extending their unbeaten run to eight across all competitions. To be fair, the result didn't tell the whole story of a game where the visitors held more possession but struggled to cut through. The opening half produced little of note, with both sides making changes at the break. M. Mosaad and S. Kibou came on for Coca-Cola and Gazl-el-Mahalla respectively in the 46th minute, while M. Abdelsalam replaced another Gazl-el-Mahalla player in the 57th. The pattern held until the 69th minute when G. Mohamed received a yellow card, one of only two bookings in the match. And here's the thing — the goals came in quick succession in the final quarter. A. Mostafa worked his way clear to fire home in the 78th minute, then M. Mamdouh doubled the advantage with eight minutes remaining. Both goalscorers were substituted shortly after, replaced by G. Mohamed and M. Mamdouh in the 87th minute, though the lineup data shows some overlap there. Four more substitutions were made in the 73rd minute alone, suggesting tactical reshuffling rather than injury. The statistics tell a familiar tale. Gazl-el-Mahalla dominated possession at 55 per cent and completed 346 passes compared to Coca-Cola's 278, but they managed only one shot on target from eight attempts off target. Coca-Cola, meanwhile, hit four targets from ten misses and pinned the visitors back inside their own penalty area with 13 shots inside the box. Shots accuracy sat at 0.24 for the hosts against 0.09 for the visitors — a gap that反映了 the clinical edge. The result moves Coca-Cola to seven points in the table after two games, while Gazl-el-Mahalla remain rooted to 19th place with just one point from three matches. The hosts have kept their side in contention with a record of one win and one draw, whereas the visitors have suffered two defeats already. This was a different encounter to their 0:0 draw earlier in the season, when neither side could find a way through. What mattered here was efficiency over control. Coca-Cola converted their chances when it counted, and Gazl-el-Mahalla couldn't punish the visitors for sitting deeper. The goal difference now sits at +2 for Coca-Cola and -2 for Gazl-el-Mahalla, and that margin may prove decisive as the season unfolds.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 45 – 55.00
Shots on target 4 – 1
Shots off target 10 – 8
Corners 0 – 4

Match events

  1. 46' 0:0 Coca-Cola Substitution M. Mosaad off: A. Eba
  2. 46' 0:0 Ghazl El Mehalla Substitution S. Kibou off: M. Ashraf
  3. 57' 0:0 Ghazl El Mehalla Substitution M. Abdelsalam off: Armoosha
  4. 69' 0:0 Coca-Cola Yellow card G. Mohamed
  5. 73' 0:0 Coca-Cola Substitution M. Sabry off: A. Mostafa
  6. 73' 0:0 Coca-Cola Substitution M. Ephson off: Tito
  7. 73' 0:0 Ghazl El Mehalla Substitution A. Shika off: A. Yasser
  8. 73' 0:0 Ghazl El Mehalla Substitution Hazem El Askry off: A. Gomaa
  9. 78' 1:0 Coca-Cola Goal A. Mostafa assist: M. Mamdouh
  10. 84' 1:0 Ghazl El Mehalla Substitution M. Toure off: B. Walid
  11. 86' 2:0 Coca-Cola Goal M. Mamdouh assist: Tito
  12. 87' 2:0 Coca-Cola Substitution G. Mohamed off: K. Reda
  13. 87' 2:0 Coca-Cola Substitution M. Mamdouh off: A. R. Rizk
  14. 89' 2:0 Ghazl El Mehalla Yellow card Y. Zakaria

Statistics

45 Possession, % 55.00
4 Shots on target 1
10 Shots off target 8
0 Corners 4
12 Fouls 11
0 Offsides 1
1 Yellow cards 1
All statistics
3 Blocked shots 2
49 Failed passes 63
1 Goalkeeper saves 2
0.24 Shot accuracy 0.09
4 Shots from outside the box 4
13 Shots inside the box 7
278 Successful passes 346
327 Total passes 409

Line-ups

Coca-Cola

Starting XI
# Player number
99 Mostafa Makhlouf 99
3 Mohamed Ahmed Sharqieh 3
11 Walid Mostafa 11
20 Mahmoud El Halawani 20
77 Ali Fawzi 77
8 M. Sabri 8
9 M. Mamadouh 9
12 Ahmed Youssef 12
19 M. Musaad 19
27 Ghanam Mohamed Ghanam Abdalla 27
29 Michael Ephson 29
Substitutes
# Player number
18 Mahmoud El Zonfoly 18
4 Khaled Reda 4
5 Tarek Mohamed 5
14 Ahmed Mostafa Taher 14
22 Ali Mahmoud Mahmoud Fouad Zaza 22
38 Arnold Eba 38
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Ghazl El Mehalla

Starting XI
# Player number
16 Amer Mohamed 16
3 Ahmed Mahmoud Abdelkader 3
4 Ahmed Shousha 4
12 Yehia Zakaria 12
23 Fares Nechat Djabri 23
8 Moaz Abdel Salam 8
17 Abdel Rahman Shika 17
20 M. Toure 20
41 Kibud Saidi 41
63 Abdel Kader Yehia 63
99 Hazem Mohamed 99
Substitutes
# Player number
25 Mohamed Koko 25
10 Bassam Walid 10
66 Abdel Rahman Rashdan 66
5 A. Sheta 5
19 Mohamed Armousha 19
44 Ahmed Yasser 44
7 Mohamed Ashraf 7
30 A. Gomaa 30
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D23 May · Home Ghazl El Mehalla · 0:0L29 May · Away El Mokawloon · 1:3D23 Aug · Away El Gouna · 1:1W27 Aug · Home Ghazl El Mehalla · 2:0L2 Sep · Away Cerâmica Cleopatra · 0:2W9 Sep · Home Wadi Degla · 2:1

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D23 May · Away Coca-Cola · 0:0W29 May · Home Haras El Hodood · 4:2L22 Aug · Home Al Assiouty Sport · 0:3L27 Aug · Away Coca-Cola · 0:2D1 Sep · Home Enppi · 0:0L7 Sep · Away National Bank of Egypt · 1:3

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