Keramika Cleopatra moved to six points at Regular Season - 4 of the Premier League after a 2:0 win over Smouha on 2026-09-08 at 17:00. The visitors took control with two second-half goals and saw two first-half efforts ruled out for Smouha. By then the result was already shaping into what it would become.
And here's the thing about watching Smouha this season — you notice the pattern before the scoreboard confirms it. They lost 0:1 to Al-Ahly on 3 September, drew 0:0 with Asut Petroleum, and went down 0:1 to Al-Masri. Three games, one point, 18th place. To be fair, Keramika had their own concerns, losing 1:2 to Olympique El-Kanaah before back-to-back wins against Coca-Cola and Al-Ittihad.
The opening goal came at 49 minutes when Samir El Eraki found the net. Smouha had already seen Pape Abasse Badji's effort cancelled by VAR at the 1st minute and Marwan Otaka's attempt ruled out at 41. Two yellow cards — Ahmed Ramadan and Pape Abasse Badji — had arrived at 14 minutes, followed by Samir Fekri's booking at 19. The hosts had 48% possession and 103 attacks but created zero big chances.
Eight minutes later Hussein El Sayed doubled Keramika's advantage at 57. Smouha's goalkeeper made just one save while their attack managed only three shots on target from nine attempts. By comparison, Keramika registered three shots on target from four attempts with 60% accuracy. The visitors had one big chance created compared to Smouha's zero, and their expected goals figure of 0.55 sat comfortably below the host's 0.62.
Substitutions began at 63 minutes when Nejc Gradisar came on for Smouha. Pape Abasse Badji and Mohamed Said Makrona followed at 67, with Mohamed Reda and Samir El Eraki replaced at 73. Smouha made further changes at 80 and 87 minutes, bringing on Ahmed Belhadji, Amr Kalawa, and Khaled El Ghandour, who came off before returning at 88.
The statistics tell the story without embellishment. Smouha completed 286 successful passes from 375 attempts with 57 backward passes and 45 into the final third. Keramika managed 353 successful passes from 435 with 67 backward passes and 50 into the final third. Seven interceptions and ten successful tackles for the visitors versus six interceptions and eight tackles for the hosts.
Smouha remain bottom of the table with just one point from three games. Keramika climb to sixth with six points and have extended their unbeaten run to three matches. The gap between them — five points — will feel larger after this result.
