On Thursday Aug 18th, Ismaily and Al Masry will play a match in Ismailia in a Premier League match in the anticipated Borg El Arab derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 12th placed Al Masry is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Al Ahly. Rami Hisham Abdel Aziz Rabia scored the first goal for Al Ahly in the 80th minute on a penalty shot, then Hossam Hassan added another in the 6th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Hany Eldemerdash In the end, Al Masry couldn’t muster any offence and Al Ahly ran away with the shutout win. Al Masry is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 9th placed Ismaily is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Al Ittihad. Magdi struck first for Ismaily in the 60th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Al Ittihad was frustrated by Ismaily’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Ismaily ended the match with the shutout victory. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Ismaily should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on May 6th, Ismaily won by a score of 3 to 2. Islam Al Mazayen scored the first goal for Al Masry in the 38th minute, but Baher El Mohamady got the equalizer for Ismaily in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 67th minute on a goal by Mohamed El Shamy.
Ismaily’s most prolific scorer has been Ahmed Mostafa. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Al Masry’s top weapon lately has been Augustine Amutu, who has 3 goals in the last five matches.