Today, Wednesday, 3 exciting confrontations will be held at the opening of the eighteenth round of the Egyptian League, where the teams of El Gouna and Smouha meet in a match outside of speculation, while Enppi clashes with the Interior Ministry, and the National Bank faces its counterpart, Al-Talaea.
In the first meeting, El Gouna will meet Smouha in the Al-Jarheen match, which begins at 4 pm today, Wednesday, at Khaled Beshara Stadium in Hurghada, as part of the eighteenth round of the Premier League this season.
The Smouha team is in sixth place in the Egyptian Premier League “Nile League” table with 22 points, while the El Gouna team’s score stopped at point 22, occupying seventh place.
The match represents a great challenge for both teams, after their loss in the last round, as El Gouna received a harsh defeat from Pyramids by 4 clean, while Smouha goes into the match burdened by the recent defeat from Ismaily, with two goals to one.
Ahmed Sami, the technical director of the Smouha team, is considering playing the match with the goalkeeping formation: El Hani Soliman, the defense: Mohamed Mustafa – Abdel Rahman Amer – Mohamed Metwally – Tariq Alaa, the midfield: Amr Qalawa – Ahmed Khaled – Justice Arthur – Islam Gaber, and the attack: Junior Ajay – Hossam Hassan.
While Alaa Abdel-Al is considering playing the match with a formation consisting of: “Goalkeeper Sobhi Suleiman, defensive line Kamal Abu Al-Futouh, Ahmed Shousha, Abdullah Hashem, Sabri Raheel, midfielder Mohamed Al-Daghimi, Emmanuel, Christ Bekali, Reda Salah, attacking player Ayman Mouka, Frank Itoga.”
In another match, the Enppi team will welcome its counterpart, Al-Dakhiliya, at seven in the evening today, Wednesday, at Petrosport Stadium in New Cairo, as part of the eighteenth round of the Premier League this season.
The Petroleum team occupies second place in the league standings with 28 points after playing 17 matches, winning 8 matches, drawing 4 matches and losing 5 matches, while the Al-Dakhiliya team occupies last place in the standings with 9 points.
For his part, Sayed Yassin, the coach of the first football team at Enppi Club, stressed his players to continue the positive results, and Sayed Yassin warned his players against arrogance, especially since the petroleum team is in good condition in terms of results, which led them to be in the league’s golden square after playing 17 matches. The last of which was a draw against Al-Ahly with two goals for the same in the 16th week of competitions.
While Ahmed Koshary, the technical director of the interior team, is counting on a number of important elements, as he is considering playing the match with a formation consisting of: “Goalkeeper Mohamed Magdy, defense line Ihab Samir, Moaz El-Hanawy, Mahmoud Saber, Karim Yahya, and midfield Mustafa Fawzy, Ahmed Imad, Mahmoud Hassouna, Klich, and in the attack, Ahmed Sayed Gharib, Phanom Al-Farid.”
In the third match, the National Bank will meet Talaea El Gaish at seven in the evening today, Wednesday, at Cairo International Stadium, as part of the eighteenth round of the Premier League this season.
The National Bank team is ranked tenth in the Egyptian Premier League table with 18 points.
While Al-Tala’i occupies ninth place in the league standings with 21 points after playing 15 matches, it won 5 matches, tied 6 matches, and lost 4 matches. Its players scored 14 goals and conceded 12 goals.
It is expected that Tariq Mustafa will start today’s match with a formation consisting of: “Goalkeeper Mohamed Abu Jabal, defense line Ayman Ashraf, Mahmoud Al-Gazzar, Mohamed Bassiouni, Ishaq Yaqoubou, and in the middle Saidou Simbouri, Mohamed Fathi, Mohamed Hilal, Ibrahim Hassan, and the attacking duo Karim.” Bamboo, Osama Faisal.
Abdel Hamid Bassiouni hopes to continue the good results, as Al-Tala’i opened his league campaign by defeating Al-Ahly Bank with two unanswered goals in the first round of the league, then tied 0-0 with Enppi in the second round of the competition, then lost to Modern Future with two unanswered goals in the third round, then lost to Al-Masry Al-Port Said with one unanswered goal. He responded, then achieved victory over Al-Ismaily in his homeland by three goals to two, before drawing with El Gouna, with one goal for each team, then he won over El Mahalla Municipality, with two goals without a response, then he lost to the Arab Contractors, with two goals to one, then he lost to Smouha, with one goal without a response, then he won against ZFC, then It tied with Al-Ittihad of Alexandria with two goals for each team, then tied with Pharco with one goal for each team, then tied 0-0 with Al-Dakhleya, and finally tied 0-0 with Pyramids.
