Fayoum and Telephonat Beni Suef drew 0-0 in the 15th round of the Egyptian Second Division

Saturday, the 27th of February 2021, 2.30 pm local time (12.30 pm UTC), Alassiouty Sport Resort, Fayoum, Egypt, the 15th round of the  Egyptian Second Division, Group A.

Fayoum's manager, Ahmed Bakri, needs to be concerned. Source: Fayoum SC Facebook page

In the last round of the first half of the season, Fayoum and Telephonat Beni Suef met al Alassiouty Sport Resort, the present (and probably temporary) home ground for both of them, so both were actually "home", although Fayoum were officially the hosts.

The game was mostly dominated by Fayoum players, who had the ball, but were unable to get through Telephonat defensive lines. Several important players, such as Anas Shendy, Hussein Khaled or Adham Hassan, missed from the Fayoum line-up, and this was noticeable especially in the attack.

The final score, 0-0, was however very much in line with happened in the field, despite the overall higher ball possession of Fayoum. Telephonat ended their winning streak, but they may be happy with one point, given the conditions.

Fayoum starting XI: Mostafa Dida - Ahmed Jamal, Hamad Al Hanbali, Ahmed Emad Dabbash, Ahmed Abd Elkarim, Abdullah Rashed, Karim Al Shafei, Ahmed Hassan, Mohamed Adel Gomaa, Ala Al-Din Metwally, Ahmed Blidi. Manager: Ahmed Bakri.

Fayoum finishes the first half of the season in mid-table, much better than in the previous two seasons, but worse than initially expected given the optimistic perspectives laid out by the new sponsor and the new manager. They are no less than 16 points away from the first place, therefore any talk about promotion is nonsensical. The team needs to struggle to remain in the first half of the table, as far as possible from the relegation line, which is now just 6 (six) points away.

The second half of the season will start next week. Fayoum will play again at home, this time against a better team, Aluminium.

Full results, table and fixtures:

Round 15 (27-28 February 2021)

 

Beni Suef – Aluminium 1-0

Asyut Cement – M.S. Samasta 2-2

El Minya – Shaban Qena 2-0

Dayrout – Asyut Petroleum 2-2

Fayoum – Telephonat 0-0

Tahta – Eastern Company 2-3

Qena – KIMA Aswan 0-0

Media – Sohag – to be played on 28 February

 

Table

 

1	Eastern Company	15	11	3	1	23-11	36	Promotion to the Premier League
2	El Minya	15	9	4	2	17-7	31
3	Dayrout	15	7	5	3	30-19	26
4	Aluminium	15	7	4	4	19-13	25
5	Beni Suef	15	6	5	4	15-13	23
6	Media	14	5	7	2	19-10	22
7	Sohag	14	5	5	4	9-8	20
8	Fayoum	15	5	5	5	12-12	20
9	Shaban Qena	15	3	8	4	8-10	17
10	Qena	15	4	5	6	11-18	17
11	Asyut Petroleum	15	3	7	5	10-12	16
12	Telephonat	15	3	6	6	8-10	15
13	M.S. Samasta	15	3	5	7	10-14	14	Relegation to the Third Division
14	KIMA Aswan	15	2	7	6	11-18	13	Relegation to the Third Division
15	Tahta	15	2	5	8	12-27	11	Relegation to the Third Division
16	Asyut Cement	15	0	7	8	11-23	7	Relegation to the Third Division

 

In case that two or more teams are equal on points, the main ranking criteria are the results of the head-to-head matches.

 

Round 16 (6 March 2021)

 

Beni Suef – Eastern Company

Media – Telephonat

Fayoum – Aluminium

Dayrout – Sohag

Qena – El Minya

KIMA Aswan – Asyut Petroleum

Asyut Cement – Shaban Qena

Tahta – M.S. Samasta