Mallawi SC gets the first point this season in front of Fayoum SC

Mallawi SC 1-1 (1-1) Fayoum SC

Amr Al Hawy 43' - Hisham 33'

Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 2:30 pm local time (12:30 pm UTC), Matai Stadium, Matai, Egypt, 12th round of the Egyptian Second Division B, group B.

 Mallawi SC starting line-up. Photo source: Mallawi SC Facebook page

The two captains and the referees before the start of the game. Photo source: Mallawi SC Facebook page

Fayoum SC were big favourites before the match, because Mallawi were not able to get a single point so far this season, losing all their previous 10 games played. However, the situation on the pitch was very different from the predictions, and the final 1-1 draw was rather accurate in terms of what happened in the game.

Both teams had periods of domination and control of the game. The visitors started better, and they pressed for more than 30 minutes, until they were able to take the lead. A free kick was taken from the right side, quite far from the box, the ball was crossed properly somewhere near the penalty spot, and Hisham headed home: 0-1 (33').

However, after the goal Fayoum SC changed their tactics, and retreated in defensive, leaving the home side to take control of the midfield and to attack. This offensive brought the equalizer quite quickly, as a low cross from the right side reached the opposite side of the box to Amr Al Hawy, who found the proper touch to score: 1-1 (43').

The equalizer gave Mallawi even more impetus, and they had a big chance to take the lead in the added time to the first half, when, one on one with the goalkeeper, one of their strikers missed the target.

In the second half, Mallawi had the biggest chances as well, in 53' (another shot close to the target), 69' and 74' (a well-executed free kick, right below the crossbar, saved by the goalkeeper).

Nevertheless, in the final minutes, the situation changed and Fayoum once again took control of the game and pressed for a winning goal, being close to it in several occasions. They also claimed a penalty, not given by the referee.

The match was broadcasted live by Mallawi SC on Facebook.

Referee: Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb. 

With this result, Fayoum are 9th (out of 14 teams) in the standings, with 13 points (3 wins, 4 draws, and 4 defeats in 11 matches), while Mallawi remain bottom of the table (14th), with this point (1 draw and 10 defeats in 11 matches). 

Narrow win for Shabab Al Sahel over Bourj FC in the Dahieh derby

Shabab Sahel 1-0 (0-0) Bourj FC 

Hassan Salameh 53'

Saturday, 6 December 2025, 2:15 pm local time (12:15 pm UTC), Al Ahed Stadium, Ouzai (Beirut), Lebanon, 8th round of the Lebanese Premier League. 

Shabab Sahel starting line-up. Photo source: Lebanese FA Facebook page

Bourj FC starting line-up. Photo source: Lebanese FA Facebook page

The Dahieh derby between Shabab Al Sahel and Bourj FC came in a moment when the two teams were in opposite form - Shabab Al Sahel improving their results match by match, while Bourj FC in a decline materialized by four consecutive defeats before this game, and a fifth one at the conclusion of this match, whose result reflects properly the contrasting evolution of the two teams lately.

Hussein Fahs (Bourj FC, in yellow) and Victor Abata (Shabab Al Sahel) in a spectacular duel for the ball. Photo source: Lebanese FA Facebook page

However, on the pitch, on an unusual cloudy and even rainy afternoon, the situation was much balanced. In the first half, the periods of possession and offensive action were quite equally distributed between the two teams, with Shabab Al Sahel more active in the first 20-25 minutes, and Bourj FC more dangerous towards the end of the first half, with some good opportunities to score for both teams.

Mahmoud Hoteit (Shabab Sahel, left) and Kassem Al Shoum (Bourj FC, in yellow) in a duel for possession. Photo source: Lebanese FA Facebook page

The match was decided at the beginning of the second half. There were numerous corner kicks in both halfs for both teams, and indeed many dangerous situations occurred due to set pieces throughout the game, so it was somehow logical that if a goal was to be scored, it would have been the result of a set piece. Mohamad Haidar took a corner from the right side to the near post, and Hassan Salameh had an exceptional shot from between several Bourj FC players, sending the ball home to the opposite corner from a difficult position: 1-0 (53').

Hassan Salameh (left) scored the decisive goal of the match. Photo source: Lebanese FA Facebook page

The goal pretty much closed the game. Although there was plenty of time to play, Shabab Sahel applied a defensive tactics which worked, trying to keep the ball as far away as possible from their own box, fragmenting the game, launching swift counterattacks, and overall they succeeded to preserve the result until the end. Bourj FC did not find a way to break through the opposite defense, they even had less chances than before the goal was scored, because Shabab Sahel covered very well all the possible ways towards their goal, all the existing space in front of their box. Unfortunately, Bourj FC no longer has a player capable of unlocking such a tight defense, and all their efforts were in vain.

Shabab Al Sahel celebrated at the end together with their fans. Photo source: Shabab Al Sahel Facebook page

Shabab Al Sahel: Ibrahim El Mokdad - Abdallah Moughrabi (Issa Ndiaye 77', Hussein Rizk 88'), Hadi Jezzini, Franklin Kuete Talla, Hassan Hazimeh - Mahmoud Hoteit, Mohamad Haidar - Ali Fakieh, Hassan Salameh, Mohamad Markabawi (Fadel Assi 90'+4') - Victor Abata. Manager: Saeed Iskandar. 

Bourj FC: Ali Hajj Hassan - Sajed Amhaz, Mamadou Touré, Hussein Fahs, Mohamad Hammoud (Youssef Anbar 66') - Yasser Dimachek (Ali Rahhal 79'), Youssef Atriss (Abdoulaye Fall 67') - Adama Diaw (Ibrahim Mhana 79'), Kassem Al Shoum, Haidar Khriess - Mouhamed Soumah (Daniel Abou Fakher 67'). Manager: Ahmad Atwi. 

Referee: Ali Al Ashkar. 

Yellow cards: Hassan Hazimeh 82', Hussein Rizk 90'+6'.

The match was broadcasted live online on FIFA+ website. 

For Bourj FC, the next two matches are very important, because they will play against the only two teams which are below them in the standings: Racing (which are bottom of the table), and Riyadi Al Abbasiyah (second to last). Any bad result in these two matches might lead them in a relegation position, which is what they are trying hard to avoid.

For Shabab Sahel, on the other hand, the next matches (the first against Riyadi Al Abbasiyah) might provide them the opportunity to advance more in the table, and to reach the top 6 at the end of the regular season. They are currently seventh, just below that thin line which will separate teams playing the play-off and the play-out after the regular season ends.

Cusco FC are in the play-off final for the second place, Alianza Lima and Sporting Cristal will play the semifinal

Sport Huancayo 1-2 Cusco FC

Piero Magallanes 74' - Lucas Colitto 45'+3', Nicolás Silva 68'.

Sunday, 23 Novemeber 2025, 3 pm local time (8 pm UTC), IPD Huancayo Stadium, Huancayo, Peru, 19th (last) round of Clausura, Peruvian First Division (Liga 1).

Cusco FC starting line-up. Photo source: Cusco FC Facebook page

Tough game between two Peruvian strong teams, in the last matchday of the season, each team still with objectives to achieve on the table, unfortunately quite different from each other but unachievable at the same time. Cusco FC needed at least a draw to secure the second place in the aggregate table, which would provide them with a place directly in the play-off for the second place (yes, the title is already gone, Universitario de Deportes are champions for the third time in a row). While Sport Huancayo needed to win to clinch the eighth place in the aggregate table, the last one leading to Copa Sudamericana in 2026. Well, to tell the complete story, Cusco FC might have lost and still be second if and only if Alianza Lima would not win at home against UTC Cajamarca, but this was not the case, so the game was on.

In the first half, the game was unrecognizable. Was this football after all? Cusco FC were worried only to have as much possession as possible, but they had it mostly in their own half, without too much pressure on the opponents. Sport Huancayo would have liked to attack, but they simply did not have the ball too much, and their attacks were quickly smothered by Cusco. The first shot on target came only in 25', when Cusco goalkeeper Díaz saved a shot from Enzo Fernández. 

Another event was that Aldair Fuentes, one of Cusco FC centre-backs, was injured and had to be replaced in 35' by Carlos Gamarra - quite a blow for Cusco FC defense. 

The surprise came at the end of the first half, actually in those 4 minutes of stoppage time, given because of Fuentes' injury. A long ball to the left side, Lucas Colitto combined one-two with Iván Colman, and there he was in the box, and a shot to the far corner gave Cusco FC an unexpected lead: 0-1 (45'+3').

Cusco FC players celebrating (left to right): Facundo Callejo, Iván Colman, Carlo Diez, Miguel Aucca, Lucas Colitto, and Nicolás Silva. Photo source: Cusco FC Facebook page

The second half was much more entertaining. It started with a penalty for Sport Huancayo: Sanguinetti's shot was blocked by Álex Custodio with his hands (50'). However, the shot came from very short distance, the hands were in front of the body and actually on Janio Pósito, the ball would have been blocked by Custodio's body anyway, and the ball seemed to have been slightly deviated by Pósito's back before hitting Custodio's hands. The referee initially decided to play on, and Sanguinetti even had a second shot, saved by Díaz. Two minutes afterwards, however, the VAR changed his mind and called the referee to review. Finally, a penalty was given. Pósito took the penalty, hit hard but in the middle and Díaz saved (56')!

The pressure from Sport Huancayo continued nevertheless, and Díaz saved other strong shots as well, when the defenders were not able to contain the attacks. It was while the home side was clearly looking for an equalizer when Cusco FC stroke again. Much like the first goal: on the left side Nicolás Silva combined with the same Iván Colman, one-two, entered the box and had a shot at the far post: 0-2 (68').

It was yet another blow for Sport Huancayo, but they did not give up, and mounted their offensive again. Shortly after, they managed to reduce the difference. Nahuel Luján crossed from the right on the far post, and sub Piero Magallanes, all alone 7 meters away from goal, succeeded to make the right touch on the ball to send it home: 1-2 (74').

Nothing was over yet. Huancayo even had an equalizer, denied by VAR. It started with a silly pass back to Gamarra, who slipped, goalkeeper Díaz came out of the box and tried to clear, but hit Marlon de Jesús, and the ball went straight into goal (82')! VAR entered the game once again, showing the referee that the ball had hit Marlon de Jesús' arms, then his leg. In any other action it would not have been handball, because the distance was very small, but because a goal came out of it, it had to be cancelled, although one can argue that it was not scored with a hand, as the last part of the body which touched the ball was the leg. Nevertheless, de Jesús did not nothing on purpose, the ball just hit him, and that's it, his main contribution was that he was there to pressurize the goalkeeper, Díaz, who played perfectly until this. The goal was anyway cancelled, and Cusco FC had to take extra precautions in the remaining minutes, although an equalizer would not have done much harm, and would have not helped Sport Huancayo. The home side continued to attack, but were not able to score, so Cusco FC won and are second in the Clausura as well as in the aggregate table, so they qualified directly in the play-off final for the second place. 

In the semifinal, Sporting Cristal (fourth in the aggregate table) will take on Alianza Lima (third in the aggregate table), to decide which of them will play against Cusco FC in the final. All these teams are qualified for the next year Copa Libertadores, but the winner of the play-off will go straight in the group stage, just like the champions, Universitario de Deportes, while the finalist and semifinalist will have to go through preliminary rounds of Copa Libertadores. Sport Huancayo's defeat also helped Cusco FC local rivals Cienciano to snatch the eighth place and therefore to qualify for the next year Copa Sudamericana, which they achieved by winning 2-1 over Ayacucho, sending Ayacucho in the Second Division (Liga 2).

Huancayo: Zamudio - Madrid, Murillo, Gaona, Herrera (Barboza 55') - Salcedo, Villar (Carranza 61') - Luján, Sanguinetti (Magallanes 55'), Fernández (De Jesús 61') - Pósito (Martínez 68'). Manager: Richard Pellejero.

Cusco FC: Díaz - Zevallos (Tévez 90'), Fuentes (Gamarra 35'), Custodio, Ampuero - Diez, Aucca (Ruidías 77') - Silva (Da Silva 77'), Colman, Colitto - Callejo. Manager: Miguel Rondelli.

Referee: Edwin Ordóñez.

Yellow cards: Murillo 71' - Ruidías 64', Diez 79'.

Final tables of Clausura and the aggregate table (Apertura + Clausura):

Final Clausura table

 

1	Universitario de Deportes (W, C)	17	12	4	1	29-13	40	Champions
2	Cusco FC	17	11	3	3	29-15	36
3	Sporting Cristal	17	9	4	4	29-13	31
4	Alianza Lima	17	9	4	4	30-19	31
5	Cienciano	17	8	3	6	25-21	27
6	Los Chankas	17	9	0	8	21-28	27
7	Comerciantes Unidos	17	7	5	5	20-21	26
8	FBC Melgar	17	6	7	4	24-17	25
9	Deportivo Garcilaso	17	6	7	4	20-21	25
10	ADT Tarma	17	7	4	6	19-20	25
11	Alianza Atlético	17	6	5	6	15-12	23
12	Sport Huancayo	17	5	3	9	28-28	18
13	Alianza Universidad	17	5	2	10	23-33	17
14	Atlético Grau	17	4	4	9	19-24	16
15	Sport Boys	17	4	4	9	14-25	16
16	Juan Pablo II College	17	3	5	9	13-23	14
17	Ayacucho FC	17	4	2	11	16-29	14
18	UTC Cajamarca	17	3	4	10	16-28	13

 

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) fair-play (according to the number of red and yellow cards); 5) drawing of lots.

 

W – Clausura winners

C – Champions (because they won both Apertura and Clausura)

 

Final aggregate table (Apertura + Clausura)

 

1	Universitario de Deportes	35	24	7	4	67-25	79	Champions, qualified for CL
2	Cusco FC	35	21	7	7	63-35	70	Qualified for play-offs & CL
3	Alianza Lima	35	20	8	7	53-30	68	Qualified for play-offs & CL
4	Sporting Cristal	35	19	6	10	60-37	63	Qualified for play-offs & CL
5	Alianza Atlético	35	17	6	12	43-30	57	Qualified for C.Sudamericana
6	FBC Melgar	35	14	14	7	52-37	56	Qualified for C.Sudamericana
7	Deportivo Garcilaso	35	14	10	11	48-40	52	Qualified for C.Sudamericana
8	Cienciano	35	13	11	11	54-46	50	Qualified for C.Sudamericana
9	Los Chankas	35	14	8	13	45-53	50
10	ADT Tarma	35	13	10	12	43-50	49
11	Sport Huancayo	35	14	6	15	51-49	48
12	Atlético Grau	35	9	11	15	42-48	38
13	Comerciantes Unidos	35	9	10	16	37-52	37
14	Sport Boys	35	9	9	17	40-53	36
15	Juan Pablo II College	35	8	9	18	33-51	33
16	UTC Cajamarca	35	8	8	19	33-62	32
17	Ayacucho FC (R)	35	8	5	22	30-56	29	Relegated to Liga 2
18	Alianza Universidad (R)	35	7	7	21	39-66	28	Relegated to Liga 2
19	Deportivo Binacional (R)	18	4	6	8	20-33	18	Relegated to Liga 2

 

Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) fair-play (according to the number of red and yellow cards); 5) drawing of lots.

 

R – relegated