Bourj increases its lead in the Lebanese Second Division

In the 9th round of the Lebanese Second Division, Bourj FC played at home (actually on Bhamdoun Stadium in Aley) against former Premier League team Shabab Al Arabi on Saturday, 24 November.

After a good game, Bourj won 2-1. Goals were scored by Hassan Hammoud in the 21st minute and the Senegalese Papy Thinaldum in the 27th minute for the home side, and Frederic in the 31st minute for the visitors.

Given the fact that Ahly Sidon lost this round, Bourj is now 4 points clear in the top of the table of the Lebanese Second Division.

Full results, remaining rounds in the first half of the competition and table:

Round 9 (23-25 November 2018)

Egtmaaey Tripoli – Naser Barelias 4-1

Bourj – Shabab Al Arabi 2-1

Shabab El Bourj – Homenetmen 2-1

Mabarrah – Ahly Nabatieh 0-0

Al Islah Al Bourj Al Shimaly – Hikma / La Sagesse 0-2

Nahda Barelias – Ahly Sidon 3-1

Round 10 (30 November – 2 December 2018)

Naser Barelias – Nahda Barelias

Hikma / La Sagesse – Mabarrah

Shabab El Bourj – Egtmaaey Tripoli

Homenetmen – Ahly Nabatieh

Ahly Sidon – Shabab Al Arabi

Al Islah Al Bourj Al Shimaly – Bourj

Round 11 (7-9 December 2018)

Shabab Al Arabi – Naser Barelias

Ahly Nabatieh – Hikma / La Sagesse

Bourj – Mabarrah

Homenetmen – Egtmaaey Tripoli

Ahly Sidon – Al Islah Al Bourj Al Shimaly

Nahda Barelias – Shabab El Bourj

Table

1	Bourj	9	6	2	1	12-3	20
2	Ahly Sidon	9	5	1	3	19-13	16
3	Shabab El Bourj	9	5	1	3	15-10	16
4	Nahda Barelias	9	4	4	1	13-9	16
5	Egtmaaey Tripoli	9	4	2	3	18-12	14
6	Mabarrah	9	3	4	2	8-8	13
7	Hikma / La Sagesse	9	3	2	4	9-11	11
8	Shabab Al Arabi	9	3	2	4	9-11	11
9	Ahly Nabatieh	9	2	5	2	15-18	11
10	Al Islah Al Bourj Al Sh.	9	3	2	4	10-15	11
11	Naser Barelias	9	2	0	7	6-16	6
12	Homenetmen	9	1	1	7	10-18	4

Fayoum - Aswan 1-1 in the 10th round of the Egyptian Second Division, Group A

After a long break in the competition, on Thursday, 22 November, Fayoum SC played against Aswan at "home", actually at Alassiouty Sports Complex, as Fayoum Stadium is not yet ready for official games, in the 10th round of the Egyptian Second Division.

The visitors, one of the favorites for promotion to the Egyptian Premier League, took the lead rather early, in the 12th minute. Then the match turned very tense, and Fayoum coach Barakat Ibrahim was sent off in the 40th minute.

In the second half, Fayoum pressed harder for an equalizer and managed to score in the fifth minute of stoppage time when Aswan was down to ten men because their goalkeeper was sent off in the 80th minute. As Aswan had made all three substitutions, one of the field players had to take the unusual position of goalkeeper. Fayoum eventually succeeded to find the goal after several unsuccessful attempts.

Despite this point, Fayoum dropped to eleventh place in the table, but it is still close to the other mid-table teams and still has a chance to avoid relegation. Aswan, however, lost two points and are now exactly two points behind Beni Suef in the second position.

The next week, Fayoum will play a very difficult game away at top spot Beni Suef.

Full results and table:

Round 10 (22-24 November 2018)

Telephonat – Sohag 0-0

Al Minya – Dayrout 1-1

Al Walideya – Aluminium 1-2

Fayoum – Aswan 1-1

Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Naser Mallawi 2-1

Tahta – Beni Suef 0-1

El Tahrir – Media 1-1

Round 11 (29 November 2018)

Aswan – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den

Beni Suef – Fayoum

Aluminium – El Tahrir

Sohag – Tahta

Al Walideya – Al Minya

Media – Telephonat

Naser Mallawi – Dayrout

Table

1	Beni Suef	10	6	4	0	20-8	22
2	Aswan	10	5	5	0	17-9	20
3	Al Nasr Lel Taa’den	10	4	6	0	18-9	18
4	Al Minya	10	4	4	2	20-15	16
5	Dayrout	10	4	3	3	13-15	15
6	Telephonat	10	3	5	2	13-9	14
7	Media	10	4	2	4	11-12	14
8	Aluminium	10	3	4	3	16-16	13
9	Sohag	10	3	4	3	6-6	13
10	Tahta	10	3	3	4	14-13	12
11	Fayoum	10	2	6	2	13-13	12
12	El Tahrir	10	1	4	5	6-13	7
13	Al Walideya	10	1	1	8	9-24	4
14	Naser Mallawi	10	0	3	7	8-22	3