Match Report
Before the match
Ceramica Cleopatra came into the game with four wins and one defeat from their last five outings, scoring nine goals and conceding four, keeping four clean sheets. A 2-0 win at home to Petrojet (21 October) was their most recent result.
Petrojet travelled to face Ceramica Cleopatra (Egyptian Premier League) on 21 October. For Ceramica Cleopatra, the score was 2-0: two goals scored, zero allowed. 1-4 was Ceramica Cleopatra's result against Pyramids FC on 12 October (Egyptian Premier League), playing away from home; Ceramica Cleopatra lost, with one scored to four conceded. The 14 September fixture (Egyptian Premier League) paired Ceramica Cleopatra with National Bank of Egypt. Ceramica Cleopatra won 2-0 at home, netting two goals while conceding zero. Playing away from home against Smouha SC (Egyptian Premier League), Ceramica Cleopatra finished 2-0 on 8 September. Their score comprised two goals, against zero from the opposition. 2 September: Ceramica Cleopatra won 2-0 against Future FC at home in Egyptian Premier League, scoring two goals and allowing zero.
Masr's previous five results comprised three wins, one draw and one defeat. Their goal totals were 8 scored and 6 conceded. Future FC were their latest opponents, at home on 20 October: a 3-2 win.
Against Future FC in Egyptian Premier League, Masr scored three and conceded two on 20 October; the at home result was 3-2. Masr's away from home game on 12 October (Egyptian Premier League) ended 1-1 against El Mokawloon, with one goal for and one against. On 17 September, Olympic El Qanah faced Masr in Egyptian Premier League: Masr won 2-1 at home, having scored two and conceded one. Egyptian Premier League, 9 September brought an away meeting with Enppi; Masr lost 1-2, a return of one goal scored and two conceded. Masr visited El Geish on 1 September (Egyptian Premier League) and won 1-0; their goals totalled one, compared with zero conceded.
The teams' recorded encounters ended in a 0-0 draw at Masr on 14 August 2025 and a 1-1 draw at Masr on 12 February 2025.
After the match
Ceramica Cleopatra edged past Masr 2-1 at Cairo International Stadium, Cairo on 31 October 2026. Rafaat Khalil opened the scoring 52 minutes into the game for Masr, set up by Abdelrahman Hassan El Banouby, to make it 1-0. Mohamed Reda levelled it late on, in the 86th minute for Ceramica Cleopatra, set up by Ahmed Ramadan, to make it 1-1. Khaled Al-Nabris put Ceramica Cleopatra in front in the 96th minute, set up by Ahmed Belhadji, to make it 2-1. Mahmoud Ali Sayed Elaraby (18'), Mostafa Saad Abdallah Sayed (86') and Khaled Al-Nabris (97') were booked. Every goal came after the interval. Ceramica Cleopatra won; current ratings also favour them in this pairing, with a model probability of 62.6%. By expected goals the balance of play sat the other way: 1.13 to 1.63. Ceramica Cleopatra won this pairing for the first time in our records, after 4 meetings without a win. one yellow card went to Ceramica Cleopatra. Ceramica Cleopatra: five substitutions. The card tally for Masr was two yellow cards. Masr made five changes. The lead changed hands once in the scoring sequence. Ceramica Cleopatra turned a deficit into victory.