Al Masry beat Smouha as Ghazl El Mahalla draws with Mokawloon

Al Masry earned an important 2–0 home win over Smouha at the New Suez Stadium in the fifth round of Group C in the Egypt Capital Cup.

Ahmed El Qarmouti opened the scoring in the 37th minute, before Mohamed El Shami sealed the victory with a late goal deep into stoppage time at 90+4.

With this result, Masry, led by Tunisian coach Nabil Kouki, moved to the top of the group with 10 points and is now very close to officially booking a place in the quarterfinals. Smouha, coached by Ahmed Abdelaziz, remained on 5 points in fourth place, missing the chance to climb the standings.

In Group A, El Mokawloon and Ghazl El Mahalla shared the points in a 1–1 draw. Ahmed Shousha put Mahalla ahead in the 60th minute, but Mohamed Abdel Nasser equalized for Mokawloon in the 73rd minute.

The draw lifted Mokawloon, under coach Sami Komsan, to 5 points in fourth place, one point ahead of Ghazl El Mahalla, who sit fifth under coach Alaa Abdel Aal.