Ceramica Cleopatra beat Petrojet 2-0 in Egyptian League

Ceramica Cleopatra secured an important 2-0 win over Petrojet in the match that brought the two teams together in the seventh round of the Egyptian Premier League for the 2026/27 season, held at 20:00 Damascus time.

Peter Gwargis opened the scoring for Ceramica Cleopatra in the 30th minute, before the team added their second goal through a penalty kick in the 90+5th minute to end the match with a deserved victory.

The match did not see any sendings-off for either team, while Ceramica Cleopatra received two yellow cards compared to three yellow cards for Petrojet.

Peter Gwargis received the man of the match award with a rating of 8.2, after playing for 78 minutes and scoring one goal.

Statistically, Ceramica Cleopatra dominated possession with 63% compared to 37% for Petrojet, and completed 529 passes compared to 288 for their opponent, while also recording 14 shots compared to 9 for Petrojet, of which 4 shots were on target compared to just one for Petrojet. The expected goals (xg) rate stood at 2.1 for Ceramica Cleopatra compared to 0.7 for Petrojet.

With this win, Ceramica Cleopatra raised their tally to 12 points in sixth place after playing 6 matches, winning 4 and losing 2 without any draws, while Petrojet's tally remained frozen at 8 points in eleventh place after achieving two wins, two draws and two losses from 6 matches.