CAIRO (Interstat) — Al Ahly and Al Qanah played to a 3-3 draw on Wednesday in a competition match that produced late drama and a stoppage-time finish from Achraf Dari. The teams traded goals throughout, and the result left Al Ahly with 1 win, 0 losses and 1 draw in the competition, while Al Qanah moved to 0 wins, 0 losses and 2 draws. Across all competitions, Al Ahly is now 3 wins, 0 losses and 1 draw, and Al Qanah is 0 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws.

Al Ahly opened the scoring in the 18th minute when Omar El Saaiy found the net. Al Qanah answered in the 32nd minute through Mahmoud Hany, and Abdel Sattar Hazem scored for Al Qanah in the 54th minute. The scoring summary listed those goals before Dari’s late strike for Al Ahly in the third minute of second-half stoppage time. Dari played 90 minutes and scored, while El Saaiy played 83 minutes and scored. Hazem played 83 minutes and scored for Al Qanah, and Mahmoud Hany played 89 minutes and scored. Mohamed Hany recorded an assist while playing 90 minutes for Al Ahly, and Mohamed Sadek had an assist while playing 90 minutes for Al Qanah.

The match grew physical late. Al Qanah’s Harsha M. received a yellow card in the 62nd minute, and Al Ahly’s El Shahat H. was booked in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage time. Those were the only yellow cards recorded in the match. Al Qanah made a halftime substitution involving Wayo M. in the 46th minute. Al Ahly made substitutions involving Zizo and Ashour E. in the 72nd minute. Harsha M. was involved in an Al Qanah substitution in the 79th minute. In the 83rd minute, Al Qanah made a substitution involving Sattar H. A., while Al Ahly made substitutions involving Bakrar M. and El Saaiy O. Al Qanah also made a substitution involving Hany M. in the 89th minute.

Dari’s goal in the third minute of second-half stoppage time was the last scoring play in a match that kept Al Ahly unbeaten in the competition and left Al Qanah still seeking its first win. Al Qanah had drawn 1-1 with Al Masry and lost 3-2 at Pyramids in other competition play before this match. Al Ahly had beaten Kitara 2-1, Zamalek 2-0 and Asyut Petroleum 5-0 in its previous matches across all competitions. The draw extended Al Ahly’s unbeaten start across all competitions and gave Al Qanah another draw in a season that has included one loss. Al Qanah’s competition record remains without a win after two draws, while Al Ahly has one win and one draw in the competition.

Al Qanah’s next competition match is against Modern, followed by a trip to Smouha and a home match against National Bank. Al Ahly will look to build on a match in which it found the net through El Saaiy and Dari while benefiting from an assist from Mohamed Hany. Al Qanah got goals from Mahmoud Hany and Hazem and an assist from Mohamed Sadek. The teams combined for six goals in a back-and-forth match that remained unresolved through the final whistle. The late goal from Dari capped a match that saw scoring in both halves and a finish in stoppage time.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Al Ahly 3, Al Qanah 1. Its ELO system had projected Al Ahly with a 98.6 percent probability to win. Al Ahly had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5, and the total score of 6 went under the over/under line of 2.5.