Egypt Cup-finalists Degla entered the dressing rooms three goals up, courtesy of strikes from Mostafa Talaat and Ghanaian midfielder Akwetey Mensah as Syrian frontman Abdul-Fattah Al-Agha headed the third.

Talaat came again to make it four after the interval, with Ethiopia striker Saladin Said and Al-Sayed Salem completing the rout.

Ghanaian star John Antwi bagged another brace to make it four goals in two games, steering Ismaili to a 3-1 victory against Beni Suef Telephones.

After netting a seventh minute opener in style, Antwi smashed another spot-kick home three minutes from the interval as he was strongly involved in the Dervishes' third, scored by Shawki Al-Saied.

Beni Suef Telephones, however, refused to leave the game without scoring - with Wael Farag hitting a magnificent chipped ball past the hosts' keeper Mohamed Awwad one minute from the end.

Harras Hodoud continued their stumbling start to their league campaign, slipping to another narrow defeat to Petrojet after opening their season with a surprise 2-1 loss at the hands of newcomers Minya.

A 15th minute strike from midfielder Saied Kamal was enough for the visitors to claim all three points as the two-time Egypt Cup champions failed to draw level.

Gaish claimed another draw in their second league game, playing out a 1-1 stalemate with Canal after recording the same result last week with Petrojet.

Despite playing at home, the military outfit needed a stoppage-time goal from Islam Kamal to cancel out former Arab Contractors Nigerian hitman Musa Kabiru's first-half goal.

Police Union star striker Khaled Kamar hit his third league goal on his second match, grabbing the leveler after falling to Abdul-Aziz's Tawfik's first-half goal to hold Masri to a 1-1 draw.