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Zamalek beat Arab Contractors 2-1 in the eighth round of the Egyptian Premier League, and it took a goal two minutes from time to do it. Mohamed Hamad put the hosts ahead one minute into the second half (46'), turning in a low cross from Oday Dabbagh. The lead lasted until the 57th minute, when Mohamed Abdelnasser levelled for the visitors with a shot that took a deflection off Omar Gaber. The match stayed tight after that. In the 88th minute Chico Banza scored the winner, set up by Hamad. Neither report mentions any cards or penalties. Zamalek have now won four in a row in all competitions. The run began after a 2-0 defeat to Ahly on 11 October, and since then they have beaten Rwanda's Army side home and away in the African Champions League and then Petrol Assiut in the league. The win lifts them to 19 points and second place, two behind leaders Pyramids and two clear of Ahly, who have played a game more. Arab Contractors lost for the third time in the league this season. They stay seventh on 11 points.