Salah Amin broke the deadlock on the stroke of halftime to take his scoring tally to four goals.

The Petroleum outfit's losing streak was extended to three matches upon slumping to the defeat at Gaish.

Gaish are now in ninth spot with 27 points, two ahead of eighth-placed Petrojet.

Elsewhere, Gouna beat Smouha 1-0 at home to move four spots up and settle in ninth place. Arafa Al-Sayed scored the winner after 10 minutes.

Relegation-threatened Smouha are in 14th place with 19 points.