The Al Merreikh & Al Hilal Omdurman head coaches Hussein and Alcaniz are both fearing and looking forward to this important game in the higher area of the Sudan Premier League positions.
- Al Merreikh have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Sudan Premier League
- Al Hilal Omdurman have the most scored goals (43) in Sudan Premier League
This ground uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Al Hilal Omdurman's home arena. The former 14 games by the guests on artifical turf have seen 8 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Al Merreikh and Al Hilal Omdurman.
Al Merreikh form and stats
Home games in the Sudan Premier League have been a walk in the park for Al Merreikh so far, with 20 points won from 8 matches; 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Al Merreikh have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
A good away victory last time out for Merreikh, who won 2-1 against Tuti (placed 5th).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Hay Al Wadi that ended 0-0.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Sudan Premier League game versus Hilal El-Fasher in only four days. This game is also played here at Khartoum Stadium.
Al Merreikh have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Khartoum Stadium with 15 goals in 8 league matches. Al Merreikh have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Hilal Omdurman form and stats
The away performances of Al Hilal Omdurman have been very solid so far with 8 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in the Sudan Premier League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Al Merreikh.
Al Hilal Omdurman go into this game after a win, the home game against Kober that ended 1-0.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Al Ahly Shendi with the score of 2-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Omdurman are hosting Hay Al Arab in the Sudan Premier League only four days away.
The Al Hilal Omdurman manager Alcaniz has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 10 league matches. It's not easy to score on Al Hilal Omdurman as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the sides played each other previously this campaign; Al Hilal Omdurman - Al Merreikh 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Merreikh wins - draws - Al Hilal Omdurman wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Al Merreikh missing players
Al Hilal Omdurman missing players
| Al Merreikh | Al Hilal Omdurman | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 22 | 43 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 80% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 70% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 70% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 55% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 20% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 40% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 60% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 20% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Al Hilal Omdurman have not yet lost a game.
- Al Hilal Omdurman have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Hilal Omdurman have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Al Hilal Omdurman have the most scored goals (22) away in Sudan Premier League
- Al Hilal Omdurman have the most scored goals (43) in Sudan Premier League
- Al Hilal Omdurman have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Sudan Premier League
- Al Hilal Omdurman have the the best goal difference (+33) in Sudan Premier League
- Al Hilal Omdurman haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Al Merreikh have not yet lost a game.
- Al Merreikh have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Al Merreikh have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Al Merreikh have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Sudan Premier League
- Al Merreikh have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Sudan Premier League
- Al Merreikh have the most scored goals in the second half (2) in Sudan Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Hilal Omdurman | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 33 | 54 |
| 2 | Al Merreikh | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 25 | 46 |
| 3 | Al Hilal Port Sudan | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 4 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Tuti | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 28 |
| 6 | Al Ahly Shendi | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 28 |
| 7 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 | Hilal El-Fasher | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 27 |
| 9 | Wad Nubawi | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Hay Al Arab | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Al Shorta | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 21 |
| 12 | Kober | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 21 |
| 13 | Alamal Atbara | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -12 | 20 |
| 14 | Hay Al Wadi | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Hilal Obayed | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | -12 | 18 |
| 16 | Al Khartoum | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -13 | 15 |