Things are looking good for Al Merreikh so far, with the 2nd place in the Sudan Premier League table and looking forward to facing Hilal El-Fasher (who are placed 6th).
- Al Merreikh have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Sudan Premier League
- Hilal El-Fasher have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Sudan Premier League
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Hilal El-Fasher have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 6-5-5 (win-draw-loss) from 16 matches.
It's quite the trip for Hilal El-Fasher when visiting Al Merreikh as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
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 Merreikh and Hilal El-Fasher.
Al Merreikh form and stats
7-2-0 is the performance here at Jebel Aulia Stadium so far in the Sudan Premier League, giving Al Merreikh a total of 23 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results!
Al Merreikh's last game was hosting Al Hilal Omdurman (placed 1st) and winning 1-0.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Tuti with a 2-1 scoreline.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Al Merreikh, as the Sudan Premier League home game vs Hilal Obayed is only three days away.
A decent goal production from Merreikh in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Al Merreikh have only let in 4 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Hilal El-Fasher form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Sudan Premier League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Hilal El-Fasher delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Al-Ahly Merowe (placed 4th) in their previous match.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Al Ahly Shendi with the score of 1-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Sudan Premier League trip to Kober.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hilal El-Fasher as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. El-Fasher are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The previous H2H meeting ended Hilal El-Fasher - Al Merreikh 1-1, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Merreikh eight wins, two draws and Hilal El-Fasher zero victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Al Merreikh missing players
Hilal El-Fasher missing players
| Al Merreikh | Hilal El-Fasher | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 35 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 81% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 86% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 44% | 52% |
| 38% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 22% | 29% |
| 19% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 22% | 38% |
| 62% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 44% | 33% |
| 19% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 56% | 43% |
| 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 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Hilal El-Fasher have scored away.
- 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
- Hilal El-Fasher have the fewest scored goals (5) away 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 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 32 | 54 |
| 2 | Al Merreikh | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 26 | 49 |
| 3 | Al Hilal Port Sudan | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 30 |
| 5 | Tuti | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 28 |
| 6 | Hilal El-Fasher | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 28 |
| 7 | Al Ahly Shendi | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 28 |
| 8 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | Wad Nubawi | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Kober | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 11 | Al Shorta | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 24 |
| 12 | Hay Al Arab | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Hay Al Wadi | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 22 |
| 14 | Hilal Obayed | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | -11 | 21 |
| 15 | Alamal Atbara | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -13 | 20 |
| 16 | Al Khartoum | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -15 | 15 |
