It's game one of two in the Arab Club Championship as Al Hilal Omdurman host CS Sfaxien. This is a 2nd Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
These teams have little in common geographically as CS Sfaxien have to travel 4600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
CS Sfaxien could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ligue 1 game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Monastir, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for CS Sfaxien.
Al Hilal Omdurman form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Arab Club Championship for Al Hilal Omdurman, as the manager Ibenge led his troops to eliminate Manama, and reach the 2nd Round.This stadium, Al-Hilal Stadium, has been a fortress for Al Hilal Omdurman in the Sudan Premier League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 10-1-0.
Omdurman's previous game was also played at home, ending 5-0 versus Al Shorta. The home side are looking to build on that result. As mentioned above, Al Hilal Omdurman "killed" Al Shorta in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Manama in the Arab Club Championship.
The manager Ibenge will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to CS Sfaxien in only three days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Al Hilal Omdurman is on fire here. A stunning 34 from 11 league matches. Omdurman have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {3 goals}.
CS Sfaxien form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Qatar SC in order to reach 2nd round of Arab Club Championship.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Monastir in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Tataouine.A new game in only three days for CS Sfaxien, the Arab Club Championship home match versus Al Hilal Omdurman. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Al Hilal Omdurman-CS Sfaxien H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Al Hilal Omdurman one win, CS Sfaxien one win, zero draws. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Habbassi 7 goals | H. Ali 5 goals | I. Diakité 3 goals |
Al Hilal Omdurman missing players
CS Sfaxien missing players
| Al Hilal Omdurman | CS Sfaxien | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 55 | 37 | Scored | S | 9 | 22 | ||
| 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 12 | 17 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 79% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 48% | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.4 | 7.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9.5 | ||
| 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 77% | 93% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 24% | ||
| 9.1 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.1 | 7.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 43 | 53 |
| 2 | Al Merreikh | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 48 |
| 3 | Hay Al Arab | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 48 |
| 4 | Haidob En Nahud | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 45 |
| 5 | Al Ahli Khartoum | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 39 |
| 6 | Hay Al Wadi | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 38 |
| 7 | Hilal El-Fasher | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 38 |
| 8 | Alamal Atbara | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 20 | -4 | 35 |
| 9 | Kober | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -6 | 35 |
| 10 | Al Shorta | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -6 | 35 |
| 11 | Al Hilal Port Sudan | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -3 | 34 |
| 12 | Wad Nubawi | 27 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 32 |
| 13 | Al Fallah | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 14 | Al Ahly Shendi | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 28 |
| 15 | Tuti | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -12 | 27 |
| 16 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 27 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 22 | -17 | 25 |
| 17 | Al Rabta Kosti | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 | -16 | 22 |
| 18 | Al Zoma Khartoum | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -18 | 22 |
