International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Al Merreikh and Al Ahly are looking forward to this CAF Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It should be mentioned that Al Ahly play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Al Ahly on artifical turf are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat from one game. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 0-1. You can compare this with overall results below.
These teams have little in common geographically as Al Ahly have to travel 2200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Al Merreikh form and stats
Al Merreikh was eliminated in the group stage last season in the CAF Champions League.Al Merreikh have collected 3 points from their Sudan Premier League home games so far after 1-0-0. On the other hand, in the CAF Champions League, Al Merreikh has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses.
The fans are hoping that Al Merreikh will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the CAF Champions League fixture against Al Hilal Omdurman.
Al Merreikh has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Al Ahly form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Al Ahly, as they won the CAF Champions League.4-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Al Ahly in their Premier League matches away. Total CAF Champions League statistics for Al Ahly: 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Two away matches in a row for Ahly, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs Mamelodi Sundowns in the CAF Champions League.
Before that, Al Ahly secured a home win against Pyramids FC with the score 3-0.Ahly are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (17 goals from 5 away games). As opposed to that, Al Ahly have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Al Merreikh and Al Ahly have faced each other earlier this season: Al Ahly - Al Merreikh 3-2. Data for the last three meetings between these two participants are: zero wins for Merreikh, one draw and two wins for Al Ahly. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Al Merreikh missing players
Al Ahly missing players
| Al Merreikh | Al Ahly | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Scored | S | 23 | 49 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.5 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.5 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 65% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| 5.5 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 7.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Al Merreikh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 | Al Ahly | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Al Hilal Omdurman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 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 Ahli Khartoum | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Al Ahly Shendi | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | Al-Ahly Merowe | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Tuti | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Al Hilal Port Sudan | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Alamal Atbara | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | Hay Al Wadi | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Hay Al Arab | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Hilal El-Fasher | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Wad Nubawi | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Al Shorta | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Kober | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 13 | Hilal Obayed | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Al Khartoum | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | Al Hilal Omdurman | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 16 | Al Merreikh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 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 Ahly | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 28 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Smouha | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | Coca-Cola | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | National Bank of Egypt | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Al Masry | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Pharco | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | ENPPI | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 10 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Al Ittihad | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | El Gounah | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 14 |
| 13 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 14 | El Geish | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Al Mokawloon | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Misr Lel Makasa | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | El Sharqia Dokhan | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -14 | 9 |
| 18 | Ismaily | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 8 |
