All the facts and stats for the CAF Champions League clash: Al Merreikh - Al Hilal Omdurman

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: WE Al-Ahly Stadium (30000 seats)

Al Hilal Omdurman have traveled here for an interesting CAF Champions League fight against Al Merreikh. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

Merreikh's stadium, WE Al-Ahly Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Al Hilal Omdurman have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Al Hilal Omdurman when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses from 13 matches. They have scored 15 goals in these games and conceded 8.

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

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!

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Al Merreikh form and stats

Al Merreikh participated in CAF Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.

1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Al Merreikh have to build on here at WE Al-Ahly Stadium in the Sudan Premier League. On the other hand, in the CAF Champions League, Al Merreikh has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Al Khartoum.

Al Merreikh has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Al Hilal Omdurman form and stats

Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.

The away performances of Al Hilal Omdurman have been very solid so far with 12 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats in the Sudan Premier League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. When we have look at the CAF Champions League statistics, we find 1W-4D-1L. This is both home and away.

Al Hilal Omdurman have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 32 goals from 15 away matches. Omdurman's manager Maria has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 7 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Al Merreikh-Al Hilal Omdurman H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Al Merreikh five wins, Al Hilal Omdurman three wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Al Merreikh missing players

Al Hilal Omdurman missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Merreikh Al Hilal Omdurman
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
15 7   Won W   9 16
5 4   Drew D   2 6
5 2   Lost L   2 3
42 19   Scored S   22 44
18 8   Conceded C   7 10
88% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 88%
80% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 68%
48% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   31% 32%
16% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 16%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
32% 23%   BTTS BTTS   31% 20%
64% 69%   Clean Sheets C S   62% 72%
16% 23%   Failed to Score F T   8% 20%
 
6.4 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5
2.5 2.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 2.9
0.7 0.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.4
1 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
10.4 9.6   Shots (avg) S (   7.1 8.3
2.9 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.3 2.9
59% 60%   Goal Efficiency G E   62% 49%
 
6.3 4   Shots against (avg) S A   8 5.6
2.4 0.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.1 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 Mamelodi Sundowns 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
2 Al Ahly 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 Al Merreikh 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Al Hilal Omdurman 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
  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 30 24 5 1 75 12 15 12 2 1 43 5 15 12 3 0 32 7 63 77
2 Al Merreikh 30 20 8 2 50 16 16 9 5 2 22 10 14 11 3 0 28 6 34 68
3 Hay Al Wadi 30 12 11 7 35 25 15 6 4 5 16 13 15 6 7 2 19 12 10 47
4 Hay Al Arab 30 11 9 10 26 32 15 6 4 5 13 16 15 5 5 5 13 16 -6 42
5 Al Khartoum 30 11 8 11 34 34 15 6 4 5 20 16 15 5 4 6 14 18 0 41
6 Hilal Obayed 30 10 11 9 25 32 15 4 9 2 14 14 15 6 2 7 11 18 -7 41
7 Alamal Atbara 30 10 9 11 25 29 15 5 5 5 9 12 15 5 4 6 16 17 -4 39
8 Al-Ahly Merowe 30 9 11 10 24 28 15 6 5 4 14 13 15 3 6 6 10 15 -4 38
9 Hilal El-Fasher 30 10 8 12 35 41 14 5 3 6 18 21 16 5 5 6 17 20 -6 38
10 Al Hilal Port Sudan 30 10 5 15 27 33 15 5 1 9 10 18 15 5 4 6 17 15 -6 35
11 Al Shorta 30 8 11 11 26 36 14 2 5 7 10 19 16 6 6 4 16 17 -10 35
12 Al Ahly Shendi 30 9 7 14 21 27 16 5 3 8 11 15 14 4 4 6 10 12 -6 34
13 Tuti 30 8 10 12 26 39 15 3 6 6 13 20 15 5 4 6 13 19 -13 34
14 Al Ahli Khartoum 30 7 11 12 17 28 15 5 5 5 12 14 15 2 6 7 5 14 -11 32
15 Al Hilal Kadougli 30 5 10 15 22 39 15 2 5 8 9 19 15 3 5 7 13 20 -17 25
16 Merreikh El-Fasher 30 6 6 18 15 32 15 2 4 9 7 17 15 4 2 9 8 15 -17 24

Table
  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 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
2 Al Ahly 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 Al Merreikh 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Al Hilal Omdurman 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1

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