Al Merreikh and ES Tunis spectators can't wait for CAF Champions League clash

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Fri 17.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Al Merreikh and ES Tunis get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this CAF Champions League Group Stage fixture.

This field has artifical turf, which is not ES Tunis's regular surface at their own stadium. When playing on artifical turf ES Tunis have performed like this: Played eleven matches with the outcome 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 18-7 (scored/conceded).

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both participants have had plentiful rest since their last competitive action. Let's look for an animated fixture!

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Al Merreikh form and stats

Al Merreikh was eliminated in the group stage last season in the CAF Champions League.

8-1-0 is the performance here so far in the Sudan Premier League, giving Al Merreikh a total of 25 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results! 3W-2D-3L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the CAF Champions League for Al Merreikh.

The club members are hoping that Al Merreikh will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the CAF Champions League fixture against CR Belouizdad.

Preceding that match, a home victory against CR Belouizdad (after extra-time) in the CAF Champions League.

From these home matches, Al Merreikh have conceded only 6 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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ES Tunis form and stats

Tunis was sent out of CAF Champions League in the quarter-finals last season, when ES Setif turned out to be too strong.

The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the CAF Champions League stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away.

Two away matches in a row for ES Tunis, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 against Zamalek in the CAF Champions League.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Ben Guerdane (after extra-time).

Head 2 Head

ES Tunis - Al Merreikh 1-0 was the score in these participants' latest h2h game, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Merreikh one win, one draw and ES Tunis three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ES TunisA. Badri
A. Badri
8 goals
ES TunisM. Ben Romdhane
M. Ben Romdhane
7 goals
ES TunisA. Ben Hmida
A. Ben Hmida
2 goals

Al Merreikh missing players

ES Tunis missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Merreikh ES Tunis
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
16 10   Won W   5 17
5 3   Drew D   4 5
4 0   Lost L   3 3
33 21   Scored S   15 43
14 6   Conceded C   13 17
88% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
52% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 80%
32% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 48%
12% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 16%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
32% 38%   BTTS BTTS   67% 48%
56% 62%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 52%
24% 15%   Failed to Score F T   8% 4%
 
4 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.4
7 6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 2.9
1.4 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
11 17   Shots (avg) S (   9.9 12.3
3 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 5.1
20% 12%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 34%
 
12.8 11.5   Shots against (avg) S A   8.4 6.5
3.6 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.9 2.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ES Tunis 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 9
2 CR Belouizdad 4 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
3 Zamalek 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 -1 4
4 Al Merreikh 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 -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 Hilal Omdurman 18 15 2 1 47 12 10 9 1 0 29 3 8 6 1 1 18 9 35 47
2 Al Merreikh 17 13 3 1 27 8 9 8 1 0 18 6 8 5 2 1 9 2 19 42
3 Hay Al Arab 22 12 5 5 34 23 11 9 1 1 23 11 11 3 4 4 11 12 11 41
4 Haidob En Nahud 22 10 5 7 25 19 11 8 2 1 13 4 11 2 3 6 12 15 6 35
5 Al Ahli Khartoum 22 8 8 6 25 21 10 6 3 1 14 6 12 2 5 5 11 15 4 32
6 Al Hilal Port Sudan 22 7 9 6 23 22 11 2 7 2 10 10 11 5 2 4 13 12 1 30
7 Hilal El-Fasher 22 8 6 8 25 25 12 6 4 2 17 10 10 2 2 6 8 15 0 30
8 Hay Al Wadi 20 7 7 6 20 24 9 4 1 4 7 11 11 3 6 2 13 13 -4 28
9 Alamal Atbara 21 8 4 9 19 24 9 5 2 2 14 8 12 3 2 7 5 16 -5 28
10 Tuti 22 7 6 9 24 29 11 3 3 5 12 15 11 4 3 4 12 14 -5 27
11 Al Shorta 22 7 5 10 20 23 11 4 3 4 11 9 11 3 2 6 9 14 -3 26
12 Al Fallah 20 6 7 7 20 17 10 5 2 3 16 8 10 1 5 4 4 9 3 25
13 Al Ahly Shendi 22 6 6 10 12 19 10 3 4 3 5 7 12 3 2 7 7 12 -7 24
14 Wad Nubawi 21 4 11 6 15 20 12 3 6 3 9 9 9 1 5 3 6 11 -5 23
15 Kober 22 5 6 11 22 31 11 3 3 5 13 15 11 2 3 6 9 16 -9 21
16 Al-Ahly Merowe 22 3 11 8 13 28 12 2 8 2 8 10 10 1 3 6 5 18 -15 20
17 Al Zoma Khartoum 20 3 7 10 13 23 9 2 3 4 8 9 11 1 4 6 5 14 -10 16
18 Al Rabta Kosti 21 4 4 13 12 28 11 4 2 5 8 10 10 0 2 8 4 18 -16 16

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 ES Tunis 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 9
2 CR Belouizdad 4 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
3 Zamalek 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 -1 4
4 Al Merreikh 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 -1 4

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