All the facts and stats for the CAF Champions League clash: Al Merreikh - Express FC

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Fri 17.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Ubayyid Stadium (30000 seats)

There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the CAF Champions League 1st Preliminary Round meeting between Al Merreikh and Express FC. Game on!

Al Merreikh and Express FC should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Al Merreikh form and stats

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

Al Merreikh are steadily winning Sudan Premier League games and points here at Al-Ubayyid Stadium. 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 15 games.

The fans are hoping that Merreikh will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the CAF Champions League game against Express FC.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Hilal El-Fasher.

There will be little rest for Merreikh after this match as they are travelling to Hilal Obayed for a Sudan Premier League game in only four days.

The Al Merreikh fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 15 matches. Merreikh are not conceding a lot of goals here at Al-Ubayyid Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 15 matches.

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Express FC form and stats

Express FC's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Express FC collect 27 points from their 13 away matches in the Premier League. 8 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus Al Merreikh.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Al Merreikh in their previous game.

Before that, Express FC travelled to KCCA and returned home with a draw after the Uganda Cup game finished 1-1.

Express are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 13 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

Express FC - Merreikh 2-1 was the output when this pair of squads formerly played each other, also in this season.

Al Merreikh missing players

Express FC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Merreikh Express FC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
13 6   Won W   6 16
6 5   Drew D   4 7
6 2   Lost L   2 2
38 19   Scored S   18 40
28 13   Conceded C   9 13
88% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 84%
84% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 56%
56% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 40%
24% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 24%
8% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 8%
40% 38%   BTTS BTTS   42% 36%
48% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 60%
24% 23%   Failed to Score F T   25% 20%
 
6.1 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.3
2.4 2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.4 2.8
1.1 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.4
2 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
9.6 8.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.3 10.5
2.6 2.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 3.1
54% 56%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 53%

  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 27 21 5 1 70 11 15 12 2 1 43 5 12 9 3 0 27 6 59 68
2 Al Merreikh 27 18 8 1 45 14 15 9 5 1 21 8 12 9 3 0 24 6 31 62
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 28 10 10 8 23 28 13 4 8 1 12 10 15 6 2 7 11 18 -5 40
7 Alamal Atbara 29 10 9 10 25 28 14 5 5 4 9 11 15 5 4 6 16 17 -3 39
8 Hilal El-Fasher 29 10 8 11 34 38 14 5 3 6 18 21 15 5 5 5 16 17 -4 38
9 Al-Ahly Merowe 29 9 10 10 22 26 15 6 5 4 14 13 14 3 5 6 8 13 -4 37
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 Tuti 30 8 10 12 26 39 15 3 6 6 13 20 15 5 4 6 13 19 -13 34
13 Al Ahly Shendi 29 9 6 14 21 27 15 5 2 8 11 15 14 4 4 6 10 12 -6 33
14 Al Ahli Khartoum 29 7 10 12 17 28 15 5 5 5 12 14 14 2 5 7 5 14 -11 31
15 Merreikh El-Fasher 29 6 6 17 15 30 14 2 4 8 7 15 15 4 2 9 8 15 -15 24
16 Al Hilal Kadougli 28 4 10 14 19 36 13 1 5 7 6 16 15 3 5 7 13 20 -17 22
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Express FC 26 17 7 2 44 13 13 9 4 0 22 5 13 8 3 2 22 8 31 58
2 URA 26 17 6 3 41 18 13 10 2 1 22 7 13 7 4 2 19 11 23 57
3 Vipers 26 17 5 4 56 21 13 9 2 2 27 8 13 8 3 2 29 13 35 56
4 KCCA 27 14 6 7 56 22 13 9 1 3 37 9 14 5 5 4 19 13 34 48
5 Bright Stars 27 11 9 7 40 27 13 6 2 5 23 16 14 5 7 2 17 11 13 42
6 Police 27 11 7 9 50 31 14 8 4 2 29 10 13 3 3 7 21 21 19 40
7 Mbarara City 27 10 8 9 30 34 13 6 5 2 14 9 14 4 3 7 16 25 -4 38
8 UPDF 27 11 4 12 34 39 14 8 3 3 19 12 13 3 1 9 15 27 -5 37
9 Wakiso Giants 26 8 12 6 42 33 13 5 6 2 30 18 13 3 6 4 12 15 9 36
10 SC Villa 27 9 9 9 29 30 13 6 5 2 15 10 14 3 4 7 14 20 -1 36
11 BUL 27 9 6 12 39 41 13 5 3 5 20 21 14 4 3 7 19 20 -2 33
12 Onduparaka 26 8 4 14 25 45 13 4 4 5 13 16 13 4 0 9 12 29 -20 28
13 Jinja SSS 26 6 8 12 21 44 13 4 5 4 15 22 13 2 3 8 6 22 -23 26
14 Kyetume 27 5 8 14 28 47 14 5 3 6 15 19 13 0 5 8 13 28 -19 23
15 MYDA 27 3 5 19 32 77 14 1 3 10 19 40 13 2 2 9 13 37 -45 14
16 Kitara 27 3 4 20 35 80 14 3 2 9 21 39 13 0 2 11 14 41 -45 13

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 Express FC 26 17 7 2 44 13 13 9 4 0 22 5 13 8 3 2 22 8 31 58
2 URA 26 17 6 3 41 18 13 10 2 1 22 7 13 7 4 2 19 11 23 57
3 Vipers 26 17 5 4 56 21 13 9 2 2 27 8 13 8 3 2 29 13 35 56
4 KCCA 27 14 6 7 56 22 13 9 1 3 37 9 14 5 5 4 19 13 34 48
5 Bright Stars 27 11 9 7 40 27 13 6 2 5 23 16 14 5 7 2 17 11 13 42
6 Police 27 11 7 9 50 31 14 8 4 2 29 10 13 3 3 7 21 21 19 40
7 Mbarara City 27 10 8 9 30 34 13 6 5 2 14 9 14 4 3 7 16 25 -4 38
8 UPDF 27 11 4 12 34 39 14 8 3 3 19 12 13 3 1 9 15 27 -5 37
9 Wakiso Giants 26 8 12 6 42 33 13 5 6 2 30 18 13 3 6 4 12 15 9 36
10 SC Villa 27 9 9 9 29 30 13 6 5 2 15 10 14 3 4 7 14 20 -1 36
11 BUL 27 9 6 12 39 41 13 5 3 5 20 21 14 4 3 7 19 20 -2 33
12 Onduparaka 26 8 4 14 25 45 13 4 4 5 13 16 13 4 0 9 12 29 -20 28
13 Jinja SSS 26 6 8 12 21 44 13 4 5 4 15 22 13 2 3 8 6 22 -23 26
14 Kyetume 27 5 8 14 28 47 14 5 3 6 15 19 13 0 5 8 13 28 -19 23
15 MYDA 27 3 5 19 32 77 14 1 3 10 19 40 13 2 2 9 13 37 -45 14
16 Kitara 27 3 4 20 35 80 14 3 2 9 21 39 13 0 2 11 14 41 -45 13

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